Dr. Comes spent three great days in Lisbon, Portugal at the Fusion Oxide Thin Films Conference where he presented an invited talk on our group’s work studying the surfaces of SrTiO3 films by hybrid MBE using our in vacuo XPS. Ph.D. student Suresh Thapa is leading the work, along with contributions from Rajendra Paudel and Sydney Provence. In addition to some great talks and discussions, he was awarded the Emerging Young Investigator Award from the conference organizers. It was a nice honor to recognize the new research directions we’re able to pursue in FINO Lab at Auburn with our unique hybrid MBE+XPS capabilities.