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Brian R. Strohmeier is currently serving as the President of Pittcon for the 2027 conference. He has had an extensive career in analytical spectroscopy, working with techniques such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), auger electron spectroscopy (AES), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GD-OES), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). His research experience has spanned numerous application areas, including the study of adhesion, corrosion, oxidation, and wetting phenomena; chemical and plasma modification of material surfaces; and the surface characterization of aluminum and steel alloys, transition element metals and oxides, asbestos and related minerals, glass and fiberglass, ceramics, chemicals, polymers, vacuum-deposited thin films, organic coatings, and heterogeneous catalysts.