Our Department Chair – Professor Bob Hamers is perpetually congratulating department members who win awards for research, teaching, and service. But we just learned that he neglected to congratulate himself on winning the 2009 Semiconductor Surfaces, Interfaces, and Nanostructures Prize! Bob gave a plenary lecture and received the award at the 12th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces in July in Weimar, Germany. Belated congratulations to Bob!