Congratulations to Ekadashi on the successful defence of his PhD thesis entitled “Potential energy surface for quantum dynamics simulations: From ab initio computations to vibration state determinations.” Below is Ekadashi, the proud supervisor, and the external examiner (Prof. Tucker Carrington, Queen’s University). Ekadashi will be taking up a postdoctoral position with Prof. Alexey Akimov at SUNY- Buffalo.