Girma Biresaw is at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At ARS, Biresaw conducts research in tribology, adhesion, and surface/colloid science in support of programs aimed at developing biobased products from farm-based raw materials. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy and has authored/coauthored more than 200 invited and contributed scientific publications and presentations, including more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 6 patents, 2 edited books, more than 30 proceedings and book chapters, and more than 100 scientific abstracts. Kashmiri Lal Mittal is currently teaching and consulting worldwide in the areas of adhesion and surface cleaning. He is the editor of 100 published books, as well as others that are in the process of publication, within the realms of surface and colloid science and of adhesion. Mittal is a founding editor of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology and has served on the editorial boards of a number of scientific and technical journals. He was recently honored by the international adhesion community on the occasion of the publication of his 100th edited book.