Rajagopala Chidambaram, one of the most distinguished crystallographers of our era, and an outstanding leader of science in India, passed away on the 4th January 2025.
Figure 1. Our new Co-editors René Guinebretière, James Harper, Venkatesha Hathwar, Karolina Jurkiewicz, Thomas Lane, Adrian Mancuso, Florian Meneau and Katherine Page.
It is a privilege and a pleasure to serve the vibrant community of early career scientists as part of the newly formed Early Career Scientists Division (ECSD) of the IUCr.
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