Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, gave an invited lecture on MXene chemistry at the 2023 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting and Exhibit in Boston. The talk summarized recent breakthroughs of his research group’s work in unusual chemistry of MXenes. During the conference, Mochalin also participated in Elsevier and Springer editors’ meetings, discussing and developing their publishing strategy for the next few years, and chairing the MXene symposium.