Dr. Eric Borguet is the Hazel Tomlinson Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He was born and spent his formative years in Dublin, Ireland. He attended college in France at the Université de Paris-Sud (XI-Orsay), where he studied chemistry and physics. He traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the USA and obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and completed post-doctoral training was at Columbia University iChemical and physical processes at surfaces and interfaces are the principal focus of his ongoing research program at Temple University. His research activities have resulted in over 150 peer-reviewed publications, in excess of 300 invited talks, and more than 280 contributed presentations. Eric has mentored 31 graduate students, 23 of whom earned a Ph.D. and went on to post-doctoral fellowships, as well as industrial and academic careers. He has advised over 100 undergraduate researchers, many of whom have continued to graduate studies. His group has welcomed 16 visiting graduate students, as well as 5 sabbatical visiting scholars. He has supervised the training of 17 post-doctoral fellows. https://sites.temple.edu/borguet/