Meetups, graduations and familiar field sites

The CHNS Lab had much to celebrate this year, beginning with a much needed one-day lab retreat where past and present members of the lab got a chance to meet and have a meal of mala hotpot together (top left). 
Dr. Muhammad Lubis attended his convocation at NTU and it was a proud moment for me as an advisor and for his family (top right).
I had a chance to visit a familiar field site in Sumatra but with a completely different context. It was great interacting with palm oil smallholders and seeing the myriad of initiatives developed to encourage them to adopt sustainable palm oil practices (bottom left).
Lastly, I attended the International Peat Congress and was able to meet collaborator and former PhD student Dr. Maple Sifeng Wu in the lovely city of Taizhou, China. There was lots to catch up on and it was great to reconnect (bottom right).