Maj. Joshua Reding of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Directed Energy Directorate presents Tessily Hogancamp, a chemist from Sandia National Laboratories, or SNL, a trophy as the first-place winner of the Rio Grande Research SLAM, a postdoctoral speech competition in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Nov. 5, 2022. Reding, who stepped in at the last minute as the master of ceremonies and whom the organizers called “amazing,” presided over the event that included postdoctoral researchers from AFRL, SNL, Los Alamos National Lab and the New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. (Courtesy photo)