Efstratios Kamitsos: Honoree of the Tenth Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals and Melts

The Tenth Borate Conference on Glass, Crystals, and Melts (Borate X) was held in July 2023 in Corning, NY and it honuored Efstratios “Stratos” Kamitsos. He is the leading advocate for the use of infrared and Raman spectroscopy in the study of glasses, with borate glasses having received considerably more attention than other glassy systems. For forty years he made essential discoveries of atomic‐level structure using these techniques in conjunction with other spectroscopies. Here, we review his personal life and present a selective, non‐comprehensive summary of his scientific accomplishments and his role as a teacher, mentor, and friend.