James (Jim) Kaduk, frequent contributing author to Powder Diffraction, was recently recognized by his election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his many achievements in advancing materials analysis using powder diffraction and for his extensive service to the crystallography community.

Dr. Kaduk currently serves as a Consultant to the IUCr Commission on Powder Diffraction. He has long been recognized as a Distinguished ICDD Member. He has given extensive service to the crystallographic community through leadership and education. For example, Kaduk has served as Chairman of the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD)’s Board of Directors and as ICDD Treasurer (stepping down on last March 31). He is a former Chair of the U.S. National Committee for Crystallography, Treasurer of the American Crystallographic Association (ACA), and Co-Editor of Acta Crystallographica B: Structural Sciences and Advances in X-ray Analysis. He is one of the three editors of Volume H of the International Tables for Crystallography: Powder Diffraction (2019). He is also a member of the faculty of the ACA Summer School on Small-Molecule Crystallography, and he has taught many short courses and workshops around the world. His more than 280 publications deal principally with the solution and refinement of crystal structures using powder data. He has contributed more than 1,000 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File^®.

Congratulations to our colleague on this well-deserved award.

Photo 1: Dr. Kaduk teaching at iCDD’s latest Rietveld Clinic.