NASA LCLUC

  Dear LCLUCers, friends of LCLUC, international colleagues,   As you see, my wishes a year ago for the virus-free 2021 were not fulfilled. The second year has passed with restrictions varying from stricter to softer and back to stricter, the new variants coming in waves. Now I’d be cautious to predict what will happen next year although a year ago vaccinations were just becoming available, and currently most people I know are vaccinated. We all adjusted to the changes in our personal life and work mode, became experts in virtual meetings, giving up international travel, but started some socializing and participating in limited holiday celebrations. In keeping with the LCLUC tradition, I will herein summarize achievements of the second strange year – 2021 - list our plans and convey my best wishes to the whole LCLUC family and our friends around the world. So, here we go. Solicitations. LCLUC-19 and -2021 selections brought many Early Career Scientists and diversity in geographi