Zhongtian and Kan attended the 45th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society in San Diego, California. Zhongtian gave an oral presentation entitled “Catechol derivative-based hydrogel features rapid curing behavior via autoxidation.” Kan gave 2 oral presentations entitled “Salicylhydroxamic acid as a novel switchable adhesive molecule” and “Effect of conductivity on in-situ deactivation of catechol-based smart adhesive.”