“The 2025 Photochemistry GRS and GRC was held on the last week of July at Bates College in Maine. I attended both and presented my poster “Characterization of Vibrationally-facilitated Energy Relaxation Pathways in Osmium-based Photocatalysts using Ultrafast 2D Electronic Spectroscopy,” where I discussed my most recent work on identifying oscillations and vibrations underlying triplet MLCT manifold relaxation pathways. The poster sessions at the GRS and GRC were both quite rewarding – I was able to have extensive conversations both on my work and of other topics of interest to me. In particular, I was able to meet the scientist who conducted extensive stark spectroscopy analysis on my photocatalysts and we had a fruitful conversation about the limits of stark spectroscopy and TD-DFT in determining the order of electronic excited states in osmium polypyridyls. I was also able to learn about recent work identifying polaron formation/hopping in alpha-hematite, a material that is of major interest for applications in solar energy conversion. At the end of the conference, I also had the great honor of sharing my results in the form of a short talk, which spawned more discussions, specifically about the amount of spin-orbit coupling in osmium-based complexes. In all, both the GRS and GRC were a great experience for me to interact with the broader photochemistry community and share my results.”