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Ethan grew up just south of Denver in Colorado Springs, CO at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He pursued a degree in chemistry from Colorado State University. As a junior and senior, he studied in the Shores group preparing thin film semiconductors and inorganic dye complexes for dye-sensitized solar cell applications. It was here that he found a passion for inorganic chemistry and decided to attend graduate school. He departed the mountainous lands of CO and made his way to the sandy beaches of CA. He obtained a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry after working in the Borovik group studying non-covalent interactions in high-valent metal-oxo complexes. From here, he left the beaches of southern CA for the "beaches" of Lake Michigan. He completed a postdoc position at the University of Chicago in the Anderson group studying Co and Ni complexes bound to multi-dentate NHC ligands. In 2020 during unprecedented times, the Hill group began at Auburn University...