Tom's absence is shocking, and also somehow unacceptable. Since the time he moved to New York last summer, he right away became an integral part of our lab, both scientifically and socially. Every single person in the lab was touched by his personal warmth, acute intelligence, incredibly helpful attitude, terrific sense of humor, willingness to buy rounds at lab beers, and generally just being an excellent guy. Our whole team misses him terribly.
I hope that Tom's colleagues, friends, and family can, if they like, contribute thoughts, memories, stories in this space.
New York, December 2010
David Poeppel
