Congratulations to Chris Kochanek, an Ohio Eminent Scholar at The Ohio State University, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his pioneering achievements in observational cosmology. A world-renowned expert in gravitational lensing and dark matter, Dr. Kochanek is also a lead investigator for the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), which monitors the entire sky daily for cosmic explosions. His election to the Academy honors a prolific career that has fundamentally advanced our understanding of the evolution of stars and the large-scale structure of the universe.