Let's make this birthday one to remember.

89 years old (Born on January 22, 1936)

Happy Birthday, Alan! Here's wishing a brilliant scientist whose life's work has truly 'conducted' electricity through the realms of physics and chemistry. May your celebrations be as joyful and lively as electrons dancing freely in conductive polymers!

From Nobel Prize accolades to decades at UC Santa Barbara inspiring countless students across Physics and Materials departments, you've spent years ensuring that science never loses its positive charge—pun absolutely intended. While we can't promise superconductivity on your cake candles this year, may you continue enjoying steady currents of success (and perhaps fewer resistances) ahead.

Here's to another electrifying trip around the sun!