Pistachio was elected the group’s official mascot in 2019, after which they joined the group as a research assistant. Pistachio is particularly interested in attending conferences and synchrotron experiments with other members of the team. When they aren’t traveling to exotic locales and particle accelerators, Pistachio can usually be found in the lab, atop one of our Rietveld refinement gaming computers, supporting the team with crystallographic modelling.