Ed Himelblau (he/him) is a biology professor at California Polytechnic State University. He is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications. (See Ed’s cartoons at himelblau.com and @himelblog.) Ed lives in San Luis Obispo, California with his wife and daughter. He received the Cal Poly Distinguished Teacher Award in 2018. Since 2015, Ed has taught a class for incoming graduate students who are teaching for the first time.