Here is a little information about my personal life and hobbies

Dr. Elhai has been married for more than 20 years. His wife is a practicing psychologist in Toledo. They have two very bright, interesting children: a college-aged son and teenage daughter. Dr. Elhai enjoys spending time with his family, traveling together, and watching movies together.

Travel in particular is a fun hobby for Dr. Elhai. He has taken eight trips to China over the years, and in particular mosts enjoy visiting Beijing and Tianjin, where he meets up with research collaborators and old friends. In recent years, he has traveled to numerous European cities, such as Paris, Amsterdam, Tallinn, Vilnius, Gibraltar, and others. His most favorite cities that he has visited are London and Tokyo.

Dr. Elhai has been taking weekly Mandarin Chinese lessons with a teacher since 2020. He spends nearly every day working to improve his Chinese language skills, reviewing vocabulary, conversing online with native speakers, watching Chinese TV, and listening to Chinese radio and podcasts.

He likes wearing mechanical watches and has developed a small watch collection over the years. His favorite watches that he wears most often are from Omega, Nomos Glashütte, and Glashütte Original.

He also likes to read, watch TV series, and go for walks and hikes.