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Process Chemist at #MerckChemistry, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Past Program Chair, 2025 Chair-Elect, ACS Fellow
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Just one more week to submit nominations for the 2025 Industrial Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awards, so nominate a colleague today! Looking forward to a great set of award talks this fall! www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri... www.organicdivision.org/midcareerinv... @organicdivision.org

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s be clear, any asterisk RFK puts on his newfound pro-vaccine stance (“we just need to ask questions”) tells us exactly what his HHS intentions are. He is profoundly anti-science and has zero credibility. One of the more telling moments from today’s stream of lies… www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Agency heads must ask employees “if they know of any efforts to disguise (DEI) programs by using coded or imprecise language.” Sounds like he’s still a dictator on day 2. Who would have guessed?

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Aww, come on @nytimes.com! I’m sensing some alkane bias.

submitted 58 days ago • 3 comments

So excited to see this published! Thionucleosides can be incredibly challenging to make due to the need for oxidation state changes at sulfur during the synthesis. Collaborating with the Britton group, we’ve been able to make them using a short, selective sequence! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

submitted 96 days ago • 6 comments

Reminder: On December 1 Applications for Travel Awards to Spring ACS are Due zurl.co/o5XR Organic Syntheses Research Grants for PUI Faculty are Due zurl.co/P254

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

I’m so excited to be serving the DOC as next year’s chair-elect! Thanks to everyone who voted and who ran for office. Looking forward to continuing to volunteer for the community!

submitted 105 days ago • 5 comments

The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry has joined the Chemsky community!

submitted 108 days ago • 3 comments

RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America "healthy" has health experts worried, and advocates for public health are not mincing words with their criticism

submitted 108 days ago • 69 comments

Nominations for the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award are now being accepted! This year we’ve partnered with the Divisions of Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry to showcase the interdisciplinary nature of industrial research. Nominate a colleague today! www.organicdivision.org/earlycareeri...

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments