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Asst. Prof. at St. Lawrence U. Organic chemist making and breaking polymers. Mostly here for pictures of cats. he/him/his, https://lutzpolymerlab.weebly.com/
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This is what the ACS should be doing.

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Pretty frustrating to have to tell students that I have literally no idea what grad admissions will look like in ~10 months when they are applying (but betting on pessimism has been a pretty good heuristic lately).

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Can't wait to host #RMC2026 at Hope College next June!

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Some really good alternate names for KMnO₄ here.

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heroin and aspirin were made by the same guy

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What kind of bird is this?

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🧪 Hi #Chemsky, Is your grant on this list? I'd love to hear from you, and how this keyword search gone wild is impacting how you approach future submissions! My DMs are open! www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

We are in the closing stages of Trant Team grad recruiting for Fall 2025. We are looking for synthetic chemists ESPECIALLY. The global call closes at the end of February, but is extended for Canadians (PR and citizens) and Americans (citizens) through March. trantteam.ca/join-the-team/

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Hi chemsky🧪, if you're experiencing something similar to this, C&EN would love to hear from you! My DMs are open, and I'm now on Signal. (Please don't use you work email or device)

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Everything is terrible so here is a cat pic.

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If you’re an industry chemist who holds a BS/BA in Chemistry, we want to have a (compensated) conversation with you 🤗 Please share widely with chemical industry friends and colleagues! #ChemSky

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Visiting Ottawa today and I gotta say it’s lovely.

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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

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The greatest local Facebook drama in history

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Has the ACS put out a statement or done anything (apart from great reporting in C&EN) in response to the current state of *gestures at everything*? Really questioning what my membership dues are going towards if they won't play ball here, given the huge implications for chemists nationwide.

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The Executive Committee of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Dept. of Chemistry invite you to register for the 49th AND 100 year anniversary of the National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS)! zurl.co/gLMTc

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In fairness, “you can make millions of individual molecules but there are 13 that you need but can’t make so let’s outsource their production to plants. Also, it’s actually 12…you can make one of the vitamins…as long as the sun’s rays touch your skin like you yourself are a plant” does sound fake.

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This photo does little to convince me of the quality and rigor of the advertised product.

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If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...

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Chemical Formulas xkcd.com/3040

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Skeleton Crew is pretty easily the best Star Wars thing since Andor.

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Very confused as to why we have not commonly abbreviated nucleophilic acyl substitution as SNAc (way funnier than SN1/SN2/SNAr).

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