If anyone needs to know this, most plastic wrap in the US is made from polyethylene, but plastic wrap in Europe is made from PVC. This really matters if you are trying to make a decorative sugar dome for a cake after you saw them do it on a British baking show. #chemsky

I received many requests to share materials from our undergraduate course “Machine Learning in Chemistry” — here you go! A preprint summarizing insights and lessons learned: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... A Jupyter Notebook Tutorial Gallery: xuhuihuang.github.io/mlchem/html/...

Note to self: decrease shrimp consumption for awhile. (Also, this article is super interesting.)

Undergraduate comp chemists! I know it’s a tough grad school climate right now, but here is someone great who is actively looking for 2-3 new students. Apply, apply, apply!!!

Be my colleague! Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is hiring two tenure-track positions for Fall 2026, chemical education and coatings technology. Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55... Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...

Super interesting paper about students’ use of generative AI. They categorize four distinct type of AI use and discuss which types lead to productive use by students. (Not my paper, I just found it super interesting.) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Interested in chemistry grad school? Come check out the UMBC Chemistry Grad Open House! Department website: chemistry.umbc.edu Registration: forms.gle/1ttSe3XrnaPq...

The Women Make COMP symposium is back for the Spring 2026 ACS meeting! Undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral scholars are all eligible. Don’t miss this great opportunity to present your research and grow your professional network! Application: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ACSFall2025 Come see my talk about new Python notebooks for pchem (and more), giving students choice to get them to code, and why we should consider student identity when teaching programming. Room 140B at 4:55pm

No one is talking about the fact that adiabatic is not accepted in spelling bee today? What are the rest of you doing on your flights to #ACSFall2025? (And no, I haven’t finished my slides yet. It’s a long way from the west coast to DC. I’ve still got plenty of time.)

This is an excellent thread about some of the AI issues faculty should be thinking about this fall. I am by no means an AI hater, and I think a lot about what we should be teaching students about machine learning and generative AI. I think this is a very thoughtful piece.

Calling all grades 3-5 teachers! (Many of you know one- share this with them)? We need your participation in Aug & Sept. And it is fun, ready to go, and a great learning opp! Curriculum: rattlecam.org/rattle-ed Please share.

I went to the Lindau meeting when I was a 2nd year graduate student (way back in 2006!) and it is a truly amazing experience. I am so glad it is still going on, and I strongly encourage students to apply!!

I feel like I have been trying to spread this message for years and no one has been listening.

Thrilled to have receive this fellowship to help add new skills to the chemistry curriculum that will help my students become better scientists! And thanks to the college for highlighting it! www.kzoo.edu/news/faculty...

Followers of the Church of Chemjobber, I'm delighted to endorse Dr. Chris Cramer for President of the United States in 2028. Now let us pray.

URichmond is hiring two tenure-track faculty. One in biochemistry/chemical biology and the other in experimental physical chemistry. This is a terrific place to work - our focus is on our talented undergraduates and we have robust research resources. chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/assistan...

The Klem Lab at LSU is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in computational biochemistry! Application info: klem-research-group.github.io/join/ ♻️ Please share with anyone who might be interested! #chemjobs #postdoc #compchem #biochemistry #enzymes

I know there is nothing yall love more than filling out the annual DFT poll!

I had so much fun being a judge at Cal Poly DataFest this afternoon! If you aren’t familiar with DataFest, it is a two-day undergrad competition where students find and tell a story in a dataset. All the students did amazing work! If your campus hosts a DataFest I highly recommend volunteering.

Hi all, I'm hiring a junior specialist/research technician for my lab at UCSC. An ideal applicant would be an undergraduate who would like more research experience before applying for grad school but all are welcome to apply 🧪 recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01882

Chemistry faculty: Want to upskill your programming skills and learn to incorporate programming in your curriculum? Apply for our workshop “Empower Your Curriculum with Python” held July 9-10, 2025 at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Find out more and apply by May 15. molssi.org/join-the-act...

🚨 PLEASE RT 🚨 Are you a comp chem trainee attending Spring ACS in San Diego? Would you like to expand your network with mentors in industry & academia at the COMP Mentor Lunch? Fill out this form if you are interested in attending! forms.gle/Sq79TJihHnFW...

🧪📅 The ACS COMP agenda for #ACSSpring2025 is here! Get ready for cutting-edge sessions in computational chemistry. Scan the QR code to explore the full schedule 🔍👇 #ACSCOMP #CompChem #Cheminformatics #DrugDiscovery @chemsky.bsky.social

This (ACS' communications to its councilors*) was useful to me, including clicking through the ACS presidential succession and what they were saying. ACS President-Elect Hernandez' statement is most relevant: www.acs.org/about/govern... #chemsky ⚗️🧪 *full disclosure: I am one** ** lol of like 400

I can’t wait to catch up with so many of you at the Saturday COMP Social at ACS! Check your email for the RSVP link. Tickets are limited so reserve yours ASAP!

@acscomp.bsky.social is accepting applications for our Fall 2025 division awards! We have a great slate of awards recognizing outstanding grad students, post-docs, and junior faculty. Don’t forget you must be a COMP devision member to be eligible for division awards. sites.google.com/site/acscomp...

If you are a grad student or post doc who is planning to apply for the MolSSI Software Fellowship this cycle, I highly recommend attending the info session this Thursday (March 7) from 3-4 pm ET to help you prepare a competitive application. Sign up ⬇️ molssi.typeform.com/to/ADPTw6bc?...

Ok, today is clearly not a funny day, but this is the funniest post on BlueSky maybe ever and I am literally the only person who has liked it.

I realized this weekend when I was talking to my mother-in-law that many people not only don’t realize that reducing grant indirect rates is bad, they think it could be good. As in “won’t you be able to get more grant money now that you won’t have to pay so much on this other stuff”

#chemsky #compchemsky - MolSSI Fellowship competition to begin on Feb 15 - molssi.org/fellowship/ - ACT-CMS Faculty Fellowship Applications are also open - molssi.org/exciting-upd...

A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it. www.science.org/content/blog...

Applications are open for our 2025 REU program! If you (or an undergraduate you know) are interested in a 10-week PAID research opportunity in our department, apply here by Feb. 15: zurl.co/mmJiT . More info: zurl.co/rl4Zb

Happy to announce I will be guest editing a special issue highlight PUI research! Please share axial.acs.org/cross-discip...

Are you a faculty member who wants to incorporate Python programming in your chemistry classes?Come to our first MolSSI ACT-CMS curriculum showcase on Feb 3 at 4:30 pm ET. Two of our MolSSI faculty fellows will share examples for gen chem and pchem. Find out more and register at act-cms.molssi.org

The early bird registration deadline for the spring ACS meeting is next Wednesday, January 15. If you, like me, have to submit your travel form through the amazing bureaucracy that is Concur before you can register, you might want to start today 😬

Applications have just opened for the Simons Center for Computational Physical Chemistry summer REU. What could be better than living in New York and doing computational chemistry all summer? I wish i could apply! Undergrad comp chem students, don’t miss this opportunity! wp.nyu.edu/sccpc/summer...

If you too have always wanted to know what the Nobel prize events/ceremony/parties are like, make sure you are following @rolanddunbrack.bsky.social to get the full inside scoop!

More great things to apply for! The Institute for Future PUI Faculty is an amazing (fully funded!) two-week immersive program for current post-docs and senior grad students who plan to pursue the PUI faculty career. Don’t delay because applications are due Dec 15. sites.lafayette.edu/puiinstitute/

Students and Post-docs of #chemsky: There are still a few days left to apply for the WCC Eli Lilly travel award for the Spring 2025 ACS meeting. In addition to financial support, you get to participate in some great WCC networking events. Find out more and apply by Dec 15! acswcc.org/awards/eli-l...

Join me for an evening of tea - chemistry and the real thing! In Philly at the Science History Institute, 6-8pm on Dec 12th. Free and there's a virtual option (alas -no real tea with that one).

Also, you can now follow @acscomp.bsky.social to make sure you are up-to-date on all the latest COMP news and events!

Congratulations to our new ACS COMP officers! I had such a great experience in the COMP chair progression, meeting so many new people and and working with the COMP community. If you aren’t involved with COMP yet, you are missing out! You can find out more and join at acscomp.org!

My undergraduate alma mater is changing their name. How do i put this on my CV now? 1️⃣ Old Name (now New Name) 2️⃣ New Name (formerly Old Name) 3️⃣ I don’t think it matters. Either is ok. 📊 Show results

In October, I organized a symposium at SERMACS in honor of my beloved graduate advisor, David Sherrill, winning the Herty Medal. If you ever organize a symposium in someone’s honor, it turns out everyone’s favorite thing is if you have cookies that look like the honoree’s face.

If you want to help your students move from just writing code and scripts to actually developing scientific software that is useable and maintainable in the long-term, check out our latest paper in JCE. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Just took a new headshot to replace the one I took when I was a new faculty member in 2011. Guess this is what I’ll be looking like until 2037. Trying to connect with the #chemsky #compchemsky and #chemedusky communities!

#chemsky #compchemsky The big day is here. I just received word that the final version of our 50+ coauthor "Roadmap on Methods and Softwarre for Electronic Structure Based Simulations in Chemistry and Materials" is out! Thank you to all involved! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...