At a soccer match between Iowa and Northwestern. My kiddo is wearing his elementary school colors that are the Northwestern colors.

I like how university sports people refer to their stadium as a 20 million building. We should do the same with the chemistry building.

Fall 2025 in a nutshell. Submitted an ACS PRF proposal, submitted a white paper to DOE, and today @gen-chem.bsky.social convinced me around 80% to write an NSF proposal.

Save the Date! Join us for the ORCA 6.1 (@faccts.de & @orca-qc-official.bsky.social) online release event on 17th June 2025 12:00 CEST. We look forward to many exciting discussions with you! #ORCAqc #ORCA61 #FACCTs #QuantumChem #CompChem #ChemSky #CompChemSky

Please share: We are looking for a PhD student in theoretical chemistry starting asap for project on metal-free magnetism in graphene-related materials and organic 2D crystals! Deadline 18.6. www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... #phdjobs #chemsky #chemjobs #phdlife #PhDposition 🧪 #compchem ⚛️

@bessvlai.bsky.social : Next week we have to bring an appetizer to the party we have been invited to. Me: Tapas are appetizers. Bess: Yes. Me (who spent 5+ hours cooking beef cow stew): This is a tapa when served with bread and a beer. Bess: ...

#ICIQJobs 🎓 2nd Call OPEN – Fully Funded PhD Programme 2025! 🔹 13 PhD positions available 🔹 Cutting-edge research in chemistry 🔹 Training, mentoring & career development 🗓️ Deadline: 29 June 2025 📢 Apply now: careers.iciq.org/jobs/5968160...

Today @n8trium.bsky.social passed his candidacy exam! He did a fantastic job!

The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 505 tenure-track positions and 100 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemjobs

I should start a Spanish fraternity called χχχ but pronounced cha cha cha.

Someone was happy to meet Dash at the Iowa Heartlanders game. Thinking about attending the playoffs. @bessvlai.bsky.social @goheartlanders.bsky.social

We are excited to share praseodymium 5+! Finally in print! A new PR for Pr! rdcu.be/egHf6

We were able to draw analogies to our other work in high valent copper chemistry. Check it out, especially if you love inverted ligand fields as much as I do

Is home made pasta solid state chemistry?

Me: I think I will start growing a wizard-like beard like in my 2014 Chem. Soc. Rev. photo. @bessvlai.bsky.social : Why? Me: I'm teaching GenChem in the fall.

I think I achieved a new pinnacle in the so-called American man cave. Playing Minecraft while watching "Murder She Wrote".

In a time where every week is crazier than the previous one, there is always time for Sunday paella 🥘 and some chicken croquetas as appetizer.

Our kiddo discovered Spanish tapas. Mussels were tasty. @bessvlai.bsky.social

My graduate student Genevieve Duggan is having a blast. She got her first 1st author paper, co-authored one with @matsonlab.bsky.social, and got another one just accepted. #RaisingStar pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...