Ran my 10th half marathon yesterday 🏃🏻‍♀️ #ChemistsWhoRun

Y’all I hate time change, it feels like I’m watching the sunset while I eat my late lunch

Got my email down to 22 unread 😎 (apologies to those 22 people 😂)

Unfortunately I do love using parentheses to share my bonus thoughts in every sentence

A glimpse into the ADHD experience: Yesterday I was so productive that I completed the workload of at least 3 people in 5 hours. And today, the only thing I’ve done so far is accidentally brew my coffee onto the floor. BOTH OF THOSE HUMANS LIVE INSIDE ME. And I never know which version I get.🙃

The absolute emotional turmoil I go through in this job should be studied.

Today, I’m letting the act of gentle progress feel like enough. Breaks are productive, and I do not owe anyone an instant reply. There’s a world beyond my to-do list, and I get the opportunity to live in it. 🩵

Anxiety: Get ready Me: For what? Anxiety: Idk just hurry 🙃🫠

5 invited seminars in 25 days 😅😴 #TenureTour #Academia

That 2:30pm slump gets me every single day, this neurodivergent brain just wasn’t built for 9-5

If you teach undergraduate Instrumental Analysis in chemistry programs of study for Fall 2025 / Spring 2026 - we would love to work with you to collect survey data from your enrolled students! Please message me if you’re willing to help by sending your students a pre/post survey.

Having an educational experience / career you’re proud of doesn’t mean you haven’t been forced to mask your way through it. 😬 Most academic spaces were, unfortunately, not intentionally designed with us in mind. #ADHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity

Did not open my laptop for 10 business days (much needed). Seriously considering deleting all my unread email and starting fresh lol. So, if you need me, maybe email me again? 🙃

I really wish you could put “out of office” images on Teams because - Can you imagine if you tried to Teams chat me and got this image as a response?

PHOTO DROP from the 2025 CERP GRC! I feel so excited for what’s to come in our field. I’m intellectually overwhelmed in the best way possible, and I’m so happy I got to connect again with #CER friends and meet so many new people this year. My heart is absolutely full.

Our research group had a busy June, sending these two off into PhD Land! So proud of you, David Hamilton and Jennifer England. Thank you for letting me be a small part of your journey, and for allowing me to grow and learn with you. #AtkinsonResearchGroup #ARG #CER #ChemistryEducation

Introducing Dr. Jennifer England, our most recent PhD graduate! Incredibly proud of you and excited for your Fall semester ahead at the University of Northern Colorado 💚 #CER #ChemistryEducationResearch

Congratulations to our newest PhD recipient, Dr. David Hamilton! Endlessly proud of you. #CER #ChemistryEducationResearch

Tomorrow is Global Running Day, so naturally my run club is doing a 24-Hour Relay to celebrate. Knocked out the 8pm segment.🏃🏻‍♀️💙 #ChemistsWhoRun

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪 NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF... We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people** 🧵 on some highlights...

happy NSF Friday to all who are in therapy about it

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

This is so fucked up. Sorry that’s the academic description for it. They are really dismantling everything

NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

Friday = Spotify Daylist “Let’s Go Girls” vibes only

FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...

Today, our trans flag was ripped off our lab door. And I immediately went and ordered sticker versions to put up instead. I’m mad as hell. Who else wants a sticker lol.

I have no words. I am mad. And I am tired of pivoting.

I’m so tired. Check in on your pre-tenure faculty, we are truly unwell.

"If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a 2024 #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/3GcwC7z

Hell of a time to be giving this talk at our Gordon Conference this summer 🙃

April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance month, which is a great time to re-share a story I wrote last year about neurodivegent scientists and some of the challenges they face in STEM. Not all of the scientists featured are autistic, but some of them are! cen.acs.org/careers/dive...

13.1 miles ✅ 9th Half Marathon ✅ #ChemistsWhoRun

Please join me in celebrating and congratulating our very own Jessie Stenlund for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! 🎉

Hi friends! Have you ever used the CHemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL) chiral.chemedx.org? We want to hear your feedback! Please drop your thoughts in our quick CHIRAL feedback survey: portlandstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I have never been more thrilled to have NOT attended an academic conference. Is this what it’s like? On the other side? 😂

Time to send this grant proposal into the NSF void and hope for the best...

Wow my email inbox really ran away from me this week. Oops.

Are you an early career scholar in ACS DivCHED headed to ACS San Diego? Please join for lunch on Monday! Details below.

Burnout? Is that you? 🙃😵‍💫

If you're in the US, considering Europe for your PhD, and you identify as a minority, I will chat with you and review any application documents you need 🧪

It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science. Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics". Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about". We need to sound the alarm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Science must not stay silent. 🔬🗣️ Openness, inclusion & truth are under attack. While individual scientists may face risks, institutions must take a stand @chemistryworld.com 💬 "Science must act collectively, ethically &—when necessary—politically." www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!