Ashley Ringer McDonald
@aringermcdonald.bsky.social
Computational chemist, Professor, Cal Poly SLO. MolSSI Board of Directors. Past Chair ACS COMP.
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
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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
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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/...
— here you go!
A preprint summarizing insights and lessons learned:
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
A Jupyter Notebook Tutorial Gallery:
xuhuihuang.github.io/mlchem/html/...
October 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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/...
— 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.)
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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!!!
We are looking for 2-3 prospective graduate students to join our group starting the Fall 2026 term. Main projects include method development for ML, MD, drug design, and QM.
Please, apply through: lnkd.in/gnM_wC_H
Please, apply through: lnkd.in/gnM_wC_H
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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...
Chen Ed: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Coatings: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Cal Poly - Details - Tenure Track Position - Chemistry
jobs.calpoly.edu
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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...
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/...
Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Real Intelligence: Self-Scaffolding Computational Modeling with Generative AI in Chemistry
Chemistry education researchers have, for many years, explored different ways of learning chemistry through modeling and open-ended problem-solving. With the emergence of generative artificial intelli...
pubs.acs.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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/...
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Interested in chemistry grad school? Come check out the UMBC Chemistry Grad Open House!
Department website: chemistry.umbc.edu
Registration: forms.gle/1ttSe3XrnaPq...
Department website: chemistry.umbc.edu
Registration: forms.gle/1ttSe3XrnaPq...
September 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Interested in chemistry grad school? Come check out the UMBC Chemistry Grad Open House!
Department website: chemistry.umbc.edu
Registration: forms.gle/1ttSe3XrnaPq...
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...
August 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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...
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#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
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
August 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#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
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.)
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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.
🧵 Fall 2025 faculty: I wrote 7 pages on what you need to know about AI before classes start in a week or two—it's posted as PDF in the @figshare.com service under CC-BY: link below… Here are the highlights:
1/8
1/8
August 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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.
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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.
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.
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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.
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!!
For over 70 years, the small island of Lindau on Lake Constance in Germany has hosted the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, bringing together Nobel laureates and young scientists to learn from one another over a week of talks, lectures, lunches, and small exchanges. cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
A scientific holiday on a German island full of Nobel laureates
Impressions—but no selfies—from the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
cen.acs.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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.
12) Collard greens are much much much more delicious than kale—I’m not a great fan of kale’s big moment
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I feel like I have been trying to spread this message for years and no one has been listening.
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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...
That Computes: Faculty Member's Fellowship to Benefit Students
Cecilia Vollbrecht is one of just 10 faculty members from around the country to earn a fellowship that will help students learn new skills.
www.kzoo.edu
July 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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...
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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.
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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.
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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...
July 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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...
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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
Application info: klem-research-group.github.io/join/
♻️ Please share with anyone who might be interested! #chemjobs #postdoc #compchem #biochemistry #enzymes
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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
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!
June 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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.
April 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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.
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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
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01882
Bhalla Lab - Research Specialist (Junior Specialist)
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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
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...
The Molecular Sciences Software Institution
This is the official website for MolSSI
molssi.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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...
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🚨 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...
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...
forms.gle
March 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🚨 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...
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...
Reposted by Ashley Ringer McDonald
🧪📅 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
Scan the QR code to explore the full schedule 🔍👇
#ACSCOMP #CompChem #Cheminformatics #DrugDiscovery @chemsky.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🧪📅 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
Scan the QR code to explore the full schedule 🔍👇
#ACSCOMP #CompChem #Cheminformatics #DrugDiscovery @chemsky.bsky.social