Ivan Castillo
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Ivan Castillo
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Mexican inorganic chemist at Instituto de Química, UNAM in Mexico City. Passion for science, travel, nature, yoga, et al.
Lunch with our guest and collaborator Ebbe Nordlander from @lunduniversity.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Our star undergrad Julián presenting results today on #CO2RR #CarbonDioxide #Reduction
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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This story is from today, but the crash actually happened on September 7 in Germany. Don't buy a Tesla.
Man and children burn alive in Tesla crash as rescuers 'unable to work car door'
A MAN and two children were burned to death after getting trapped inside a Tesla in a horror crash. The Tesla is said to have veered off the road and smashed into a tree while attempting to overtak…
www.thesun.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
August 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Clase de #EPR hoy
August 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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No matter how hard you try, you simply cannot guess the journal withe the highest “impact factor” in organic chemistry last year. Really. Nor will you guess many of the other “winners”:
Journal Impact Nonsense
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Happy to share our #OpenAccess latest contribution on Co4O4 cubanes as water oxidation catalysts pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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It still can't electron push - here are some of it's attempts at peracid epoxidation.

The text description of the mechanism is not bad, but not perfect. Seems unable to connect that to images
August 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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August 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Habemus maestra Meylin MSc 🇨🇺
August 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#Bioinorganic #Chemistry at #ICBIC in Long Beach, California
July 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Happy to share our new #OpenAcces contribution in collaboration with @lcc-cnrs.bsky.social Vincent Cesar’s group in @chemcomm.rsc.org @rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org
June 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
May 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That’s right @unm.edu
"In order for us to pay you your $100 fee, we will need to enroll you on our system. Please fill in this 5-page form, and send a completed tax form, and also a letter from your bank, both of which you will need to print out, scan, and upload." Probably best that I don't do a cost-benefit analysis.
May 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Inside and outside
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Save the date! #SiLQCOM10 in Huatulco, Mexico, will take place on October 18-23, 2026. Aparten fechas!

Gran programa científico ya tomando forma, noticias en breve. Great scientific program already taking shape, more soon.
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
April 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
April 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
April 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
April 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dinner with colleagues from Instituto de Química #UNAM and LCC Toulouse
April 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Degustando mariscos con los colegas del Tecnológico de Tijuana
March 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In San Diego at the @acs.org meeting
March 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM