Jeff Lipshultz
jeflip.bsky.social
Jeff Lipshultz
@jeflip.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, PI of @LipshultzSBU.bsky.social, @stonybrooku.bsky.social
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If you (or an undergraduate in your life) is thinking about graduate school in Chemistry, I want to share that Stony Brook Chemistry will be holding two virtual info sessions in about 2 weeks on our PhD program! Register: forms.gle/exxMufpr2dLv...
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We (SBU Chemistry) are looking for an Organic Chemistry Lecturer! Happy to answer any questions as best I can! apply.interfolio.com/174569 #facultychemjobs
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October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I was told that the citric acid cycle is "memorize the citric acid cycle, forget the citric acid cycle, repeat"
October 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Hi #chemsky, we are having lots of trouble acquiring methyl vinyl ketone. Several suppliers, @sigmaaldrich.bsky.social, @thermofishersci.bsky.social, claim that they have it, but they actually do not, and they claim they do not know when it will arrive from their supplier.
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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No words
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
honestly devastated to miss this cake today 🤤🤤
happy 26th birthday to agniva!! 🎂
October 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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happy 26th birthday to agniva!! 🎂
October 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We are looking for another senior faculty! This one in Chemical Biology, especially with a focus on infectious disease. Come be our colleague!
The Stony Brook Chemistry Department is searching for a Chemical Biologist at the Associate or Full professor Level. Come join us on Long Island and do some great science!
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October 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Bumping this, as we are ~ half way to the deadline. Come be my colleague!
Come join us at SBU Chemistry! We are looking for an Assoc/Full Prof in Materials or Polymer Chemistry, supported by the SUNY Empire Innovation Program. Deadline Oct 16. Reach out if you have any questions! apply.interfolio.com/173681 #facultychemjobs
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September 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.
September 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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🎉 happy 24th birthday to ayah!!!
September 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Come join us at SBU Chemistry! We are looking for an Assoc/Full Prof in Materials or Polymer Chemistry, supported by the SUNY Empire Innovation Program. Deadline Oct 16. Reach out if you have any questions! apply.interfolio.com/173681 #facultychemjobs
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September 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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The Vassar Chemistry Department is looking for a full-time (full benefits!) lecturer in organic chemistry. The position has a renewable 3-year contract offering significant stability in these unstable times. Please spread the word far and wide!
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Lecturer in Chemistry
Department Chemistry Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions co...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Really grateful to the NSF for awarding our MRI grant to acquire a helium recovery system for the NMR facility at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Chemistry! An important step towards sustainable use of a limited resource. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
NSF Award Search: Award # 2511171
MRI: Track 3 Acquisition of Helium Recovery Equipment to Support the NMR Facility for Campuswide Research & Education
www.nsf.gov
August 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT @jeflip.bsky.social / @lipshultzsbu.bsky.social out in ACS Catalysis, feat. my rockstar undergrad Celeste Barefoot who worked in this during her REU!

She's applying for PhD programs this fall!! 🔗below
August 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really delighted this is out @ ACS Catalysis. The chemistry looks a lot like a job prop I wrote 4 years ago, and we've spent a good chunk of the group's history learning a LOT about Ti photochem. Congrats especially to Jagrut, who defended 2 weeks ago! doi.org/10.1021/acsc...
August 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A really amazing workshop! Thanks to @tehshik.bsky.social @vydong.bsky.social and @sarponggroup.bsky.social for organizing and Nikki for providing a pharma perspective. decent location...
The Sixth Organic Syntheses Inc Workshop for Young Investigators on Organic Synthesis and Natural Products Chemistry was held at the UC Santa Barbara Club on August 7 to 9
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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"NIH funding is gone, so you should pivot to private foundations for funding"

Meanwhile, private foundations:
Having a hard time processing this. HHMI is pausing all competitions. Very demoralizing for early career scientists like me @hhmi.org
May 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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This is not just HHMI. All Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funding calls are CLOSED. The Gates Foundation has no Grand Challenges funding opportunities. I've never seen anything like this. Private foundations have just decided to stop supporting biomedical research.
August 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Just to give the TL;DR on this one:

*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Really happy to see this paper (last from my postdoc in the Radlab) out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! P-redox catalysis is really powerful for cascade amide coupling/activation – congrats to @alilabchem.bsky.social and Nico (started on this project as a FRESHMAN)! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Nitrilation of Carboxylic Acids by PIII/PV-Catalysis
A mild and catalytic method for the direct conversion of carboxylic acids into their corresponding nitriles is reported. In contrast to common nitrile preparations that rely on hazardous cyanide and c...
pubs.rsc.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
PhD #2 from the group - congratulations Jagrut, and thanks for all you've done for the group!
🎉🎉🎉 Celebrating Dr. Jagrut Shah!! Congratulations! 🍾
August 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
10 hours before the SBU internal deadline - 👋👋👋
July 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM