Dr. KC Ortiz, Process Chem Enjoyer
@kcortiz.bsky.social
Gardening, Gundams, and Games. Big Critical Role Fan & Kinda Funny Fan, Process Chemist. PhD Chem Auburn '24 | BS Chem TAMU '16 | Dog/Cat Dad | He/Him | Big Wife Guy
Me: hey isolated side product can I spike you into my reaction and see if you're the cause of this impurity I'm seeing??
Isolated Side Product: best I can do is turn your reaction orange with zero impact on impurity formation...
Isolated Side Product: best I can do is turn your reaction orange with zero impact on impurity formation...
a cup of oreos sits next to a bottle of tropicana orange juice
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Me: hey isolated side product can I spike you into my reaction and see if you're the cause of this impurity I'm seeing??
Isolated Side Product: best I can do is turn your reaction orange with zero impact on impurity formation...
Isolated Side Product: best I can do is turn your reaction orange with zero impact on impurity formation...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ok but @bagphos.bsky.social still doesn't have a JACS 🙄
(this is a joke post and should not be taken seriously, I'm super excited for Dadphos and his work!!!)
Ok but @bagphos.bsky.social still doesn't have a JACS 🙄
(this is a joke post and should not be taken seriously, I'm super excited for Dadphos and his work!!!)
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation - Nature Synthesis
Heteroatom insertions into chemically inert carbon–carbon single bonds are rare compared to their unsaturated analogues. Now, ligand-to-metal charge transfer offers a promising entry point for oxygen ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ok but @bagphos.bsky.social still doesn't have a JACS 🙄
(this is a joke post and should not be taken seriously, I'm super excited for Dadphos and his work!!!)
Ok but @bagphos.bsky.social still doesn't have a JACS 🙄
(this is a joke post and should not be taken seriously, I'm super excited for Dadphos and his work!!!)
Always repost hopecore
morningg!!! happy monday and let’s do our best this week like we always do 🌸 we are strong, we can do itt 💜
a close up of a girl with red hair smiling
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November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Always repost hopecore
Last full week of work at my dream job....it's bittersweet man.
Hard knowing that I've succeeded and delivered on every project I've worked on and yet ultimately factors out of my control are sending me to new pastures.
C'est la vie
Hard knowing that I've succeeded and delivered on every project I've worked on and yet ultimately factors out of my control are sending me to new pastures.
C'est la vie
a cartoon of spongebob eating a hamburger with the caption " eh its okay "
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Last full week of work at my dream job....it's bittersweet man.
Hard knowing that I've succeeded and delivered on every project I've worked on and yet ultimately factors out of my control are sending me to new pastures.
C'est la vie
Hard knowing that I've succeeded and delivered on every project I've worked on and yet ultimately factors out of my control are sending me to new pastures.
C'est la vie
Reposted by Dr. KC Ortiz, Process Chem Enjoyer
An autumn evening on the Mill River, East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
An autumn evening on the Mill River, East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven
Linkedin my dude "Cracking" doesn't mean what you think it means now a days....
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Linkedin my dude "Cracking" doesn't mean what you think it means now a days....
We tied 1 to 1 with the team that's won the league for the last 3 6 week seasons...
Lost by 1 on PKs with a shot that barely got by me 😮💨
Pretty fun game though all in all!
Lost by 1 on PKs with a shot that barely got by me 😮💨
Pretty fun game though all in all!
I've been playing soccer in the same league for the last year with the same team... Tonight is the last playoffs I'll play with them b/c of the upcoming move.
Bittersweet yo
Bittersweet yo
a man wearing a suit and tie with a basketball league logo on his chest
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November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We tied 1 to 1 with the team that's won the league for the last 3 6 week seasons...
Lost by 1 on PKs with a shot that barely got by me 😮💨
Pretty fun game though all in all!
Lost by 1 on PKs with a shot that barely got by me 😮💨
Pretty fun game though all in all!
I've been playing soccer in the same league for the last year with the same team... Tonight is the last playoffs I'll play with them b/c of the upcoming move.
Bittersweet yo
Bittersweet yo
a man wearing a suit and tie with a basketball league logo on his chest
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November 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've been playing soccer in the same league for the last year with the same team... Tonight is the last playoffs I'll play with them b/c of the upcoming move.
Bittersweet yo
Bittersweet yo
Starting my music tattoo project on my left leg! Will be filling in the hexagons with my favorite songs from various pieces of media designed by various tattoo artist! Super excited.
Shout out to Clair Obscur Expedition 33!
Shout out to Clair Obscur Expedition 33!
October 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Starting my music tattoo project on my left leg! Will be filling in the hexagons with my favorite songs from various pieces of media designed by various tattoo artist! Super excited.
Shout out to Clair Obscur Expedition 33!
Shout out to Clair Obscur Expedition 33!
Hiring manager: there were a lot of applicants from top tier schools
Me: ok I can't change my school, so what can I actively work on to improve?
Hiring manager: 🤷♂️
What an incredible interaction to be frank. Especially as I've continuously succeeded in my current role inside & out of the lab.
Me: ok I can't change my school, so what can I actively work on to improve?
Hiring manager: 🤷♂️
What an incredible interaction to be frank. Especially as I've continuously succeeded in my current role inside & out of the lab.
October 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hiring manager: there were a lot of applicants from top tier schools
Me: ok I can't change my school, so what can I actively work on to improve?
Hiring manager: 🤷♂️
What an incredible interaction to be frank. Especially as I've continuously succeeded in my current role inside & out of the lab.
Me: ok I can't change my school, so what can I actively work on to improve?
Hiring manager: 🤷♂️
What an incredible interaction to be frank. Especially as I've continuously succeeded in my current role inside & out of the lab.
Sorry y'all. I went 9/10 as goalie last night so I probably blocked the rapture too. My b.
September 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Sorry y'all. I went 9/10 as goalie last night so I probably blocked the rapture too. My b.
Still can't believe I got multiple interviews deep in the process for a position only to then be told "you're a fantastic candidate but we can't move on due to concerns over rapidly changing immigration policies".
a close up of a cat making a funny face .
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September 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Still can't believe I got multiple interviews deep in the process for a position only to then be told "you're a fantastic candidate but we can't move on due to concerns over rapidly changing immigration policies".
Me turning 32 tomorrow
32-Year-Old Clair Obscur Fan Can’t Wait to Get Gommaged
32-Year-Old Clair Obscur Fan Can’t Wait to Get Gommaged
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A millennial fan of the hit RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is eagerly anticipating the upcoming date when she will dissolve into…
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July 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Me turning 32 tomorrow
MFW James Gunn's Superman refreshes me and my endless pursuit of hopefulness and positivity 🥹
July 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
MFW James Gunn's Superman refreshes me and my endless pursuit of hopefulness and positivity 🥹
Random KC Lore: At 17 I was the Class Leader/Officer for warlocks in one of the top guilds in the US in World of Warcraft.
I scheduled/ran interviews with recruits for our 4x weekly 4 hr raids involving member meetings and raid performance tests. They were legit job interviews.
I scheduled/ran interviews with recruits for our 4x weekly 4 hr raids involving member meetings and raid performance tests. They were legit job interviews.
July 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Random KC Lore: At 17 I was the Class Leader/Officer for warlocks in one of the top guilds in the US in World of Warcraft.
I scheduled/ran interviews with recruits for our 4x weekly 4 hr raids involving member meetings and raid performance tests. They were legit job interviews.
I scheduled/ran interviews with recruits for our 4x weekly 4 hr raids involving member meetings and raid performance tests. They were legit job interviews.
Reposted by Dr. KC Ortiz, Process Chem Enjoyer
Meet The Speaker: Prof. Abby Doyle @uclachem will be our first speaker at the next @organicdivision.org Virtual Symposium on July 16 at 12 noon (ET) #ChemSky
Watch for free at:
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: orgn.link/vs-zoom
More info: organicdivision.org/doc-virtual-sy…
Watch for free at:
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: orgn.link/vs-zoom
More info: organicdivision.org/doc-virtual-sy…
July 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Meet The Speaker: Prof. Abby Doyle @uclachem will be our first speaker at the next @organicdivision.org Virtual Symposium on July 16 at 12 noon (ET) #ChemSky
Watch for free at:
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: orgn.link/vs-zoom
More info: organicdivision.org/doc-virtual-sy…
Watch for free at:
YouTube: orgn.link/watch
Zoom: orgn.link/vs-zoom
More info: organicdivision.org/doc-virtual-sy…
Microsoft: Cuts thousands of jobs to free up budget for undesired AI
Meanwhile the twisted monstrous chimera of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams:
Meanwhile the twisted monstrous chimera of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams:
July 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Microsoft: Cuts thousands of jobs to free up budget for undesired AI
Meanwhile the twisted monstrous chimera of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams:
Meanwhile the twisted monstrous chimera of OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams:
Good morning you cool chemistry peeps in all fields at all levels!
I'm giving a talk to undergrad chem research students at my alma mater next week!
What advice would you give to your younger self? What do you wish you would have known post-undergrad (grad school/career)
I'm giving a talk to undergrad chem research students at my alma mater next week!
What advice would you give to your younger self? What do you wish you would have known post-undergrad (grad school/career)
July 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Good morning you cool chemistry peeps in all fields at all levels!
I'm giving a talk to undergrad chem research students at my alma mater next week!
What advice would you give to your younger self? What do you wish you would have known post-undergrad (grad school/career)
I'm giving a talk to undergrad chem research students at my alma mater next week!
What advice would you give to your younger self? What do you wish you would have known post-undergrad (grad school/career)
Yeup
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
They’re literally advertising it.
July 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Yeup
ACS Central Valley Symposium at Connecticut College was great yesterday! What a range of fantastic chem from grad students, to profs, to industry! Posters were dope too!
Incredible 1 day symposium! If you're in the northeast you better go next summer Lemme tell you about the Amtrak NE Rail!
Incredible 1 day symposium! If you're in the northeast you better go next summer Lemme tell you about the Amtrak NE Rail!
June 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
ACS Central Valley Symposium at Connecticut College was great yesterday! What a range of fantastic chem from grad students, to profs, to industry! Posters were dope too!
Incredible 1 day symposium! If you're in the northeast you better go next summer Lemme tell you about the Amtrak NE Rail!
Incredible 1 day symposium! If you're in the northeast you better go next summer Lemme tell you about the Amtrak NE Rail!
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Always a great conference with student presentations, talks from Boehringer, Merck, BMS, Pfizer and keynotes from Martin Tomanik (NYU) and Ryan Shenvi (Scripps) @shenvi.bsky.social
(And yes, @naohbartfield.bsky.social is one of the student speakers)
June 27 @ Conn College New London CT
(And yes, @naohbartfield.bsky.social is one of the student speakers)
June 27 @ Conn College New London CT
June 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Always a great conference with student presentations, talks from Boehringer, Merck, BMS, Pfizer and keynotes from Martin Tomanik (NYU) and Ryan Shenvi (Scripps) @shenvi.bsky.social
(And yes, @naohbartfield.bsky.social is one of the student speakers)
June 27 @ Conn College New London CT
(And yes, @naohbartfield.bsky.social is one of the student speakers)
June 27 @ Conn College New London CT
ACS CVS tomorrow! I'm hyped! Can't wait to see @naohbartfield.bsky.social 's talk and try to annoy @bagphos.bsky.social !!!
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
ACS CVS tomorrow! I'm hyped! Can't wait to see @naohbartfield.bsky.social 's talk and try to annoy @bagphos.bsky.social !!!
My 2019 tweet popped up today.
I met all of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social and told @gameovergreggy.bsky.social how I was inspired by KF to chase my dreams.
Now 6 yrs later Ive got my Chemistry PhD and I'm doing my best to help others with the same kindness and positivity that KF does. Thanks y'all ☺️
I met all of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social and told @gameovergreggy.bsky.social how I was inspired by KF to chase my dreams.
Now 6 yrs later Ive got my Chemistry PhD and I'm doing my best to help others with the same kindness and positivity that KF does. Thanks y'all ☺️
June 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My 2019 tweet popped up today.
I met all of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social and told @gameovergreggy.bsky.social how I was inspired by KF to chase my dreams.
Now 6 yrs later Ive got my Chemistry PhD and I'm doing my best to help others with the same kindness and positivity that KF does. Thanks y'all ☺️
I met all of @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social and told @gameovergreggy.bsky.social how I was inspired by KF to chase my dreams.
Now 6 yrs later Ive got my Chemistry PhD and I'm doing my best to help others with the same kindness and positivity that KF does. Thanks y'all ☺️
Heya @blessingjr.bsky.social thanks for your Gregway yesterday! I know it was a bit different than normal, but as someone of a similar past it felt nice to hear a discussion on it!
June 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Heya @blessingjr.bsky.social thanks for your Gregway yesterday! I know it was a bit different than normal, but as someone of a similar past it felt nice to hear a discussion on it!