Chris Kozak
@kozycanuck.bsky.social
Blobologist on the edge of North America. Fan of Futurama and Post-Punk. He/Him.
Enjoying a lunch of French Canadian tourtiere when I found some souvenir @acs.org LA local section Tabasco in my drawer from the NOLA National Meeting. A perfect pairing! Laissez les bon temps rouler!
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Enjoying a lunch of French Canadian tourtiere when I found some souvenir @acs.org LA local section Tabasco in my drawer from the NOLA National Meeting. A perfect pairing! Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Wizard frog casts “vicious mockery”
October 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Wizard frog casts “vicious mockery”
The Blue Jays’ bats are singing in Toronto!
a logo for the toronto blue jays with a bird and a maple leaf
ALT: a logo for the toronto blue jays with a bird and a maple leaf
media.tenor.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Blue Jays’ bats are singing in Toronto!
Just arrived today and can’t wait to jump in to this latest from @samkean.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just arrived today and can’t wait to jump in to this latest from @samkean.bsky.social
Superb! Amazing match. True grit. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
New Zealand 19-34 Canada LIVE: Watch Women's Rugby World Cup score, TV stream, tries and updates
Follow live coverage with text and score updates as New Zealand face Canada in the semi-final at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Superb! Amazing match. True grit. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...
Excellent discussion at today’s start to the Faraday Discussion on polymerization and depolymerization. Thanks for all the great comments and questions! Looking forward to tomorrow’s session covering catalysis and contributions from Fran (@chemmouse.bsky.social) #FD_polym
September 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Excellent discussion at today’s start to the Faraday Discussion on polymerization and depolymerization. Thanks for all the great comments and questions! Looking forward to tomorrow’s session covering catalysis and contributions from Fran (@chemmouse.bsky.social) #FD_polym
I am disgusted by the locking out of @dalfaculty.bsky.social by the administration @dalhousie.bsky.social. This is clearly an attempt to bully the faculty with appearing to not impact the students. Rubbish. This is when most faculty shift to intensive preparations for the fall term... 1/2
The University has initiated a lockout for Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) members, effective as of 9:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, August 20.
Please visit the Labour Relations website for FAQs: ow.ly/zGXR50WIRSS
Please visit the Labour Relations website for FAQs: ow.ly/zGXR50WIRSS
DFA negotiations
ow.ly
August 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I am disgusted by the locking out of @dalfaculty.bsky.social by the administration @dalhousie.bsky.social. This is clearly an attempt to bully the faculty with appearing to not impact the students. Rubbish. This is when most faculty shift to intensive preparations for the fall term... 1/2
Trying out our new Vacuubrand oil free pumps that will replace our messy old rotary vane pumps on our glove boxes. I mean, I suppose that’s a good vacuum (it hit 0.019 mbar a minute later). 😳
July 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Trying out our new Vacuubrand oil free pumps that will replace our messy old rotary vane pumps on our glove boxes. I mean, I suppose that’s a good vacuum (it hit 0.019 mbar a minute later). 😳
Rock on Ozzy. Thanks for the music and the laughs. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces
A statement from his family says Osbourne was with his family and
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July 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rock on Ozzy. Thanks for the music and the laughs. www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...
Our latest paper appears! This has been a fun collaboration with friends at Saint Mary's U. Thank you @daltontrans.rsc.org for the quick processing of our final manuscript and to the referees for their extensive and exceedingly helpful comments. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
A new class of ligand derived from the reactions of bis(dialkylphosphino)amines and 9-diazofluorene: preparation, structure and reactivity
The reaction of tetra(isopropyl)diphosphazane (iPr-PNP) or tetraphenyldiphosphazane (Ph-PNP) with 9-diazofluorene (9-DAF) affords new chelating phosphazene ligands [F(NN)P(R)2NP(R)2(NHN)F] where F = f...
pubs.rsc.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our latest paper appears! This has been a fun collaboration with friends at Saint Mary's U. Thank you @daltontrans.rsc.org for the quick processing of our final manuscript and to the referees for their extensive and exceedingly helpful comments. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Happy to have our Viscostar back from a spa visit to Waters | Wyatt Technology. @mikhailey.bsky.social and Albert in particular are excited to be reunited with it. All lights are green for go!
June 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Happy to have our Viscostar back from a spa visit to Waters | Wyatt Technology. @mikhailey.bsky.social and Albert in particular are excited to be reunited with it. All lights are green for go!
Who else is in the mood for a sauna? Oh, eh oh eh ooh! Sauna!Thanks Sweden #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Who else is in the mood for a sauna? Oh, eh oh eh ooh! Sauna!Thanks Sweden #eurovision
Reposted by Chris Kozak
The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs
Reposted by Chris Kozak
It’s April Fools Day, meaning astronomers write joke paper preprints on topics, so here’s one about Taylor Swift’s eras compared to the eras of the universe:
arxiv.org/abs/2503.22795
🔭🧪
arxiv.org/abs/2503.22795
🔭🧪
The Eras Tour: Mapping the Eras of Taylor Swift to the Cosmological Eras of the Universe
This paper explores an unexpected yet compelling parallel between the evolution of the universe, as described by cosmological eras, and the artistic evolution of Taylor Swift, delineated by her distin...
arxiv.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It’s April Fools Day, meaning astronomers write joke paper preprints on topics, so here’s one about Taylor Swift’s eras compared to the eras of the universe:
arxiv.org/abs/2503.22795
🔭🧪
arxiv.org/abs/2503.22795
🔭🧪
It was great to meet @andy.compoundchem.com at the San Diego ACS Meeting. Great chats about the importance of good visuals (with @julianavidal.bsky.social) as well as the difference between seals and sea lions and why the latter are the far less friendly of the two should you encounter them.
Happy Birthday, Robert Bunsen! 🎂
He's best known for the eponymous Bunsen burner, which was actually constructed for Bunsen by instrument maker Peter Desaga. It was essential to the discovery of caesium and rubidium through their emission spectra.
www.compoundchem.com/2023/03/31/b...
#ChemSky 🧪
He's best known for the eponymous Bunsen burner, which was actually constructed for Bunsen by instrument maker Peter Desaga. It was essential to the discovery of caesium and rubidium through their emission spectra.
www.compoundchem.com/2023/03/31/b...
#ChemSky 🧪
March 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It was great to meet @andy.compoundchem.com at the San Diego ACS Meeting. Great chats about the importance of good visuals (with @julianavidal.bsky.social) as well as the difference between seals and sea lions and why the latter are the far less friendly of the two should you encounter them.
The little gremlin sure missed us
March 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The little gremlin sure missed us
Back from a great trip to the ACS meeting in San Diego. Highlights definitely include meeting this guy at the airport
March 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Back from a great trip to the ACS meeting in San Diego. Highlights definitely include meeting this guy at the airport
Reposted by Chris Kozak
Thank you to everyone at #ACSSpring2025 for a wonderful conference and especially the members lounge - always a good time, a chance to catch your breath during long days of talks, exploring the exhibits and mixers. Even better today as I won a Periodic Table blanket 💚🍀💚👩🏼🔬👩🏿🔬👩🏻🔬👩🏽🔬🧪🧪🧪
March 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thank you to everyone at #ACSSpring2025 for a wonderful conference and especially the members lounge - always a good time, a chance to catch your breath during long days of talks, exploring the exhibits and mixers. Even better today as I won a Periodic Table blanket 💚🍀💚👩🏼🔬👩🏿🔬👩🏻🔬👩🏽🔬🧪🧪🧪
Congratulations to PhD candidate Cyler Vos on his departmental seminar! Next step is thesis submission and that pesky defense! Great work Cyler!
March 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations to PhD candidate Cyler Vos on his departmental seminar! Next step is thesis submission and that pesky defense! Great work Cyler!
Waiting over 3 months now for a review on a submitted manuscript. System says one report is in, waiting on #2 since early January. #chemsky, what’s the longest you’ve waited?
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Waiting over 3 months now for a review on a submitted manuscript. System says one report is in, waiting on #2 since early January. #chemsky, what’s the longest you’ve waited?
I haven't posted in the former Twitter a while, but reading the flood of misinformation over there makes the head spin. So decided to play with this Grok AI thing and ask where it comes from. Hmm.
February 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I haven't posted in the former Twitter a while, but reading the flood of misinformation over there makes the head spin. So decided to play with this Grok AI thing and ask where it comes from. Hmm.
Yes, join us at Pacifichem to talk about your work in Sustainable Materials and Polymer Chemistry in our symposium #CES042
🌴I am co-organizing a symposium at Pacifichem 2025: Sustainable Materials and Polymer Chemistry, #CES042 We'd love to hear you talk. pacifichem.org. Abstracts due Apr 2. We will be in Hawaii Convention Center: Wednesday, December 17, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 🌴 #chemsky #greenchemistry
Pacifichem 2025
The 2025 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies will be held December 15-20, 2025. Pacifichem 2025 will be the ninth in the series of successful cosponsored scientific conferences ...
pacifichem.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Yes, join us at Pacifichem to talk about your work in Sustainable Materials and Polymer Chemistry in our symposium #CES042
A plug for the Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference this summer. There is a new Green Division starting this year! Lots of focused symposia plus a general session, where students get prioritized for talks. Looking forward to seeing lots of Green Chem presentations!
✨ A great way to start a Friday is by announcing that...📣 THE #CSC2025 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL FEB. 6, 2025 AT 11:59 PM ET! Don't delay, submit your abstract today! Start planning your Ottawa conference experience ASAP! ☺️ ☝️ buff.ly/4gk9ksS
January 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A plug for the Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference this summer. There is a new Green Division starting this year! Lots of focused symposia plus a general session, where students get prioritized for talks. Looking forward to seeing lots of Green Chem presentations!
The latest addition to @chemmouse.bsky.social and my lab's amazing suite of instrumentation. This Bruker Matrix MF IR spectrometer with ATR probe coupled to a Parr Pressure Reactor for in situ reaction monitoring of CO2 copolymerization and other reactions.
January 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The latest addition to @chemmouse.bsky.social and my lab's amazing suite of instrumentation. This Bruker Matrix MF IR spectrometer with ATR probe coupled to a Parr Pressure Reactor for in situ reaction monitoring of CO2 copolymerization and other reactions.
Reposted by Chris Kozak
I have just taken the survey:
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have just taken the survey:
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
www.nature.com/articles/d41...