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Amanda Patrick
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Mass Spectrometry | Coffee | Dog Training | Chemistry Education | Nature Photography

Undergrad at NCSU, PhD at UF (NSF GRFP), Postdoc at AFRL NM (NRC RAP), Assoc. Prof. at MS State Uni.

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-0970

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · Feb 6
Enjoyed chatting with LCGC International for this interview. #TeamMassSpec 🧪 #WomenInSTEM

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Reaching for the Stars with Mass Spectrometry
LCGC International spoke to Amanda Patrick associate professor at Mississippi State University about her research exploring mass spectrometry (MS) applications in ionic liquid analysis.
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Final hike of the year at Choctaw Lake!

#AustralianCattleDog #DogsOfBlueSky #Mississippi
Blue heeler dog sits atop a fallen tree. Dog stands on a boardwalk looking out over a lake. Dog lays on a boardwalk looking back at a flock of geese. Dog wades out into the lake at the end of his walk.
December 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Calling all scientists 🔬✨

We invite scientists to support our GSMI mentorship efforts by conducting 1-hr mock interviews for prospective graduate students. Your participation can make a meaningful difference!

Interested mentors are encouraged to sign-up here: cientificolatino.com/mock-intervi...
Picture of a flyer that says "Calling Mentors!" and asking for their help as Cientifico Latino, Inc. is looking for mock interviewers for 1-hour sessions to help GSMI graduate school applications. You can sign up here: https://cientificolatino.com/mock-interviewer
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Great reminder to celebrate milestones and accomplishments liberally!
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Big congrats to everyone who’s applied to grad school! 🥳🎉

It’s a huge milestone, and we’re so proud of all the hard work you’ve put in. Take a moment to celebrate—you deserve it! 🌟

Tag a friend who’s on this journey so we can cheer them on too! 🙌🎓
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I’m a wimp about the sudden cold, so Percy’s walk today was around a few dog-friendly stores!

#DogsOfBluesky #DogsOfChemSky #AustralianCattleDog
Downward shot showing a blue heeler dog wearing a carhartt jacket and carrying a lamb chop toy leaving a store. Blue heeler dog heeling beside handler walking down a store aisle. Blue heeler dog walking down a store aisle.
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Merry Christmas! #AustralianCattleDog #DogsOfBluesky #DogsOfChemSky
Blue heeler dog sits on park bench in a field wearing Christmas tree headband and festive red scarf.
December 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Holiday shelter pups! #ShelterDogs #DogsOfBluesky
Yellow mixed breed puppy walking by, smiling to camera wearing a red holiday scarf. Black and white pit bull mix dog wearing a Christmas tree headband sitting looking at camera. Same black and white pitbull sitting wearing a red scarf. German shepherd sitting looking at camera wearing a Christmas tree headband and red holiday scarf.
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Me as an author: can’t wait to get this manuscript off my desk and into peer review so I can relax over the holidays!

Me as a journal editor: who submits a paper right before the holidays? Obviously we won’t be able to find any peer reviewers for weeks!
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Attended commencement this morning. Love celebrating student success and achievement!
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Some foliage from a recent walk. #Mississippi #NaturePhotography
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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December means a festive pup photo shoot for Percy the #AustralianCattleDog !

#DogsOfBluesky #DogsOfChemSky #RescuePup
Blue heeler sitting on a park bench in a golden prairie. He is wearing a bright red scarf and a Christmas tree headband. Same blue heeler balancing a gingerbread dog cookie on his snout. Close up of face. Close up of festively dressed blue heeler’s face.
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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rsc.org
📢 Save the Date! We’re delighted to announce that #RSCPoster 2026 will take place on 3 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT.

Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines.

Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
Promotional image for a 24-hour online conference on LinkedIn by American Elements and the Royal Society of Chemistry, scheduled from March 3, 2026, at 12:00 GMT to March 4, 2026, at 12:00 GMT. Features an orange and black design with abstract lines and dots, highlighting the text 'Save the date'.
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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My colleagues in Biological Sciences are searching for a tenure track assistant professor. Info here: explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job...

#AcademicJobs #Biology
Careers | MSU Jobs
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December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Practicing tricks “in the wild” to proof cues and build confidence! #DogTraining #AustralianCattleDog
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Mentoring junior scientists is one of my favorite parts of this job! Thanks to my College for this recognition.

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MSU arts, sciences faculty awards: Celebrating excellence in research, mentorship and scholarship
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Percy the #AustralianCattleDog with his Qualifier and #1 Australian cattle dog rosettes for @americankennelclub.bsky.social Trick Dog National contest!

A #RescueDog proving you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Cattle dog laying down balancing a doggie donut on his snout. Rosettes are set out beside him. Purple and white rosette on the left sat on a table top. Left ribbon reads #1 Australian cattle dog. Center ribbon reads 2025 AKC Trick Dog National competition. Right ribbon reads Elite Performer. Qualifier medal in center and blue and white qualifier rosette on the right.
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Love to support the local roasters and this one is terrific! umblecoffee.com
Bag of Felipe’s anaerobic Umble Reserve coffee
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Spent a couple hours today giving shelter pups time out of their kennels! #DogsOfBluesky #ShelterDogs
Blue heeler play bowing with green canvas toy in her mouth. Red Lab (pit mix, maybe) puppy sitting for a pic. Peach and white big block headed pitbull standing in grass. Sweet shepherd sitting and “giving paw” to person taking photo.
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Still at the top of my NCSU trivia game! #HowlBack #NCStateRedWhite
Kahoot! Podium, with my avatar in first place.
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Rain has brought out the mushrooms!
A blue heeler dog lays at the center of a fairy ring of white mushrooms.
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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For over a century, chemists have made flavor molecules to evoke particular tastes. How do they know which compounds create a particular flavor, and how do they make these molecules? cen.acs.org/food/food-sc...

#NationalChemistryWeek #ACS_NCW #SpiceChemistry #chemsky
A three-column infographic, titled “Faking Flavors with Chemistry,” explaining how artificial flavors are formulated and produced.
The first column highlights three early artificial flavors: vanillin (vanilla, 1870s), methyl anthranilate (grape, early 1900s), and diacetyl (butter, 1920s). 
The second column points out that it’s more common for flavors to have several chemical contributors. Chemists determine these using analytical methods. The primary method used is gas chromatography, which separates compounds in a sample according to their boiling points and solubilities. The output tells us how much of each compound is present, and the chromatograph can be connected to a mass spectrometer and a sniff port for further identifying information.
The third column discusses how flavor molecules are made once they’ve been identified. Usually, they’re extracted from plants or made in the lab. However, chemists are turning to biotechnological methods, which allow them to market produced flavor molecules as natural. One method is biosynthesis, in which microbes metabolize simple chemical building blocks to make flavor compounds over multiple reaction steps. Another method is biotransformation, which uses microbes or their isolated enzymes to make flavor compounds from a similar starting substance in simple reactions.

October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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National Chemistry Week x Mississippi State Homecoming tailg hosted by the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, and Student Affiliates of the ACS. 🧪 🥽 #NationalChemistryWeek
Students in lab coats demonstrate liquid nitrogen boiling to kids on the other side of a table. Kids watch as a chemistry student explains carbon dioxide sublimation, visualized using soapy water. Two lab-coat-clad chemistry students pose triumphantly after a successful elephant toothpaste demo.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Back at the shelter after a hiatus. Leash walks only today. walked a love lab and a cute little pit! #DogsOfuesky #RescueDogs #ShelterPups
Black lab sitting with tongue out. She has an orange rope lead and there is grass and bushes in the background. Little blue pit with big wonky ears standing outside.
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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“When women stepped outside their prescribed roles, they became targets. Too much wealth might reflect sinful gains. Too little money demonstrated bad character. Too many children could indicate a deal with a devil. Having too few children was suspicious, too.”
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM