Milner group at Cornell University
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Milner group at Cornell University
@runofthephill.bsky.social
Chemistry research group at Cornell University, working on organic, inorganic, and materials chemistry. Catalysis and separations.
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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

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The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks
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October 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Our new @jacs.acspublications.org paper is out! We demonstrate the formation of active Cu nanograins from single-atom catalysts under CO2 reduction conditions by different experimental techniques, including operando XAS and EC-TEM. @runofthephill.bsky.social
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Dynamic Evolution from Single-Atom Catalysts to Active Nanograins for CO2 Reduction
Understanding dynamic catalyst evolution, particularly Cu-based single-atom catalysts, faces tremendous challenges of tracking rapid and nanoscale evolution and uncontrolled catalyst reoxidation durin...
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October 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Check out undergrad Zayim's paper on aqueous MOF synthesis, now out in JMCA! He was even able to find a new open metal site MOF that does not form under traditional solvothermal conditions. Congrats to PhD coauthors Ron, Tristan, and Clarisse!

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October 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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High-Concentration Aqueous Synthesis of Salicylate-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2025/TA/D5TA04800A
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Make sure you don’t miss Alexandra’s talk at #EuroMOF2025!!
📣 Meet the sixth of 18 oral speakers of the Young Scientist Symposium: Alexandra Lim from the Cornell University, who will be presenting 'Carbon Capture from Natural Gas Flue Emissions and Air via (Bi)Carbonate Formation in a Cyclodextrin-Based Metal-Organic Framework'! ✨

#EuroMOF2025 #MOF #COF
September 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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It's not just our singular abilities that make big changes, but the connections between us. At least, that's how it can be in chemistry. Congrats to Musser, Milner and team for their work @natchem.nature.com on electrophotocatalysis! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Polymer connectivity governs electrophotocatalytic activity in the solid state - Nature Chemistry
The combination of electricity and light can provide a sustainable route to drive challenging synthetic transformations, but current catalysts are plagued by poor stability and mechanistic ambiguity. ...
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September 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Team MOFganic strikes again! Check out our most recent work, now out in @jacs.acspublications.org!

Kaitlyn, Julia, and Jaehwan showed that vinyl fluoride gases are surprising electrophilic and react selectively with N-heterocycles!

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Defluorinative Coupling of (NH)-Heteroarenes and Unactivated Vinyl Fluorides Enabled by Metal–Organic Frameworks
N-vinyl azoles are prevalent moieties in pharmaceuticals, and fluorovinyl groups are widely recognized as carbonyl bioisosteres in drug design. Thus, N-fluorovinylated heteroarenes represent highly de...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Come be our colleague!
August 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We are very excited to announce that PJM has been named a recipient of the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry! 🥳🍾🍻🎉
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ACS announces 2026 national award winners
The winners are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline
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August 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Check out Allen's paper (in collaboration with Amy, Kiser, and Juno from the X-less Musser group) on the first heterogeneous catalyst for organic electrophotocatalysis, out now in @natchem.nature.com!

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Polymer connectivity governs electrophotocatalytic activity in the solid state
Nature Chemistry - The combination of electricity and light can provide a sustainable route to drive challenging synthetic transformations, but current catalysts are plagued by poor stability and...
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August 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Exciting news from MOF2026! Abstract submissions are open - check it out below and share with your networks! 🎉
Abstract submission is OPEN!

PhD students and postdocs — we’d love to see you in the Young Investigator Symposium!

Everyone — send in your posters or talks for the main event!

Can't wait to hear your science in New Orleans! 🎉⚜️

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MOF 2026 Conference
MOF 2026 Conference, MOF 2026, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Metal-Organic Frameworks - International Commission, International MOF Conferences, MOF2026 New Orleans, Young Scientist Symposium
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July 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Who knows how PJM made the cut for a keynote speaker slot at @mof2026.bsky.social but we’ll be there with bells on!
Our Keynote Speakers are rolling in! Check out the list of great talks to anticipate here - na.eventscloud.com/website/8671...
MOF 2026 Conference Speakers
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July 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Our paper in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. @pccp.rsc.org with @runofthephill.bsky.social on MOF self-assembly simulations is online now, a.k.a. Lego® for MOFs.

We demonstrate the spontaneous assembly of rationally designed, coarse-grained, rigid-body models of 34 distinct MOF nets, ...
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Check out 3rd year Alexandra's paper with our first PhD student Mary on direct air capture of [censored gas], now out in @jacs.acspublications.org!

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July 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I’m immensely grateful to @onoinitiative.bsky.social for this honor and for supporting our work — and congratulations to Stacy and @angadmehta.bsky.social!
The 2025 Ono Initiative Award is presented to @jeremybaskin.bsky.social, Stacy Malaker, ‪@angadmehta.bsky.social‬ as noted. Congratulations!
Jeremy Baskin, Cornel University
Stacy Malaker, Yale University
Angad Mehta, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ONO INITIATIVE 2025 AWARDEES ANNOUNCED
The Ono Pharma Foundation was established to support academic research in relevant scientific fields, which have the potential of making significant impact on therapeutic approaches to disease and pai...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Happy 11th birthday to @andolab.bsky.social ! 🎂 🥳 Also happy to share that I'm a full prof as of July 1 -- thanks to my awesome group, past and present.

We're now looking to grow the team! Looking for someone with amazing protein skills and postdocs excited about evolutionary questions!
July 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Hello BlueSky 🦋 I'm the Director of Graduate Studies in Cornell Chemistry. We're hiring a new Graduate Field Coordinator to help support our graduate program. Please apply or repost if you know someone great! tinyurl.com/3znxx4bh
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June 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Second year Danny passed his qualifying exam today!
June 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Is everyone on #chemsky ready for the new NIH public access policy to take effect on July 1? sharing.nih.gov/public-acces...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
⭐️ fifth year PhD student Kaitlyn (who worked in the Chirik lab as a UG) traveled to the pits of New Jersey today to present her research on fluorination using MOFs at Princeton! Thanks @stache-lab.bsky.social for helping to organize 😀
April 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our group presented an educational activity on "crystallizing CO2" at Expand Your Horizons today! Thanks Bayu for organizing and Kaitlyn, Alexandra, Priyadarshini, Emily, Julia, Clarisse, and Katrina for leading the activity!
April 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Check out this highlight of Zoe's paper with the Lambert group in Nature Energy!

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Amine oxides step up - Nature Energy
Nature Energy - Amine oxides step up
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April 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Check out Tristan's recent work in honor of the late great Frank Disalvo, out now in Chemistry of Materials! Including some cool microED data we collected with Rigaku to elucidate the structure of the mysterious metallocrown ether framework CORN-MOF-1!

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Controlled Growth and Interconversion of Photoluminescent Metal–Organic Frameworks under High-Concentration Conditions
A major drawback to the implementation of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) on scale is the vast quantity of organic solvents, typically N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), required to synthesize even small qu...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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The 2025 ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigator Award goes to Professor Jeremy Baskin! Congrats to Jeremy & our other esteemed presenters for yesterday's great symposium!
Jennifer Prescher, @jeremybaskin.bsky.social, Carsten Schultz, @chembiobryan.bsky.social, @sonjakrane.bsky.social, @pubs.acs.org
March 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM