Scott
@shawschem.bsky.social
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
See research group at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14636114/
See research group at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14636114/
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 359 tenure-track positions and 65 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that we should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that we should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
docs.google.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 359 tenure-track positions and 65 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that we should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that we should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
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A prison closed after high levels of radon gas were detected is in the UK news today: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Where does radon come from and why is it dangerous? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social explains: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Where does radon come from and why is it dangerous? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social explains: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#ChemSky 🧪
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
A prison closed after high levels of radon gas were detected is in the UK news today: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Where does radon come from and why is it dangerous? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social explains: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Where does radon come from and why is it dangerous? This edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social explains: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#ChemSky 🧪
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So much this...
just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the left
www.mediamatters.org/media/4018641
January 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
So much this...
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An annual survey conducted by the American Chemical Society of its members’ salaries shows they rose across most categories from 2023 to 2024. cen.acs.org/careers/sala...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
US chemistry worker salaries grew 9% in 2024: ACS member survey
The median salary rose to $120,000, with higher wages in New England and on the West Coast as well as in chemical engineering
cen.acs.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Do I know anyone who went undergraduate at University of New Mexico? If that's you, please DM me.
Please RT | thank you!
Please RT | thank you!
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Do I know anyone who went undergraduate at University of New Mexico? If that's you, please DM me.
Please RT | thank you!
Please RT | thank you!
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Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses!
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Mental Imagery Science Project Survey
The results of this survey are intended to be used as data for a science project meant to determine the correlation between the vividness of a person's mental imagery and four other factors. Please an...
docs.google.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses!
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(info: 'print books' also includes ebooks)
Thank you! ☺️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
my kids also informed me that we're leaving 6-7 in 2025. I was just getting the hang of it. 🤦
January 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
my kids also informed me that we're leaving 6-7 in 2025. I was just getting the hang of it. 🤦
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Apt, as Mary Oliver often is.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Apt, as Mary Oliver often is.
current status: full belly and warm feet.
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
current status: full belly and warm feet.
2025 was a strange decade. Hoping the 12 months we are giving to 2026 will raise the bar.
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 AM
2025 was a strange decade. Hoping the 12 months we are giving to 2026 will raise the bar.
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
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Grid investment is set to rise from about USD 300bn in 2020 to nearly USD 580bn by 2027 as renewables and electrification expand. The US and China dominate spending.
But grids are not the only answer: flexibility, energy efficiency and storage can reduce and defer upgrades.
But grids are not the only answer: flexibility, energy efficiency and storage can reduce and defer upgrades.
December 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Grid investment is set to rise from about USD 300bn in 2020 to nearly USD 580bn by 2027 as renewables and electrification expand. The US and China dominate spending.
But grids are not the only answer: flexibility, energy efficiency and storage can reduce and defer upgrades.
But grids are not the only answer: flexibility, energy efficiency and storage can reduce and defer upgrades.
Oh the happy hours spent reading manuscript reviews in which the reviewer is really wishing we'd written a different manuscript... #proflife
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Oh the happy hours spent reading manuscript reviews in which the reviewer is really wishing we'd written a different manuscript... #proflife
A (former) colleague raised ducks, and those duck eggs made for a pretty fab brioche. Deviled Turkey eggs is something to put on my list.
December 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A (former) colleague raised ducks, and those duck eggs made for a pretty fab brioche. Deviled Turkey eggs is something to put on my list.
Last semester's student comments on my teaching were released sometime last night. I'm glad I decided to read them this morning. :-)
December 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Last semester's student comments on my teaching were released sometime last night. I'm glad I decided to read them this morning. :-)
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Monument to the immigrant in the fog, New Orleans
December 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Monument to the immigrant in the fog, New Orleans
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When liquids freeze, ions normally grind to a halt — but not in our new materials!
Our latest paper in @science.org shows how organic salts can keep the same ionic conductivity mechanism as they transform from liquid to solid.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@ox.ac.uk @ajavestro.bsky.social
Our latest paper in @science.org shows how organic salts can keep the same ionic conductivity mechanism as they transform from liquid to solid.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@ox.ac.uk @ajavestro.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
When liquids freeze, ions normally grind to a halt — but not in our new materials!
Our latest paper in @science.org shows how organic salts can keep the same ionic conductivity mechanism as they transform from liquid to solid.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@ox.ac.uk @ajavestro.bsky.social
Our latest paper in @science.org shows how organic salts can keep the same ionic conductivity mechanism as they transform from liquid to solid.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@ox.ac.uk @ajavestro.bsky.social
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Meanwhile, over at NSF…
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Meanwhile, over at NSF…
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#facultychemjobs weather report: stabilizing at 25% off
Today (12/16/25), there are 349 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 58 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
12/17/24: 449 tenure-track, 69 teaching
12/19/23: 481 tenure-track, 60 teaching
Today (12/16/25), there are 349 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 58 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
12/17/24: 449 tenure-track, 69 teaching
12/19/23: 481 tenure-track, 60 teaching
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
#facultychemjobs weather report: stabilizing at 25% off
Today (12/16/25), there are 349 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 58 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
12/17/24: 449 tenure-track, 69 teaching
12/19/23: 481 tenure-track, 60 teaching
Today (12/16/25), there are 349 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 58 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.
12/17/24: 449 tenure-track, 69 teaching
12/19/23: 481 tenure-track, 60 teaching
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St Lucia's Day links day 13 of #ChemAdvent: The saint is often depicted with a wreath of candles around her head, and in Sweden they celebrate with saffron buns (lussekatter)
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
St Lucia's Day links day 13 of #ChemAdvent: The saint is often depicted with a wreath of candles around her head, and in Sweden they celebrate with saffron buns (lussekatter)
#ChemSky 🧪
#ChemSky 🧪
