Ashley Ringer McDonald
@aringermcdonald.bsky.social
Computational chemist, Professor, Cal Poly SLO. MolSSI Board of Directors. Past Chair ACS COMP.
This is the kind that I had success with.
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is the kind that I had success with.
This is the kind of plastic wrap you need.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is the kind of plastic wrap you need.
This brand worked for me. It doesn’t say anywhere on the box that it is actually PVC, but it must be.
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This brand worked for me. It doesn’t say anywhere on the box that it is actually PVC, but it must be.
And the video. I should have poured more sugar but by the time I did a second one, my sugar had cooled too much.
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
And the video. I should have poured more sugar but by the time I did a second one, my sugar had cooled too much.
The hero of our story.
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The hero of our story.
I kinda did it!
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I kinda did it!
If anyone needs to know this, most plastic wrap in the US is made from polyethylene, but plastic wrap in Europe is made from PVC. This really matters if you are trying to make a decorative sugar dome for a cake after you saw them do it on a British baking show. #chemsky
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
If anyone needs to know this, most plastic wrap in the US is made from polyethylene, but plastic wrap in Europe is made from PVC. This really matters if you are trying to make a decorative sugar dome for a cake after you saw them do it on a British baking show. #chemsky
The Women Make COMP symposium is back for the Spring 2026 ACS meeting! Undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral scholars are all eligible. Don’t miss this great opportunity to present your research and grow your professional network! Application: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Women Make COMP symposium is back for the Spring 2026 ACS meeting! Undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral scholars are all eligible. Don’t miss this great opportunity to present your research and grow your professional network! Application: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
No one is talking about the fact that adiabatic is not accepted in spelling bee today? What are the rest of you doing on your flights to #ACSFall2025? (And no, I haven’t finished my slides yet. It’s a long way from the west coast to DC. I’ve still got plenty of time.)
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
No one is talking about the fact that adiabatic is not accepted in spelling bee today? What are the rest of you doing on your flights to #ACSFall2025? (And no, I haven’t finished my slides yet. It’s a long way from the west coast to DC. I’ve still got plenty of time.)
Max ALSO tried to give everyone an A this morning.
June 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Max ALSO tried to give everyone an A this morning.
I had so much fun being a judge at Cal Poly DataFest this afternoon! If you aren’t familiar with DataFest, it is a two-day undergrad competition where students find and tell a story in a dataset. All the students did amazing work! If your campus hosts a DataFest I highly recommend volunteering.
April 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I had so much fun being a judge at Cal Poly DataFest this afternoon! If you aren’t familiar with DataFest, it is a two-day undergrad competition where students find and tell a story in a dataset. All the students did amazing work! If your campus hosts a DataFest I highly recommend volunteering.
Congratulations to our new ACS COMP officers! I had such a great experience in the COMP chair progression, meeting so many new people and and working with the COMP community. If you aren’t involved with COMP yet, you are missing out! You can find out more and join at acscomp.org!
November 21, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Congratulations to our new ACS COMP officers! I had such a great experience in the COMP chair progression, meeting so many new people and and working with the COMP community. If you aren’t involved with COMP yet, you are missing out! You can find out more and join at acscomp.org!
In October, I organized a symposium at SERMACS in honor of my beloved graduate advisor, David Sherrill, winning the Herty Medal. If you ever organize a symposium in someone’s honor, it turns out everyone’s favorite thing is if you have cookies that look like the honoree’s face.
November 17, 2024 at 12:25 AM
In October, I organized a symposium at SERMACS in honor of my beloved graduate advisor, David Sherrill, winning the Herty Medal. If you ever organize a symposium in someone’s honor, it turns out everyone’s favorite thing is if you have cookies that look like the honoree’s face.