Carina Crucho
@carinacrucho.bsky.social
Assistant Researcher @FCTNOVA 👩🏻🔬 Chemist 🧪 @stateivlp alumna 🇺🇸 CASFutureLeader2020 @CASChemistry @LOréal awardee Fulbrighter 🇺🇲
With all the rain ⛈️ lately, its nice to remember when my cuvette looked like windows on fire. 👩🏻🔬Happy #fluorescencefriday #raining #chemistryfriday #WomenInSTEM
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
With all the rain ⛈️ lately, its nice to remember when my cuvette looked like windows on fire. 👩🏻🔬Happy #fluorescencefriday #raining #chemistryfriday #WomenInSTEM
It’s official! Our Organic Chemistry Board Game “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” has just been launched! 🧪💫 Designed to bring game-based learning into the lab, this adventure turns complex chemistry concepts into strategy, fun, and collaboration.
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s official! Our Organic Chemistry Board Game “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” has just been launched! 🧪💫 Designed to bring game-based learning into the lab, this adventure turns complex chemistry concepts into strategy, fun, and collaboration.
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy Laboween! 🎃 🕷️
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happy Laboween! 🎃 🕷️
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
Igniting this #fluorescencefriday with a fiery glow! 🔥👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #ChemistryMagic #fluorescentvibes
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Igniting this #fluorescencefriday with a fiery glow! 🔥👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #ChemistryMagic #fluorescentvibes
Just published! 🚀 “Bringing Geopolitics to the Periodic Table” explores how chemistry and global trends intertwine. Read here: rdcu.be/eKNfs 🌍 #NatureReviewsChemistry @NatRevChem @SpringerNature #sustainability #criticalmaterials
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just published! 🚀 “Bringing Geopolitics to the Periodic Table” explores how chemistry and global trends intertwine. Read here: rdcu.be/eKNfs 🌍 #NatureReviewsChemistry @NatRevChem @SpringerNature #sustainability #criticalmaterials
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Post a female character you love 💜 (My Barbie the Scientist — inspired by Lara Croft)
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Post a female character you love 💜 (My Barbie the Scientist — inspired by Lara Croft)
Flask cleaning, the royal way 👑⚗️ Aqua regia — the royal water — a powerful mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid, famous for dissolving even noble metals like gold. Today, just making my glassware sparkle! #royalwater #ChemistryHistory #LabLife #womeninstem #womeninscience
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Flask cleaning, the royal way 👑⚗️ Aqua regia — the royal water — a powerful mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid, famous for dissolving even noble metals like gold. Today, just making my glassware sparkle! #royalwater #ChemistryHistory #LabLife #womeninstem #womeninscience
A fluorescent green light 👩🏻🔬 — permission granted for weekend mode. 💚 Happy #FluorescenceFriday #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A fluorescent green light 👩🏻🔬 — permission granted for weekend mode. 💚 Happy #FluorescenceFriday #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
Just published! 🧪🎲 Bringing organic chemistry to life with a role-playing game where students fight zombies, trolls & goblins while solving chemical mysteries. 🧟♂️🧪 #GameBasedLearning #OrganicChemistry #scienceeducation doi.org/10.1515/cti-...
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Just published! 🧪🎲 Bringing organic chemistry to life with a role-playing game where students fight zombies, trolls & goblins while solving chemical mysteries. 🧟♂️🧪 #GameBasedLearning #OrganicChemistry #scienceeducation doi.org/10.1515/cti-...
Scaling new fluorescent heights this #FluorescenceFriday! 🏔️✨ A tiny glowing mountain in the lab. 👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
July 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Scaling new fluorescent heights this #FluorescenceFriday! 🏔️✨ A tiny glowing mountain in the lab. 👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
A little bloom in the lab! 🌸✨ This compound crystallized into what looks like a delicate white flower. Proof that chemistry grows its own kind of beauty. #LabLife #LabBlooms #chemistry #WomenInScience #flowers
May 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A little bloom in the lab! 🌸✨ This compound crystallized into what looks like a delicate white flower. Proof that chemistry grows its own kind of beauty. #LabLife #LabBlooms #chemistry #WomenInScience #flowers
Ever wondered what a 50 nm #nanoparticle really looks like? I built a 20 cm styreofoam model to scale - complete with polymers, dyes, peptides, and even a 1 nm² marker to show just how much room we have at the nanoscale! 🧬✨
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
April 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ever wondered what a 50 nm #nanoparticle really looks like? I built a 20 cm styreofoam model to scale - complete with polymers, dyes, peptides, and even a 1 nm² marker to show just how much room we have at the nanoscale! 🧬✨
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
Kicking off Easter weekend with a glowing twist for #FluorescenceFriday! 🐣✨ Meet my fluorescent and phosphorescent ducks lighting up the lab.💡🧪 #HappyEaster #GlowDucks #Easter #ScienceIsFun #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
April 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Kicking off Easter weekend with a glowing twist for #FluorescenceFriday! 🐣✨ Meet my fluorescent and phosphorescent ducks lighting up the lab.💡🧪 #HappyEaster #GlowDucks #Easter #ScienceIsFun #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
It’s Easter in the lab and 30 little ducks have gone missing… 🐣🧪 Let the chase begin! Who will find the most? Happy (and slightly scientific) hunting! #EasterInTheLab #DuckHunt #easter
April 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s Easter in the lab and 30 little ducks have gone missing… 🐣🧪 Let the chase begin! Who will find the most? Happy (and slightly scientific) hunting! #EasterInTheLab #DuckHunt #easter
Who says chemistry can’t be colorful? 🎈🧪 Keeping my organic reactions under argon with a pastel party twist! #OrganicChemistry #pastelvibes #LabLife #womeninscience #womeninstem
April 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Who says chemistry can’t be colorful? 🎈🧪 Keeping my organic reactions under argon with a pastel party twist! #OrganicChemistry #pastelvibes #LabLife #womeninscience #womeninstem
First day of #AnAdventureInTheLandOfORGO, and what a start! To cross the troll’s bridge and enter the lab, my brave students brought flowers as an offering. 🧪🌺 The magic worked, and the quest began! We’re kicking off our #OrganicChemistry practical classes with science and creativity. #Ghiblified
April 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
First day of #AnAdventureInTheLandOfORGO, and what a start! To cross the troll’s bridge and enter the lab, my brave students brought flowers as an offering. 🧪🌺 The magic worked, and the quest began! We’re kicking off our #OrganicChemistry practical classes with science and creativity. #Ghiblified
A forest at the bottom of a flask? 🌲✨ One of my compounds crystallized into what looks like a tiny woodland scene. #LabLife #NatureInTheFlask #womeninscience #womeninstem
March 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A forest at the bottom of a flask? 🌲✨ One of my compounds crystallized into what looks like a tiny woodland scene. #LabLife #NatureInTheFlask #womeninscience #womeninstem
Here's to the incredible women in science and beyond - those who inspire us, guide us, and lift us up every day. May we know them, celebrate them, and learn from their resilience and courage.
Happy International Women's Day!
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #EmpowerHer #togetherwerise
Happy International Women's Day!
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #EmpowerHer #togetherwerise
March 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here's to the incredible women in science and beyond - those who inspire us, guide us, and lift us up every day. May we know them, celebrate them, and learn from their resilience and courage.
Happy International Women's Day!
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #EmpowerHer #togetherwerise
Happy International Women's Day!
#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #EmpowerHer #togetherwerise
Glowing into the weekend with a bright orange fluorescence. Happy #FluorescenceFriday. 👩🏻🔬🔦 #ChemistryFriday #womeninstem #womeninscience #WeekendVibes
February 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Glowing into the weekend with a bright orange fluorescence. Happy #FluorescenceFriday. 👩🏻🔬🔦 #ChemistryFriday #womeninstem #womeninscience #WeekendVibes
Bright ideas take on a whole new glow! 💡✨ This fluorescent masterpiece is lighting up the lab. Happy #FluorescenceFriday #BrightIdeas #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bright ideas take on a whole new glow! 💡✨ This fluorescent masterpiece is lighting up the lab. Happy #FluorescenceFriday #BrightIdeas #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
Celebrating the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 👩🏻🔬. Had the honor of sharing my story today alongside incredible women in science with high school students - showing them that their future in science is limitless! 💡🔬 Here's to empowering the next generation of female scientists!
February 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Celebrating the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 👩🏻🔬. Had the honor of sharing my story today alongside incredible women in science with high school students - showing them that their future in science is limitless! 💡🔬 Here's to empowering the next generation of female scientists!
On this #FluorescenceFriday, my round bottom flask transforms into a night sky - bright fluorescent crystals twinkling like a constellation. #fluorescence #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday #chemistry #nightsky
February 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this #FluorescenceFriday, my round bottom flask transforms into a night sky - bright fluorescent crystals twinkling like a constellation. #fluorescence #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday #chemistry #nightsky
Holding the universe in one hand this #FluorescenceFriday! ✨🔬 Layers of fluorescence in my RB flask, creating a cosmic chemistry that looks just like Jupiter. 🔥🌌 #fluorescencefriday #womeninscience #womeninstem #jupiter
January 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Holding the universe in one hand this #FluorescenceFriday! ✨🔬 Layers of fluorescence in my RB flask, creating a cosmic chemistry that looks just like Jupiter. 🔥🌌 #fluorescencefriday #womeninscience #womeninstem #jupiter