Eli Zysman-Colman
@chemguyeli.bsky.social
Dad, husband, professor at the University of St Andrews, aspiring gourmet and chef, views my own @chemguy_eli. www.zysman-colman.com/home. #chemsky #chemistry
ORCID: 0000-0001-7138-6022
ORCID: 0000-0001-7138-6022
In Berlin for the #Wiley advanced summit web.cvent.com/event/684b09... and looking forward to a day of excellent science in advanced energy, electronic, and photonic materials. Last night indulged in Wiener schnitzel and warm potato salad with a beer, a satisfying combo.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In Berlin for the #Wiley advanced summit web.cvent.com/event/684b09... and looking forward to a day of excellent science in advanced energy, electronic, and photonic materials. Last night indulged in Wiener schnitzel and warm potato salad with a beer, a satisfying combo.
Congrats to Fran who passed his viva with flying colours today. 🎉🎉 Many thanks to Ai-Lan Lee and Tomislav Friščić for acting as examiners. @ezc-group.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Congrats to Fran who passed his viva with flying colours today. 🎉🎉 Many thanks to Ai-Lan Lee and Tomislav Friščić for acting as examiners. @ezc-group.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
Quiche Lorraine. Serves with a green salad with avocado. A nice midweek dinner. Lardons were first brought to the boil in water, strained and then rendered to get crispy. Combined with a custard base seasoned with nutmeg. #chemistswhocook.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Quiche Lorraine. Serves with a green salad with avocado. A nice midweek dinner. Lardons were first brought to the boil in water, strained and then rendered to get crispy. Combined with a custard base seasoned with nutmeg. #chemistswhocook.
A well caramelized and well rested steak is a lovely thing. Butter basted after a hard sear in a ripping hot pan and meat that is suitably salted both before (place in fridge to sit dry for 24 hours) and after is the recipe to success. This steak I ate rare. #chemistswhocook.
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A well caramelized and well rested steak is a lovely thing. Butter basted after a hard sear in a ripping hot pan and meat that is suitably salted both before (place in fridge to sit dry for 24 hours) and after is the recipe to success. This steak I ate rare. #chemistswhocook.
My wife requested chicken souvlaki, which is always a favourite of mine. Served with a Greek salad and fried eggplant chips with tzatziki. I converted my souvlaki into a wrap of sorts and added in the salad in top and the tzatziki on the bottom. #chemistswhocook.
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My wife requested chicken souvlaki, which is always a favourite of mine. Served with a Greek salad and fried eggplant chips with tzatziki. I converted my souvlaki into a wrap of sorts and added in the salad in top and the tzatziki on the bottom. #chemistswhocook.
Pan fried sea bass over a bed of warm cherry tomatoes, olives, and peppers. Served with couscous and sautéed asparagus with lime butter. #chemistswhocook.
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Pan fried sea bass over a bed of warm cherry tomatoes, olives, and peppers. Served with couscous and sautéed asparagus with lime butter. #chemistswhocook.
Happy Halloween. Sometimes when the kids are occupied and not joining for dinner it is nice to just graze on a selection of fine cheese and pâté and have it with some good bread and a green salad with a punchy French vinaigrette like you would find in a brasserie. #chemistswhocook.
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Happy Halloween. Sometimes when the kids are occupied and not joining for dinner it is nice to just graze on a selection of fine cheese and pâté and have it with some good bread and a green salad with a punchy French vinaigrette like you would find in a brasserie. #chemistswhocook.
Pasta alla vodka. Actually came out really well. Sautéed onion, garlic and chilli flakes. Then added tomato paste and deglazed with vodka. Then added crushed tomatoes and cream. We used oddly macaroni, but it worked. #chemistswhocook.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Pasta alla vodka. Actually came out really well. Sautéed onion, garlic and chilli flakes. Then added tomato paste and deglazed with vodka. Then added crushed tomatoes and cream. We used oddly macaroni, but it worked. #chemistswhocook.
Chicken with Thai basil and Chinese style green beans with garlic. Both served over steamed rice. Nice and quick weeknight meal. #chemistswhocook.
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Chicken with Thai basil and Chinese style green beans with garlic. Both served over steamed rice. Nice and quick weeknight meal. #chemistswhocook.
My first time making crispy chilli beef, served over rice and with broccoli. Came together in About 30 minutes. #chemistswhocook.
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My first time making crispy chilli beef, served over rice and with broccoli. Came together in About 30 minutes. #chemistswhocook.
Who doesn’t like fresh pasta, this one with a Bolognese sauce and served with garlic bread. #chemistswhocook.
October 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Who doesn’t like fresh pasta, this one with a Bolognese sauce and served with garlic bread. #chemistswhocook.
Agedashi tofu, which reminded me of trips to 🇯🇵, and a salmon bowl, with sautéed choi sum, avocado, bean sprouts with gochugaru and garlic, tamago. #chemistswhocook.
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Agedashi tofu, which reminded me of trips to 🇯🇵, and a salmon bowl, with sautéed choi sum, avocado, bean sprouts with gochugaru and garlic, tamago. #chemistswhocook.
It was rainy and dreary, so did something special and went for high tea. For a light dinner, it was Vietnamese summer rolls, with a peanut sauce. #chemistswhocook.
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It was rainy and dreary, so did something special and went for high tea. For a light dinner, it was Vietnamese summer rolls, with a peanut sauce. #chemistswhocook.
Flavour bomb meal. Started off with lamb kofta. Tzatziki and smoked paprika mayo as sauces, but the real accents are sumac and parsley onions and roasted cherry tomatoes. Dessert is a tiramisu, a favourite of mine. #chemistswhocook.
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Flavour bomb meal. Started off with lamb kofta. Tzatziki and smoked paprika mayo as sauces, but the real accents are sumac and parsley onions and roasted cherry tomatoes. Dessert is a tiramisu, a favourite of mine. #chemistswhocook.
Congrats to Yan, who passed her PhD viva today. Many thanks to Marcel Mayor and Neil Robertson for acting as examiners. I think the smile says it all. @ezc-group.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congrats to Yan, who passed her PhD viva today. Many thanks to Marcel Mayor and Neil Robertson for acting as examiners. I think the smile says it all. @ezc-group.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving. Not very traditional but here is a sushi bowl requested by my daughter. Sauce is spicy mayo. Also, cute photos of my dog and cat. #chemistswhocook.
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving. Not very traditional but here is a sushi bowl requested by my daughter. Sauce is spicy mayo. Also, cute photos of my dog and cat. #chemistswhocook.
Last night made a beef pad kaprao, served with rice and the requisite fried egg. Accompanying it was stir fried pak choi and oyster mushrooms. Tonight a fav, souvlaki, grilled eggplant and zucchini, tzatziki and salad. Made a wrap with all of it #chemistswhocook
October 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Last night made a beef pad kaprao, served with rice and the requisite fried egg. Accompanying it was stir fried pak choi and oyster mushrooms. Tonight a fav, souvlaki, grilled eggplant and zucchini, tzatziki and salad. Made a wrap with all of it #chemistswhocook
Morning walk on West Sands saw a Haar rolling in from the west. Turing left I saw only the fog. Turning right I saw clear sky and a beautiful sunrise. #standrews.
October 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Morning walk on West Sands saw a Haar rolling in from the west. Turing left I saw only the fog. Turning right I saw clear sky and a beautiful sunrise. #standrews.
Was in Spain last week. Benefited from great weather and some outstanding science. Final meal was the best, tapas but riffing off of international favourites.
October 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Was in Spain last week. Benefited from great weather and some outstanding science. Final meal was the best, tapas but riffing off of international favourites.
Sheet pan kofta kebabs, these ones are chicken, are satisfying. Wrapped in some Persian flatbread and eaten with tzatziki,
A garlicky smoked paprika mayo, and an onion, parsley, mint and sumac salad, and roasted tomatoes. #chemistswhocook
A garlicky smoked paprika mayo, and an onion, parsley, mint and sumac salad, and roasted tomatoes. #chemistswhocook
October 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sheet pan kofta kebabs, these ones are chicken, are satisfying. Wrapped in some Persian flatbread and eaten with tzatziki,
A garlicky smoked paprika mayo, and an onion, parsley, mint and sumac salad, and roasted tomatoes. #chemistswhocook
A garlicky smoked paprika mayo, and an onion, parsley, mint and sumac salad, and roasted tomatoes. #chemistswhocook
I was more of a fan of this meal than my family. Made a Moroccan beef mince pie and some blistered green beans with lots of garlic. #chemistswhocook.
October 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I was more of a fan of this meal than my family. Made a Moroccan beef mince pie and some blistered green beans with lots of garlic. #chemistswhocook.
My daughter chose the pasta, fusilli gigante, and I paired it with a zesty marinara sauce, so lots of anchovies, garlic and a hint of chilli. #chemistswhocook.
October 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My daughter chose the pasta, fusilli gigante, and I paired it with a zesty marinara sauce, so lots of anchovies, garlic and a hint of chilli. #chemistswhocook.
Shrimp fried rice. Best reuse of rice is to make fried rice. #ChemistsWhoCook
October 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Shrimp fried rice. Best reuse of rice is to make fried rice. #ChemistsWhoCook
At long last we are rolling out Digichem for the world to use. This has been an absolutely transformational program that now manages all of my group’s calculations, handles much of the analysis, and creates publication worthy figures. @ezc-group.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social
We are very excited to announce the release version of Digichem 7.0 🎉 To celebrate, we're offering 1 month completely free to all new users. Head to digi-chem.co.uk/get-started-... to manage your computational chemistry workflow and accelerate your research #digichem
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
At long last we are rolling out Digichem for the world to use. This has been an absolutely transformational program that now manages all of my group’s calculations, handles much of the analysis, and creates publication worthy figures. @ezc-group.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social
Beef with broccoli and stir fried bok choi with lots of garlic. Both served over steamed rice and harking back to takeaway Chinese food. #chemistswhocook.
October 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Beef with broccoli and stir fried bok choi with lots of garlic. Both served over steamed rice and harking back to takeaway Chinese food. #chemistswhocook.