Dani Arias-Rotondo
@dr-dani-ar.bsky.social
she/ella 🇦🇷 || asst. prof. at Kalamazoo College || coordination chemistry + photophysics || cat & reptile lady, bookworm, slow runner
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A Low-Spin Manganese (II) Complex with an Emissive Charge-Transfer Excited State
Manganese is an attractive earth-abundant metal for chromophores because it has multiple oxidation states, making it well-suited for photochemical applications involving electron transfer reactivity. ...
doi.org
I’m so excited to share my group’s first pre-print! This is a collaboration with @johnswierk.bsky.social and @japanetier.bsky.social.
Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊
doi.org/10.26434/che...
Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊
doi.org/10.26434/che...
Had a great time at the Photochemistry GRC this past week! Now I get to sleep for 2 days to recover.
Photochemistry and ice cream, summer is complete! #grcphotochemistry @johnswierk.bsky.social @dr-dani-ar.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Had a great time at the Photochemistry GRC this past week! Now I get to sleep for 2 days to recover.
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
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For those concerned about environmental justice, the EJScreen tool (which provides valuable mapping and screening data) has not yet been taken down, and the database can be downloaded. Act fast…
www.epa.gov/ejscreen/tec...
www.epa.gov/ejscreen/tec...
Technical Information and Data Downloads | US EPA
This page provides an introduction to the technical information about EPA's Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool (EJScreen) as well as links to detailed guidance.
www.epa.gov
January 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
For those concerned about environmental justice, the EJScreen tool (which provides valuable mapping and screening data) has not yet been taken down, and the database can be downloaded. Act fast…
www.epa.gov/ejscreen/tec...
www.epa.gov/ejscreen/tec...
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Received this email from my chair tonight (🧵, 1/6):
"The DOE has issued new guidance indicating that, until further notice, there will be delays in any funding actions. Here’s what this means for projects pending or already awarded by DOE:
1. Pending Proposals: Awards will be postponed.
...
"The DOE has issued new guidance indicating that, until further notice, there will be delays in any funding actions. Here’s what this means for projects pending or already awarded by DOE:
1. Pending Proposals: Awards will be postponed.
...
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Received this email from my chair tonight (🧵, 1/6):
"The DOE has issued new guidance indicating that, until further notice, there will be delays in any funding actions. Here’s what this means for projects pending or already awarded by DOE:
1. Pending Proposals: Awards will be postponed.
...
"The DOE has issued new guidance indicating that, until further notice, there will be delays in any funding actions. Here’s what this means for projects pending or already awarded by DOE:
1. Pending Proposals: Awards will be postponed.
...
Teen Vogue never ceases to amaze me ✊🏼
When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Teen Vogue never ceases to amaze me ✊🏼
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Saw people posting on this and was hoping they were isolated incidents… but nope, it’s real and it’s bad www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Saw people posting on this and was hoping they were isolated incidents… but nope, it’s real and it’s bad www.science.org/content/arti...
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Immediately cut off anyone who is trying to make this argument. It’s gross.
January 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Immediately cut off anyone who is trying to make this argument. It’s gross.
Happy #TortieTuesday! Remember to eat your food like you mean it. Your forehead deserves food, too.
January 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Happy #TortieTuesday! Remember to eat your food like you mean it. Your forehead deserves food, too.
Happy #TortieTuesday! I dropped the ball before but I’m hoping to stick to it now.
May you have something today that brings you as much joy as Tortie gets from squash.
May you have something today that brings you as much joy as Tortie gets from squash.
January 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy #TortieTuesday! I dropped the ball before but I’m hoping to stick to it now.
May you have something today that brings you as much joy as Tortie gets from squash.
May you have something today that brings you as much joy as Tortie gets from squash.
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Estimated cost of LA fires is in the neighborhood of $150 billion. I don't want to ever again hear the argument that climate policy is too expensive.
January 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Estimated cost of LA fires is in the neighborhood of $150 billion. I don't want to ever again hear the argument that climate policy is too expensive.
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"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
January 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
The DAR Lab started the year at the I-APS (Inter-American Photochemical Society) meeting in Florida. Caden, Alex, Max, and Will presented posters on their research, and I gave a talk.
We got lots of great suggestions for future work, and have some collaborations cooking. A successful meeting!
We got lots of great suggestions for future work, and have some collaborations cooking. A successful meeting!
January 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The DAR Lab started the year at the I-APS (Inter-American Photochemical Society) meeting in Florida. Caden, Alex, Max, and Will presented posters on their research, and I gave a talk.
We got lots of great suggestions for future work, and have some collaborations cooking. A successful meeting!
We got lots of great suggestions for future work, and have some collaborations cooking. A successful meeting!
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I cannot stress enough that libraries need to be defended. Public. Academic. School. Fight for them. USE them & make it known that you're using them.
As a librarian who lost the fight at their institution & was forced to toss 120,000 books because "no one reads books anymore," I am begging you.
As a librarian who lost the fight at their institution & was forced to toss 120,000 books because "no one reads books anymore," I am begging you.
January 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I cannot stress enough that libraries need to be defended. Public. Academic. School. Fight for them. USE them & make it known that you're using them.
As a librarian who lost the fight at their institution & was forced to toss 120,000 books because "no one reads books anymore," I am begging you.
As a librarian who lost the fight at their institution & was forced to toss 120,000 books because "no one reads books anymore," I am begging you.
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A Low-Spin Manganese (II) Complex with an Emissive Charge-Transfer Excited State
Authors: Maxwell Rhames, Nora Burnett, William Tocco, Ahshabibi Ahmed, Annemarie Lee, Alexander Ruhren, Claire Besson, Julien Panetier, John Swierk, Daniela Arias-Rotondo
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-r2qq0
Authors: Maxwell Rhames, Nora Burnett, William Tocco, Ahshabibi Ahmed, Annemarie Lee, Alexander Ruhren, Claire Besson, Julien Panetier, John Swierk, Daniela Arias-Rotondo
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-r2qq0
December 27, 2024 at 5:09 AM
A Low-Spin Manganese (II) Complex with an Emissive Charge-Transfer Excited State
Authors: Maxwell Rhames, Nora Burnett, William Tocco, Ahshabibi Ahmed, Annemarie Lee, Alexander Ruhren, Claire Besson, Julien Panetier, John Swierk, Daniela Arias-Rotondo
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-r2qq0
Authors: Maxwell Rhames, Nora Burnett, William Tocco, Ahshabibi Ahmed, Annemarie Lee, Alexander Ruhren, Claire Besson, Julien Panetier, John Swierk, Daniela Arias-Rotondo
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-r2qq0
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I return to this poem often, and have posted it around my neighborhood when the times call for it.
Today is as good as any day to return to it.
Today is as good as any day to return to it.
December 10, 2024 at 3:47 AM
I return to this poem often, and have posted it around my neighborhood when the times call for it.
Today is as good as any day to return to it.
Today is as good as any day to return to it.
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I spent so much time in the hospital this year, watching immigrants and children of immigrants care for my mom (who was an immigrant herself!)
I am never going to understand how my dad saw them all help my mom, and yet he still voted for Trump.
I am never going to understand how my dad saw them all help my mom, and yet he still voted for Trump.
Immigrants (and their children) are also an important part of the health care workforce in the U.S.
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
December 27, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I spent so much time in the hospital this year, watching immigrants and children of immigrants care for my mom (who was an immigrant herself!)
I am never going to understand how my dad saw them all help my mom, and yet he still voted for Trump.
I am never going to understand how my dad saw them all help my mom, and yet he still voted for Trump.
I’m so excited to share my group’s first pre-print! This is a collaboration with @johnswierk.bsky.social and @japanetier.bsky.social.
Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊
doi.org/10.26434/che...
Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊
doi.org/10.26434/che...
A Low-Spin Manganese (II) Complex with an Emissive Charge-Transfer Excited State
Manganese is an attractive earth-abundant metal for chromophores because it has multiple oxidation states, making it well-suited for photochemical applications involving electron transfer reactivity. ...
doi.org
December 27, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I’m so excited to share my group’s first pre-print! This is a collaboration with @johnswierk.bsky.social and @japanetier.bsky.social.
Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊
doi.org/10.26434/che...
Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊
doi.org/10.26434/che...
Reposted by Dani Arias-Rotondo
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common Dreams
CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Do we get any swag/freebies from companies if we’re among their first 100 followers here? Should I start tagging? 😂
December 16, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Do we get any swag/freebies from companies if we’re among their first 100 followers here? Should I start tagging? 😂
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I missed #TortieTuesday this week, but better late than never?
Tortie doesn’t care for raw squash, but lightly boiled gourd is his jam.
Tortie doesn’t care for raw squash, but lightly boiled gourd is his jam.
December 6, 2024 at 7:29 PM
I missed #TortieTuesday this week, but better late than never?
Tortie doesn’t care for raw squash, but lightly boiled gourd is his jam.
Tortie doesn’t care for raw squash, but lightly boiled gourd is his jam.
I signed up for my first half-marathon in 6 years. I'm both giddy with excitement and terrified. Please clap. Or send help. Or both. #ChemistsWhoRun
(It's the Kalamazoo Half, on 5/4/25, which is a perfect date. May the force be with me, indeed)
(It's the Kalamazoo Half, on 5/4/25, which is a perfect date. May the force be with me, indeed)
December 4, 2024 at 2:55 AM
I signed up for my first half-marathon in 6 years. I'm both giddy with excitement and terrified. Please clap. Or send help. Or both. #ChemistsWhoRun
(It's the Kalamazoo Half, on 5/4/25, which is a perfect date. May the force be with me, indeed)
(It's the Kalamazoo Half, on 5/4/25, which is a perfect date. May the force be with me, indeed)
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For those in #ChemSky looking for inspiration on reaction systems for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, here goes the first of three reviews published in 2024 with colleagues: this one is a compendium on photosensitizers typically used for CO2 reduction: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Earth-abundant-metal complexes as photosensitizers in molecular systems for light-driven CO2 reduction
Artificial photosynthesis involving CO2 photoreduction is an appealing strategy for addressing environmental and energy-shortage issues. Exploration o…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:30 PM
For those in #ChemSky looking for inspiration on reaction systems for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, here goes the first of three reviews published in 2024 with colleagues: this one is a compendium on photosensitizers typically used for CO2 reduction: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy Letter of Recommendation Season to those who celebrate!
1) please, stop asking me to rank them.
2) weekend deadlines are cruel.
Also, my students are amazing and if you don't take them, that's your loss.
1) please, stop asking me to rank them.
2) weekend deadlines are cruel.
Also, my students are amazing and if you don't take them, that's your loss.
November 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Happy Letter of Recommendation Season to those who celebrate!
1) please, stop asking me to rank them.
2) weekend deadlines are cruel.
Also, my students are amazing and if you don't take them, that's your loss.
1) please, stop asking me to rank them.
2) weekend deadlines are cruel.
Also, my students are amazing and if you don't take them, that's your loss.
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.