John Protasiewicz
drp-phosphorus.bsky.social
John Protasiewicz
@drp-phosphorus.bsky.social
Hurlbut Professor of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University

Scientist, Inorganic & Main Group #Chemistry, Fly Fisherman, Photographer

ACS Fellow 2013, Fellow, RSC 2014

https://caslabs.case.edu/protasiewicz/about-dr-p/

#ChemSky
Short window?!
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So my grad student was trying to grow single crystals of a new compound for X-ray crystallography, and instead got candy canes, a packman, and other alphabet letters.

If the crystals could now self assemble into necessary text for a manuscript then life would be good....
December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Had a great visit from my former postdoc @rjgilliard.bsky.social this week! Good to introduce him to some other program officers as well.
June 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
With the upcoming heat wave, I’ll need some of that cyclopentane flavored ice cream I saw the other day. #chemsky
June 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Thanksgiving and Christmas time lines have officially crossed and we are all now doomed to strange mutations
December 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Couple inches snow in past half hour so far tonight in Cleveland Heights.
November 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM