Christine Duval
@duval-lab.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Chemical Engineer | Membrane Enthusiast | Separation Scientist | f-block is the best block | (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Pinned
New year, new social media platform! I'm trying to fill my timeline with cool science, so let me know that you're out there!
I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶
I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶
Reposted by Christine Duval
“I don’t think people have any idea of how hard it is for trans people. Just listen to their stories. Listen — not tell them. Everyone is unique. Make them feel included because you really don’t know.” - Billie Jean King #NOH8
July 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“I don’t think people have any idea of how hard it is for trans people. Just listen to their stories. Listen — not tell them. Everyone is unique. Make them feel included because you really don’t know.” - Billie Jean King #NOH8
Reposted by Christine Duval
NEW: A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot force grant recipients to halt programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion or acknowledge the existence of transgender people in order to receive federal grant funding.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders
The federal judge said the federal government can’t force recipients to halt programs that promote DEI or acknowledge the existence of transgender people to receive grant money.
www.nbcnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
NEW: A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot force grant recipients to halt programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion or acknowledge the existence of transgender people in order to receive federal grant funding.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Reposted by Christine Duval
to our Cleveland friends or weekend visitors, if you are attending Pride in the CLE tomorrow June 7, stop by our booth on Mall B and say hi for career opportunities, customer support, emotional support, etc etc and also take some of our stuff.
June 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
to our Cleveland friends or weekend visitors, if you are attending Pride in the CLE tomorrow June 7, stop by our booth on Mall B and say hi for career opportunities, customer support, emotional support, etc etc and also take some of our stuff.
Reposted by Christine Duval
Ohio lawmakers are once again ambushing the citizen-initiative process. SB 153 is about power -- and who gets to wield it. The answer must remain: the people.
We oppose this attack on direct democracy.
www.cleveland.com/ne...
We oppose this attack on direct democracy.
www.cleveland.com/ne...
“They think of themselves as kings”: Ohio Republicans target citizen-led ballot initiatives again - cleveland.com
Senate Bill 153 imposes new burdensome requirements on signature gatherers, including badges that critics call a "scarlet letter," in latest move to obstruct direct democracy and block citizens from putting a check on "ridiculous runaway lawmakers"
www.cleveland.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ohio lawmakers are once again ambushing the citizen-initiative process. SB 153 is about power -- and who gets to wield it. The answer must remain: the people.
We oppose this attack on direct democracy.
www.cleveland.com/ne...
We oppose this attack on direct democracy.
www.cleveland.com/ne...
Reposted by Christine Duval
Commentary: It isn’t just the DEI or climate grants getting the axe from President Trump. Science agencies face up to 55% cuts across the board. This means Ohio students will be denied opportunities for cutting-edge careers given to previous generations buff.ly/rvom6rH
DOGE cuts to science will impact Ohio, students • Ohio Capital Journal
It isn’t just the DEI or climate-related grants getting the axe from President Trump. Science agencies face up to 55% cuts across the board, tens of billions of dollars. This means Ohio students will…
buff.ly
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Commentary: It isn’t just the DEI or climate grants getting the axe from President Trump. Science agencies face up to 55% cuts across the board. This means Ohio students will be denied opportunities for cutting-edge careers given to previous generations buff.ly/rvom6rH
Find me in a designated free speech zone on Wednesday and Friday outside of Adelbert Hall! #Cleveland
Sign the petition. Rain or shine!
Wed, May 28, 10 AM - 1 PM
Fri, May 30, 10 AM - 1 PM
Sign the petition. Rain or shine!
Wed, May 28, 10 AM - 1 PM
Fri, May 30, 10 AM - 1 PM
May 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Find me in a designated free speech zone on Wednesday and Friday outside of Adelbert Hall! #Cleveland
Sign the petition. Rain or shine!
Wed, May 28, 10 AM - 1 PM
Fri, May 30, 10 AM - 1 PM
Sign the petition. Rain or shine!
Wed, May 28, 10 AM - 1 PM
Fri, May 30, 10 AM - 1 PM
Reposted by Christine Duval
Reposted by Christine Duval
My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
Reposted by Christine Duval
NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States.
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and...
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Great Lakes hold 95% of all the surface freshwater in the United States.
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Severe cuts have decimated the NOAA Great Lakes lab.
Scientists worry they’ve lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
My story for @propublica.org
Reposted by Christine Duval
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
Reposted by Christine Duval
📣🧪
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
🧪 funding alert! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
📣🧪
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
$25k grants for those who:
1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and
2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.
Early-career scholars prioritized
Reposted by Christine Duval
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
www.ourhealthroi.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
Reposted by Christine Duval
In case you're curious what we might lose:
NIH funding contributed to research for roughly 99 percent of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019, including heart medications.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
NIH funding contributed to research for roughly 99 percent of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019, including heart medications.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
Comparison of Research Spending on New Drug Approvals by the National Institutes of Health vs the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2010-2019
How does National Institutes of Health (NIH) investment in pharmaceutical innovation compare with investment by the pharmaceutical industry? In this cross-sectional study of 356 drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration from 2010 to ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In case you're curious what we might lose:
NIH funding contributed to research for roughly 99 percent of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019, including heart medications.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
NIH funding contributed to research for roughly 99 percent of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019, including heart medications.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PM...
Reposted by Christine Duval
It's finally out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... I'll do a thread soon, but wanted to share Ricardo's paper from @science.org Advances asap. Has some of the coolest images of my career & fun collaborations 🔬
Super-resolution imaging reveals resistance to mass transfer in functionalized stationary phases
Nanoscale in situ imaging and chromatography show that chemical separations can be improved by reducing polymers that block pores.
www.science.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's finally out! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... I'll do a thread soon, but wanted to share Ricardo's paper from @science.org Advances asap. Has some of the coolest images of my career & fun collaborations 🔬
Reposted by Christine Duval
We’re supposed to just take Elon’s word that he’s found “massive” fraud in federal systems he took over? The same guy they found committing fraud on his fellow gamers?
February 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We’re supposed to just take Elon’s word that he’s found “massive” fraud in federal systems he took over? The same guy they found committing fraud on his fellow gamers?
Reposted by Christine Duval
Reposted by Christine Duval
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
Reposted by Christine Duval
Reposted by Christine Duval
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
It's been an incredibly exciting week! It's surreal to see my name in this cohort of #PECASE awardees. I'm so honored and so proud of our students, postdocs, and collaborators that continue to make this research a reality 🥹
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House
Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...
www.whitehouse.gov
January 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's been an incredibly exciting week! It's surreal to see my name in this cohort of #PECASE awardees. I'm so honored and so proud of our students, postdocs, and collaborators that continue to make this research a reality 🥹
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
Congratulations to Dr. Lianna Johnson who defended her PhD on Wednesday morning! She marks PhD #4 from our research group and led the charge on our peptide-functionalized adsorbents.
January 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Lianna Johnson who defended her PhD on Wednesday morning! She marks PhD #4 from our research group and led the charge on our peptide-functionalized adsorbents.
New year, new social media platform! I'm trying to fill my timeline with cool science, so let me know that you're out there!
I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶
I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New year, new social media platform! I'm trying to fill my timeline with cool science, so let me know that you're out there!
I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶
I can promise updates on:
✔️Our group's progress in lanthanide/actinide separations ☢️
✔️AIChE Programming for membranes & critical minerals 🪨
✔️My 15-year old dog 🐶