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Safia | صفية
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An enigma.

Nanomaterials, electrochemistry, and invisible work scientist | Community Builder | Mentor | Teacher | Advocate | #Fordie #CASFutureLeaders
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Greetings & I am grateful to share another PhD birthday.

I am grateful for the knowledge and opportunities I have had and I hope I can give forward to others.

I look forward to future adventures with more growth, discovery, community, care, and curiosity.🧪💙

#AStoryOfAScientist #TheDayOfEndings
A flyer sharing highlights of my 4th year with a PhD. Title: Year 4 of Safia Z. Jilani, PhD A scientist on an adventure Body: Organized 3 science and community events Working on 1 research project Visited 4 time zones in the USA this year 2 research publications 1 workshop given 2 conference presentations 1 new research collaboration 2 awards 3 advocacy / service projects tried 7 new things in my life babysat 2 adorable cats for >1 week taught my first college level chemistry course started my deep fried gym rat journey #ChemistsWhoLift Luckiest aunt in the world
July 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! 💙🎉🎊💙🎉🎊💙🎉🎊💙🎉🎊

FUCK BILLIONAIRES

FUCK PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN ANY TYPE OF ETHNOSTATES

FUCK IMPERIALIST PROPAGANDA

FUCK ISLAMOPHOBIC RACISTS

FUCK RAPISTS

FUCK COWARDS

FUCK CORRUPT POWERFUL POLITICIANS

LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!

#ZohranMamdani
NYC primary election results at 62% votes in with Zohran Mamdani at 43.8%, Andr*w Cu*m* at 35.4%, Brad Lander at 11.9%, and Adrienne Adams at 4.1% A picture of Zohran Mamdani with text overlaid saying: Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim to clinch NYC mayoral primary
June 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Cuties for adoption 🧡🤎🖤🩶🤍😽😻

#AdoptDontShop #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #Cats #BlueskyCats
Three grey (with some patches of white) ~2 month old kittens 3 ~two month old kittens. Two of them are different shades of brown, and one is grey One ~8 month old orange kitten
June 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Dear #Chemsky,

My team is conducting a research study on invisible work in chemistry academia & how it impacts scientific & professional advancement.

I want to invite you to check out our survey:

umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Our survey closes 4/18/25. Feel free to RT!

#InvisibleWorkSTEM
A flyer for a research study: Research study on invisible work in chemistry academia Seeking participants for a research study about invisible work done in U.S. chemistry academia and how that impacts scientific and career advancement. Invisible work is essential to the progress of science but may not be professionally recognized or valued. Participants will fill out an anonymous survey that takes 15-20 minutes to complete. At the end of the study, participants can enter a raffle for a $50 gift card. Eligibility: -current graduate student, postdoc, staff, or faculty in chemistry academia in the US -recent graduate, postdoc, or departed a PhD program within 5 years in the US -18+ years old Interested in participating: Please check out the QR code https://umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyNjWAWlQMilJwa Questions: Contact Dr. Safia Jilani at sjilani@umn.edu and/or Dr. Miriam Krause at mkrause@umn.edu
April 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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This gives me some hope.

How Princeton is handling the loss of federal funding:

www.npr.org/2025/04/06/n...

@npr.org #AcademicSky #Chemsky #Integrity #AcademicFreedom
Screenshot of an excerpt from the interview in the npr link: EISGRUBER: We make our decisions at Princeton based on our values and our principles. You know, I don't want to pass judgment on what other universities do. These are extraordinarily difficult circumstances. But we're going to stand strong for our values at Princeton, and I think we have a community that is united behind those values. KHALID: So you're not willing, at this point, to make any concessions? EISGRUBER: We believe it's important to defend academic freedom, and that's not something that can be compromised.
April 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Jummah Mubarak and Happy Friday y’all. 💙🙏🏽
Screenshot of Tesla’s stock value from January 2025 to April 2025. It has dropped 35.92% in value.
April 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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It was wonderful participating in #ACSSpring2025 - I learned so much from my fellow colleagues, especially @sustainablenano.bsky.social work, & celebrate #SustainableNano as it will sunset this fall.💙

I'm also grateful to present some #InvisibleWorkSTEM research I'm doing with @mirk47.bsky.social!💜
A presenter (Safia) in front of an audience at ACS Spring 2025 with the title slide of her presentation on screen Safia standing in front of an audience mid presentation A group picture of the amazing, fabulous, curious, kind, caring, creative, and innovating group of scientists known as the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology!
April 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I am so grateful to finally meet the bright, kind, and thoughtful @bribarbu.bsky.social from @cenmag.bsky.social!! 💙💙💙

#ACSSpring2025 #Chemsky
Safia (left) and Bri (right) standing together smiling at the ACS Spring 2025 National Meeting.
March 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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I cannot believe we know each other for 10 years. If I had to pick a single person who had the deepest impact on my chemistry career, it is Dr. Tim Warren. A professor, mentor, teacher, and friend. 🤍

#Gratitude #ACSSpring2025 #Chemsky #NickelAndCopperAndStarWarsFans
Dr. Tim Warren at Coronado Beach in professional attire getting his feet and pants wet from the Pacific Ocean waves during a cloudy sunset.
March 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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New science achievement unlocked:

Using glitter on a poster to highlight (fluorescence) chemistry = ✅ ✨🥰

#Sparkles #Glitter #ChemistryIsBeautiful #Chemsky #ACSSpring2025
A picture of a Cy3-Carbon Dot with red and blue glitter around it, then an arrow to the right saying “e-chem reduction” and then another picture of Cy3-Carbon Dot with only blue glitter around it
March 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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New life achievement unlocked:

Breaking my fast at my poster session at #ACSSpring2025 💚🌙🙏🏽🤲🏽

#Blessed #RamadanKareem #MuslimInSTEM
A bag of dates, a protein shake, and a bottle of water on the floor next to a sticker saying “Poster 580” at ACS Spring 2025 National Meeting
March 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Shoutout to the inclusive baddies wearing masks at #ACSSpring2025 - I see you and appreciate your care for public health and inclusion! 😷💖💗
A hijabi woman wearing a black kn95 mask on her face.
March 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The work I am doing currently is reminding me of some of the work in my PhD dissertation and today feels right to share my dedication page. 🤍🙏🏽🤲🏽

#Chemsky #HigherEd #InvisibleWorkSTEM #Dedication
The dedication page of my PhD dissertation (full text on pg 17 in pdf, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16563717.v1 ): To God, who gave me life — a heart that beats, lungs that contract and expand with air, blood that flows through me in beautiful rhythms, and the light of my soul. To God, who gave me a family who loves me, who gave me friends who support and nourish me, who gave me health and my abilities, who guided me when I was lost, and who took care of my concerns, the ones I know of and the ones I do not know of. To God, who provided sustenance, clothing, safety, financial security, medicine, and sense of belonging for me. To God, who created my spirit with its exact uniqueness — with vulnerability, empathy, compassion, courage, creativity, curiosity, determination, sincerity, kindness, and with so much love. To God, who gave me Love, Mercy, Kindness, Compassion, and Protection – even in the hours when I believed there were none – I dedicate my work and my life to You. After God, I dedicate this dissertation to those who have lost their lives in pursuit of their PhD. For those who were oppressed, were discriminated against, had injustices done against them, who had horrible things happen to them and they could not speak out to get the justice and safety they deserved, and who were treated in such a way that they believed that taking their own lives was their best or only option during their PhD studies, I dedicate my dissertation to you.
March 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Timeline / skyline cleanse. 🐈🧡

#Catsky #CatsOfBluesky #CinnamonRoll #OrangeCatVibes #RamadanCats
A gorgeous soft fluffy orange cat curled up on a bed like a warm fuzzy pillow
March 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Best poster at the #StandUpForScience protest in Chicago:
A poster with Chris Crocker’s face from the 2007 Britney Spears video and the words next to his face are: Leave the NIH alone!
March 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Dear #Chemsky,

My team is conducting a research study on invisible work in chemistry academia and how it impacts scientific and professional advancement.

I want to invite you to check out our team's study:

umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Please feel free to RT!

#InvisibleWorkSTEM #AcademicSky
A flyer for a research study: Research study on invisible work in chemistry academia Seeking participants for a research study about invisible work done in U.S. chemistry academia and how that impacts scientific and career advancement. Invisible work is essential to the progress of science but may not be professionally recognized or valued. Participants will fill out an anonymous survey that takes 15-20 minutes to complete. At the end of the study, participants can enter a raffle for a $50 gift card. Eligibility: -current graduate student, postdoc, staff, or faculty in chemistry academia in the US -recent graduate, postdoc, or departed a PhD program within 5 years in the US -18+ years old Interested in participating: Please check out the QR code https://umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyNjWAWlQMilJwa Questions: Contact Dr. Safia Jilani at sjilani@umn.edu and/or Dr. Miriam Krause at mkrause@umn.edu
March 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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In case anyone is curious, this is @acs.org’s Strategic Plan for 2025-2029.

And other DEIR resources are still on the ACS website. I will say that regardless of the website hiccup, there is an opportunity for ACS to say / plan something when a lot of organizations have been silent. 👀

#Chemsky
A screenshot of the ACS Strategic Plan 2025-2029. It can be found here: https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/strategicplan/images/ACS-StrategicPlan-2025-2029.pdf
February 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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My heart is full of inspiration from all the YCC Leadership Institute Awardees and ACS Student Leaders as #ACSLeadIn. 💙💛💙💛

#Chemsky #Grateful #ACSLeadIn2025 @yccacs.bsky.social @acs.org
YCC awardees and Student Leaders playing Rock Paper Scissors Evolution in a room with windows on the left side and curtains on the right. YCC awardees and Student Leaders meeting with the ACS president elect for 2026 YCC awardees and Student Leaders at a bowling alley mingling YCC awardees and Student Leaders in a conference room sitting at tables talking in a workshop activity.
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Blessed 🤍🩵💙

#Running #ChemistsWhoRun #ChristmasRun #PureMagic #Awestruck
A bridge in a forest preserve with a house in the background on a cloudy day. The bridge is covered in snow and ice.
December 25, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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As a kind reminder, before our year of 2024 ends, *this* paper came out in the SAME YEAR:

#RatAIPaper #WhatALongYear 🙃 #LookingForwardTo2025
A figure from the retracted paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2024.1386861/full It has an AI generated figure of a rat with noticeably incorrect and abnormally large features with labels on different parts that are complete gibberish. It is too much to alt text but basically it is a horrendously scientifically inaccurate AI generated figure of a rat
December 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resumé?

Me: I was working on my ⚡️CV⚡️
A cyclic voltammogram (CV) of a PtNiCu nanoparticles in 0.1 M NaOH. x-axis is voltage : E / V vs RHE y-axis is mass activity: i / mA mg^-1 #echem
December 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Pure magic 🤎🖤

#Running #Adventures #ChemistsWhoRun
A path made of gravel through the woods. The trees are bare and some brown mushy leaves are on the ground. The sky is thick and cloudy while the trees contrast with dark brown and black bark. Pure magic 🖤
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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I submitted my very first IRB application today. 💜

It might get rejected tomorrow, but I am so SO grateful to make this step of the journey. 😭😭😭

(Special thank you & gratitude for @mirk47.bsky.social, @schwartzinstem.bsky.social, and @stuartcantrill.bsky.social. 🥲)

#Chemsky #Edusky #InvisibleWork
A screenshot from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission portal website. On the left side it says: Pre-review Entered IRB: 12/13/2024 9:42 AM Last Updated: 12/13/2024 9:42 On the right side it says: STUDY00024144: Measuring invisible work in chemistry academia
December 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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1 year ago, Dr. Refat Alareer & his family were martyred by the IOF. His murder is part of a larger genocide & scholasticide carried out by Israel & funded by the US.

We remember Dr. Alareer.

We honor him & the 100s of other educators & scholars in Palestine being martyred.

#AcademicSky #HigherEd
A picture of Dr. Refaat Alareer with the text over it saying: we remember Refaat Alareer Photo from Jewish Voice For Peace on IG A picture of Alareer Hall, renamed by the students at University of Oregon Photo from Jewish Voice For Peace on IG A picture of the Refaat Alareer faculty solidarity encampment at the New School University Center. Photo from Jewish Voice For Peace on IG A picture of the Refaat Alareer Memorial Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign encampment. Photo from Jewish Voice For Peace on IG
December 6, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Turkey trot 2024 ✅

But also, this water label 😱🤣😱🤣

#Chemsky #Water
A hand holding a banana and an orange and white soda can with a label that says: Liquid Water With notes of water Nonalcoholic water 0.0% alc/vol
November 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM