Phil Knutson, PhD
@philknutson.bsky.social
PhD Industry Chemist ⌬ Organic and Polymer Chemistry ⌬ #chemsky ⌬ Science+Art ⌬ Aspiring Science Communicator ⌬ Views expressed here are my own ⌬
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9-Oxodecenoic acid (9-ODA)!
It’s an unsaturated fatty acid pheromone secreted by honeybee queens (Apis mellifera). It attracts male drones and helps regulate colony structure by suppressing worker ovary development, an effect strengthened by 9-hydroxydecenoic acid. #chemsky #sciart
It’s an unsaturated fatty acid pheromone secreted by honeybee queens (Apis mellifera). It attracts male drones and helps regulate colony structure by suppressing worker ovary development, an effect strengthened by 9-hydroxydecenoic acid. #chemsky #sciart
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Humulone! 🍻
Humulone is a complex organic acid found in hop resin and plays a huge role in beer bitterness. When hops are boiled during brewing, humulone isomerizes to form iso-alpha acids meaning more soluble and intensely bitter isomers.
And it’s in my beer art! #chemsky #sciart
Humulone is a complex organic acid found in hop resin and plays a huge role in beer bitterness. When hops are boiled during brewing, humulone isomerizes to form iso-alpha acids meaning more soluble and intensely bitter isomers.
And it’s in my beer art! #chemsky #sciart
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’ll pretend my typo was intentional because Colorado = peaks
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’ll pretend my typo was intentional because Colorado = peaks
Went a took a quick peak at where my chemistry career began!
A summer REU 14 yrs ago and then first year of grad school 12 yrs ago 🤯
A summer REU 14 yrs ago and then first year of grad school 12 yrs ago 🤯
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Went a took a quick peak at where my chemistry career began!
A summer REU 14 yrs ago and then first year of grad school 12 yrs ago 🤯
A summer REU 14 yrs ago and then first year of grad school 12 yrs ago 🤯
I haven't read for pleasure since... maybe early college. I'm finally getting back into it with audiobooks. Recently. I've read six books of the Red Rising series, six books of the Sun Eater series, working through the Mistborn series, and a hand full of others. All of them are sooo good
July 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I haven't read for pleasure since... maybe early college. I'm finally getting back into it with audiobooks. Recently. I've read six books of the Red Rising series, six books of the Sun Eater series, working through the Mistborn series, and a hand full of others. All of them are sooo good
I agree with that. More effort would be nice. I ranted on LinkedIn about it and mentioned alternatives
May 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I agree with that. More effort would be nice. I ranted on LinkedIn about it and mentioned alternatives
I got to fly on the company PJ yesterday! We flew to our Encapsys business unit for an internal conference. Not something I ever thought I’d do while in the trenches of grad school ✈️ #chemsky
May 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I got to fly on the company PJ yesterday! We flew to our Encapsys business unit for an internal conference. Not something I ever thought I’d do while in the trenches of grad school ✈️ #chemsky
While looking for something else, I stumbled on this interesting back and forth from the early 1970s in C&E News. I read more letters to the editor and the general vibe is men in chemistry and the chemistry community were pretty scummy... #chemsky #womeninchemistry #womeninstem
April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
While looking for something else, I stumbled on this interesting back and forth from the early 1970s in C&E News. I read more letters to the editor and the general vibe is men in chemistry and the chemistry community were pretty scummy... #chemsky #womeninchemistry #womeninstem
The jokes just write themselves now
April 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The jokes just write themselves now
And some more pictures! I promise it’s one whole lignin chain. The linkages are just hiding behind the tree lol
April 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
And some more pictures! I promise it’s one whole lignin chain. The linkages are just hiding behind the tree lol
This is Lignin Chemistry. I drew a single polymer chain of lignin behind a tree.
Lignin is a polymer found in vascular plants and it’s made up of p-coumaryl, coniferyl, and sinapyl alcohols connected in various linkage types through a radical polymerization process.
#chemsky #art #sciart
Lignin is a polymer found in vascular plants and it’s made up of p-coumaryl, coniferyl, and sinapyl alcohols connected in various linkage types through a radical polymerization process.
#chemsky #art #sciart
April 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here's an example
March 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Here's an example
Murphy was really psyched for the Severance finale last night
March 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Murphy was really psyched for the Severance finale last night
Twice a year we hold a "Community of Innovators (COI)" internal conference to share and collaborate within our company. My lab tech and I won best "early innovation" poster at this event! Super proud of all the hard work he's done on this really tough polymer synthesis project 👏 #chemsky
March 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Twice a year we hold a "Community of Innovators (COI)" internal conference to share and collaborate within our company. My lab tech and I won best "early innovation" poster at this event! Super proud of all the hard work he's done on this really tough polymer synthesis project 👏 #chemsky
I saved up my pennies and finally got an EV! 🔌🚘 Loving it so far!
My old car didn’t have cruise control so this has been a step up 😂
My old car didn’t have cruise control so this has been a step up 😂
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I saved up my pennies and finally got an EV! 🔌🚘 Loving it so far!
My old car didn’t have cruise control so this has been a step up 😂
My old car didn’t have cruise control so this has been a step up 😂
Interesting situation at the University of Denver 👀 #chemsky #labsafety
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March 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Interesting situation at the University of Denver 👀 #chemsky #labsafety
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