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Robert Topper, professor. Views are my own, not my employer’s (obvi) Computational & theoretical chemistry and physics. Really into aerosolized acid-base nanoparticles these days. DFT, ab initio, stat mech, Monte Carlo, MD, lots of salt (in a nice way)

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hi! Glad to be here. I'll be posting about all things salt, as well as all about the Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry! You can register now at winterschool.cc. The VWSCC is completely free, and is held online 217-31 January 2025.

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · 20d

Yep. Probably everyone who has ever published anything has been mined. I know that I don’t own the copyright on most of those works, but STILL. As Tolkien might have said, they could have some “…courtesy for living authors (at least)…” and acknowledge and thank us for our contribution to their work.

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · 20d

Also not seeing it. I count on it for my teaching since I train students on how to use it! Hope it’s just downtime.

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · May 2

I need an explanation please

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Apr 2

On the bright side now I’m gonna read your paper. Small victories!

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Mar 13

Hi! We have posted videos for many lectures from the 2025 VWSCC. ORCA workshop vids are here & talks by A. Jain, J. Simons, F. Baletto, T. Carrington, N. Hoffman, S. Lehtola, F. Shakib, G. Miscione, C. Matta, V. Erastova. Enjoy! #chemsky #compuchemsky @vwscc.bsky.social zenodo.org/communities/...

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Feb 27

Those three principles guide everything I try to do in my teaching. “(1) content-richness, (2) coherence, and (3) clarity.”

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Feb 24

...and the salt research continues!

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · Feb 23

Culinarily savvy folks in the habit of generously salting their pasta water before bringing it to a boil may notice that the grains fall to the floor of the pan in a ring shape. Someone’s come up with a scientific explanation for that: cen.acs.org/food/food-sc... #ChemistsWhoCook

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Feb 24

Really nice work, congratulations, I am reading with great interest.

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Feb 4

Fantastic! Thank you.

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FACCTs @faccts.de · Jan 31

The Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry (vwscc.bsky.social) was amazing! We thank all the wonderful participants of our ORCA workshop (@faccts-orca.bsky.social &
@orca-qc-official.bsky.social) and the organizers who made this great event possible!

#VWSCC25 #ORCAqc #CompChem #ChemSky

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🧪💻 The Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry (VWSCC) is a global online event featuring expert lectures, workshops, panels, and research presentations. Perfect for learning & sharing in com...

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 30

@bernadsz.bsky.social Fantastic session at VWSCC! Does the new microsolvation tool necessarily leave the central molecule(s) rigid? (which is okay but I would like to know). Also can a mix of H2O and H3O+ be used?

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 24

Registration is closing after today (Friday) for the 11th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry! Please join us for some terrific talks, all are welcome - registration is free, like the best things in life. #chemsky #compchem winterschool.cc

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Online congress discussing state of the art computational chemistry

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 18

#compchem

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 18

Welcome! #chemsky

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 17

Students and postdocs-let us have your Single Figure Presentations for the 11th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry, 27th- 31st Jan! You may get to present a 5-minute summary in one of our SFP sessions - a "scientific elevator pitch." Here's an example of an SFP. #bluechem

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Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 15

Can’t wait to try this!

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 12

Hey! This is really nice. Did you make this?

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Jan 1

Ah, sorry to hear this. One of my academic grandparents, I admired his work greatly.

Salty Chemist @saltychemist.bsky.social · Dec 29

This news was posted just before finals and so for some strange reason it’s taken this long to share this great project we published on ammonium nitrate nanoparticles. #chemsky cooper.edu/engineering/...