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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 10h

Chemistry Seminar
Bryan Pivovar
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The potential role of H2 in the global energy system

Host: Kevin Noonan

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Mellon Institute Conference Room 348

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

New exciting things from @gabegomes.bsky.social 😍🥳🎉🥂

CMU Mellon College of Science @cmuscience.bsky.social · 1d

CMU researchers are pushing the boundaries of AI in science. Gabe Gomes and his team developed Coscientist, an AI system that plans and executes chemical reactions — accelerating discoveries that once took years to complete. His work was featured in Nature.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Will AI ever win its own Nobel? Some predict a prize-worthy science discovery soon

Other researchers question whether autonomous AI scientists are possible or even desirable.

www.nature.com

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 7d

Chemistry Seminar: Janusz Dąbrowski
Jagiellonian University, Krakow

From Light to Cure: Nanoengineered Photosensitizers for Treating Resistant Cancers and Microbes

Host: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Mellon Institute Conference Room 348

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 12d

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪

Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360

PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!

Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:

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Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Open Date: Sep 19, 2025

Description
The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area.

More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 7d

Sijie Fu
Washburn Research Group

Machine Learning for Chemistry and Formulation: Generative Discovery, Data-Driven Modeling, and Autonomous Experimentation

Wednesday October 1, 2025
2:00 p.m.
Mellon Institute Classroom 355

Examiners:
Newell Washburn
Hyung Kim
Olexandr Isayev
Robert Tilton

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to Kiran Ali from the McDonough Group - she is the recipient of an MCS Graduate Conference Funding Award. She will attend SETAC North America 46th Annual Meeting.

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Team Mitch, winners of the 2026 Chemger Games! May the bonds be ever in your favor! :)

An annual fall tradition, undergraduate students compete, making their way around Mellon Institute labs, to use clues and complete challenges.

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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 18d

✨My first science feature is out in Chemical & Engineering News!✨

I interviewed and wrote about Dr. Shana V. Stoddard, a brilliant disabled scientist changing STEM.

Disabled scientists deserve visibility and celebration.

cen.acs.org/synthesis/me...

#DisabledInSTEM #SciComm #RepresentationMatters

Shana V. Stoddard: How to create an environment for all science students to succeed

Grad student <b>Alyssa T. Paparella</b> talks with this computational biochemist about adjusting work styles and leaning on community

cen.acs.org

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 16d

@olexandr.bsky.social in the news again, along with his former postdoc, Dylan, who is now an assistant professor at Michigan State - love to see the progress you are making!

CMU Mellon College of Science @cmuscience.bsky.social · 16d

CMU and UNC researchers used AI and human expertise to create a new rubber-like material that’s both strong and flexible — something that’s been difficult to achieve. This breakthrough could speed up the design of better materials for shoes, cars and medical devices.
www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...

Frank Leibfarth of UNC Chapel Hill squishes a cube made of a new polymer.

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Carnegie Mellon Alumni @cmualumni.bsky.social · 21d

CMU125 at Homecoming Weekend is Nov. 6-8! Register now for this landmark celebration: cmu.is/homecoming

CMU @ Homecoming Weekend, Nov. 6-8, 2025

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 20d

MCS Faculty Members Recognized With Chairs - including our very own @olexandr.bsky.social Olexandr Isayev! 🪅🪇🥳🥂

www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 20d

CMU Program Helps Students Incorporate Sustainable Learning Environment into Diverse Fields

Individuals involved in this project span the labs of department chemists Terry Collins, Neil Donahue, and Ryan Sullivan.

www.cmu.edu/news/stories...?

CMU Program Helps Students Incorporate Sustainable Learning Environment into Diverse Fields

At Carnegie Mellon University, students in the Environmental and Sustainable Studies (ESS) program are confronting climate change, water scarcity and pollution through hands-on research and interdisci...

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CMU Mellon College of Science @cmuscience.bsky.social · 21d

Undergrads brought the energy to MCS Pride Day — thanks for making it unforgettable!

Ken Hovis and Maggie Braun smile at the camera as they stand next to a grill with hotdogs on it.

Dean Barbara Shinn-Cunningham and Eric Yttri smile at the camera. Yttrium holds a flaming sousaphone.

A group of students participate in tug-of-war.

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Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 20d

Josephine Silone Yates was a professor of chemistry & among the 1st women in the US to head a university science department. She was also a journalist & editor & served as the president of the National Association of Colored Women in 1901.

Woman seated holding a fan in a formal portrait gazing at the viewer. Library of Congress.

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CMU Mellon College of Science @cmuscience.bsky.social · 28d

MCS Pride Day is almost here! We’ll be celebrating undergraduates in the Mellon College of Science from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 on the Mall between the College of Fine Arts building and Hammerschlag with an afternoon of fun, food and community.

Five students tug hard on a rope during a game of tug of war.

Five students watch as a model rocket launches into the air.

Two students prepare to tie dye tee shirts.

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Prof. Carrie McDonough @carrieamcdphd.bsky.social · 27d

They’re called “forever chemicals” because once they’re released, you can’t take them back… The House and Senate are proposing further delays in phasing out PFASs in firefighting foams. 🧵

thehill.com

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Sara Cottle @saralea.bsky.social · 27d

The @acs.org 2025 candidate election statements are now available on @cenmag.bsky.social (and will be available in the Sept. print issue): cen.acs.org/acs-news/ele...

2025 candidates’ election statements and backgrounds

The 2025 fall-election candidates include those for president-elect, District II director, District IV director, and director-at-large

cen.acs.org

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 27d

Did we know we are ranked 8th in the nation for best colleges for Chemistry? www.niche.com/colleges/sea... and top 5 for best professors? www.niche.com/colleges/sea... with top marks in Pennsylvania for our professors!

www.niche.com

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 28d

Chemistry Seminar: Christine M. Aikens, Kansas State University

Theoretical Investigations of the Optical Properties of Bare and Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticles

Host: Graduate Student Advisory Committee

Wed, September 10, 2025
4 p.m.
Mellon Institute Conference Room 348

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Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · Sep 8

🍕✂️ Get creative (and fed!) at our Pizza & Pennant Making workshop! 🚩

Join us tomorrow (Sept. 9th) from 4:30-6:30 PM in IDeATe Studio A on the first floor of Hunt Library to create your own @cmu.edu pennant while enjoying delicious pizza and drinks.

"Room to Imagine" exhibit now in Hunt Library gallery

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Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 4

Chemistry & Mechanical Engineering faculty member Ryan Sullivan was interviewed for this article on understanding the consequences of flame retardant additives in furniture foam when it burns.

cen.acs.org/environment/...

Why are chemists starting infernos in the lab?

Researchers simulate wildland fires that move into cities to better understand what makes their plumes particularly toxic

cen.acs.org

Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 3

We gathered today to celebrate Tim and his retirement from Chemistry - he has been at CMU for over 40 years, and with Chemistry over 30 of those. Thank you for your many years of service; we will miss you more than you can know!

Chemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 29

It was Welcome Back Picnic day! Thanks for all who came out to join us :)

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CMU Mellon College of Science @cmuscience.bsky.social · Aug 25

Welcome back to all of our students! We’re looking forward to the fall semester with you!

A scotty dog wears a baseball cap and holds a foam finger that says "MCS is #1" Text on the poster says, "Mellon College of Science Welcomes You to CMU!"

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Olexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · Aug 21

Last day of #acsfall2025. Emma Bouchard, a graduate student @cmuchemistry.bsky.social chairs Cryo-EM and protein dynamics session of our “Bridging theory and experiment with AI” symposium. #compchem #chemsky

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