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Amanda Patrick
@patricklabms.bsky.social
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Mass Spectrometry | Coffee | Dog Training | Chemistry Education | Nature Photography

Undergrad at NCSU, PhD at UF (NSF GRFP), Postdoc at AFRL NM (NRC RAP), Assoc. Prof. at MS State Uni.

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-0970

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Love to support the local roasters and this one is terrific! umblecoffee.com
Bag of Felipe’s anaerobic Umble Reserve coffee
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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This petite heeler is so cute!
November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Spent a couple hours today giving shelter pups time out of their kennels! #DogsOfBluesky #ShelterDogs
Blue heeler play bowing with green canvas toy in her mouth. Red Lab (pit mix, maybe) puppy sitting for a pic. Peach and white big block headed pitbull standing in grass. Sweet shepherd sitting and “giving paw” to person taking photo.
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Still at the top of my NCSU trivia game! #HowlBack #NCStateRedWhite
Kahoot! Podium, with my avatar in first place.
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Rain has brought out the mushrooms!
A blue heeler dog lays at the center of a fairy ring of white mushrooms.
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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National Chemistry Week x Mississippi State Homecoming tailg hosted by the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, and Student Affiliates of the ACS. 🧪 🥽 #NationalChemistryWeek
Students in lab coats demonstrate liquid nitrogen boiling to kids on the other side of a table. Kids watch as a chemistry student explains carbon dioxide sublimation, visualized using soapy water. Two lab-coat-clad chemistry students pose triumphantly after a successful elephant toothpaste demo.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Back at the shelter after a hiatus. Leash walks only today. walked a love lab and a cute little pit! #DogsOfuesky #RescueDogs #ShelterPups
Black lab sitting with tongue out. She has an orange rope lead and there is grass and bushes in the background. Little blue pit with big wonky ears standing outside.
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Spiders on the morning ramble.
Yellow and black striped spider on a web. Side view. Yellow and black striped spider working on lunch on its web.
October 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Percy catching treats like a pro! #RescueDog #AustralianCattleDog #DogTraining
October 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Some wildflowers up close. #BloomScrolling #MississippiWildflowers
Small, pale purple flower with yellow center. An ant crawls across the petals. Small, pale purple flower with yellow center. Surrounded by blurred foliage and another flower.
September 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Had some free time before an appointment today in Tupelo, so we explored the Natchez Trace and the birthplace of Elvis.

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Cattle dog in the background on a mossy trail with a bridge section visible; package containing a Natchez Trace Parkway “bark ranger” dog tag in the foreground Dog sits in front of small white house, the birthplace of Elvis.
September 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Finished this book on the flight home. Great read!
Hand holding a book with pretty artistic pink and gold flowers with the words “Inciting Joy” written over in purple. A plane seat back is in the background. A photo of text from the book: “My hunch is that joy is an ember for or precursor to wild and unpredictable and transgressive and unboundaried solidarity. And that that solidarity might incite further joy. Which might in turn incite further solidarity. And on and on. My hunch is that joy, emerging from our common sorrow—which does not necessarily mean we have the same sorrows, but that we , in common, sorrow—might draw us together. It might depolarize us and de-atomize us enough that we can consider what, in common, we love. And though…” Quote continues: “attending to what we hate in common is too often all the rage (and it happens also to be very big business), noticing what we love in common, and studying that, might help us survive. It’s why I think of joy, which gets us to love, as being a practice of survival. And it’s why I’ve written this book.”
September 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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And my walking buddy, Percy the #AustralianCattleDog
Dog bounding through high prairie grass Dog trotting down a gravel road, looking back over his shoulder at his handler
September 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Some new wildflowers appearing on the prairie! #Mississippi #BloomScrolling
Delicate white flowers with pink accents. Purple thistle-y flowers. Small pink flower Maypop flower
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Percy the Australian cattle dog rocking his @ncstate.bsky.social swag courtesy of @ncstatealumni.bsky.social ! #WPN #GoPack #NCState
blue heeler lays in the grass, looking at the camera. He is wearing a red harness and a red and white bandana featuring NC State themed design ("wolf ears" hand sign, "Howl Back" lettering, etc.). Blue heeler sitting in grass, looking at the camera. He is wearing an NC State-themed red and white bandana. Blue heeler wearing red harness and NC State-themed bandana, with his head in a red travel bowl with an NC State block S logo. Blue heeler sitting on a bridge looking at the camera. He is wearing a red and white NC State themed bandana.
August 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Today's shelter pups included a short German shepherd mix (maybe part corgi?), a Vizsla-ish young guy, a brown mixed breed girl, and a toy-obsessed pit! #DogsOfBlueSky
A dog is sitting and looking at the camera. Her face looks like a German shepherd and she is black and tan. She is quite a bit shorter and smaller than a typical GSD though! Her ears are pricked up and are quite large for her size! A reddish-gold puppy with yellow eyes sits looking at the camera. He looks like he's smiling and has his tongue partially out. A brown dog with a white chest is sitting looking off to the left of the camera. A white dog with brown around his eyes is running toward the camera wildly with a toy in his mouth.
August 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Despite the flash flood warnings, I had a great brief trip to Raleigh before Fall semester gets in full swing!
Welcome to Raleigh, home of the Wolfpack at arrival at RDU airport. Below is a mural of a pack of wolves racing up alongside the escalator. Rob Thomas performing at Red Hat Amphitheater. Rose pistachio ice cream in a cup Selection of very hot (e.g., ghost, scorpion, reaper varieties) chiles at a vendor at the NC Farmers Market.
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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So many great dogs at the shelter today! #DogsOfBlueSky #RescuePups
Long, short brown (kind of sable) dog with floppy ears, a broad head and a fluffy, curly tail "smiling" at the camera. Super adorable little tan pit bull. She has bright eyes, cropped ears, and lots of wrinkles. Almost looks like a little cartoon dog, but she's real! Gorgeous black lab lays in a kiddie pool full of water, resting her chin on the rim of the pool. Little black pitbull stands, looking at the camera. He has the biggest, goofiest ears. One sticks up and then flops over and the other sticks up nearly completely with only the very tip flipping a bit.
August 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Dragonfly pics from this morning’s walk!
Dragonfly up close. Green and black face/eyes and dusky blue body. Wings partially visible. Denim visible in background. Same dragonfly from the side, with a green foliage blurred background.
July 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Excited for some interesting conversations around STEM graduate education! 🧪🥽
Screenshot of the NASEM "Reimagining STEMM Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Career Development: A Summit" intro slide for virtual attendees.
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Mississippi wildflowers from this morning's walk! #BloomScrolling #Wildflowers
Several 4-petal, pinkish-purple flowers. White flowers with yellow in the middle. Lake in the background. A single purple flower tiny clusters of purple flowers on long stems. Lake in the background, with a rocky shore.
July 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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It's very hot out, so some of the pups enjoyed a nice cool pool!
Blue heeler lays in a kiddie pool. Blue pit splashing about in a kiddie pool. Blue pit standing in kiddie pool, looking at the camera.
July 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Today's shelter pups! #DogsOfBlueSky
Blue heeler with black and tan head stands facing the camera with tongue out. Blue pit bull very close up (as he sniffs the camera). White dog with black around his eyes is near the camera and a smaller black dog with white chest sits further back. Both have their tongues lolling out. A blue pit bull with white chest sits and "smiles" for the camera.
July 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Bruno the shelter pup is too cute! He’s a compact little ball of muscle. #DogsOfBlueSky #ShelterDogs
Compact little pocket pic sits and looks at the camera. He is gray with a white face and has big ears that stick up then flip over at the tip.
July 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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So many bees on this flowering plant on campus!

#BloomScrolling
A big fuzzy bee on a stalk of purple flowers. Two big fuzzy bees on a stalk of purple flowers. A closeup of a big fuzzy bee on purple flowers.
July 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM