Fall break week - no teaching bit managed to get a grant proposal out last week. Paper accepted too. (proof check email came today!)
Seized the opportunity to spend all day cooking with partner - having a whole bunch of chem grad students over for Oktoberfest!
#proflife
Seized the opportunity to spend all day cooking with partner - having a whole bunch of chem grad students over for Oktoberfest!
#proflife
October 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Fall break week - no teaching bit managed to get a grant proposal out last week. Paper accepted too. (proof check email came today!)
Seized the opportunity to spend all day cooking with partner - having a whole bunch of chem grad students over for Oktoberfest!
#proflife
Seized the opportunity to spend all day cooking with partner - having a whole bunch of chem grad students over for Oktoberfest!
#proflife
October 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
And alongside I've been working to hammer out a short exploratory grant proposal (R21) with a new collaborator (a really big shot in the cancer world) I pitched a drug delivery tool we developed. Writing's mostly all done! Now to see if the budget will work...
Two institutions so 🫣
Two institutions so 🫣
September 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
And alongside I've been working to hammer out a short exploratory grant proposal (R21) with a new collaborator (a really big shot in the cancer world) I pitched a drug delivery tool we developed. Writing's mostly all done! Now to see if the budget will work...
Two institutions so 🫣
Two institutions so 🫣
🙏🏼 to be at #MCC2026 – the 🇮🇳🇩🇪🇯🇵 Conference 🙏🏼T.Govindaraju & SaritS.Agasti for the fantastic organisation, AlexanderHeckel & NinaMorgner for the opportunity from the 🇩🇪sideIndia🇮🇳🪷 a place where colours seem doubly bright — so natural to talk about light here😅😉✨ 🌈☀️ .
#ChemBio #ChemBioLovers #ProfLife
#ChemBio #ChemBioLovers #ProfLife
September 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🙏🏼 to be at #MCC2026 – the 🇮🇳🇩🇪🇯🇵 Conference 🙏🏼T.Govindaraju & SaritS.Agasti for the fantastic organisation, AlexanderHeckel & NinaMorgner for the opportunity from the 🇩🇪sideIndia🇮🇳🪷 a place where colours seem doubly bright — so natural to talk about light here😅😉✨ 🌈☀️ .
#ChemBio #ChemBioLovers #ProfLife
#ChemBio #ChemBioLovers #ProfLife
Woohoo! Zoom meeting done!
Now it's off for Tapas
Places open at 7: 30pm and it's now 7:42. Hopefully not too crowded!
Will report on that in a separate thread
#proflife
Now it's off for Tapas
Places open at 7: 30pm and it's now 7:42. Hopefully not too crowded!
Will report on that in a separate thread
#proflife
September 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Woohoo! Zoom meeting done!
Now it's off for Tapas
Places open at 7: 30pm and it's now 7:42. Hopefully not too crowded!
Will report on that in a separate thread
#proflife
Now it's off for Tapas
Places open at 7: 30pm and it's now 7:42. Hopefully not too crowded!
Will report on that in a separate thread
#proflife
NOA! (NIH)
Not for my lab - but for shared equipment for the dept. and univ.
Phew - from an application submitted Sept last year.
#proflife
Not for my lab - but for shared equipment for the dept. and univ.
Phew - from an application submitted Sept last year.
#proflife
August 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM
NOA! (NIH)
Not for my lab - but for shared equipment for the dept. and univ.
Phew - from an application submitted Sept last year.
#proflife
Not for my lab - but for shared equipment for the dept. and univ.
Phew - from an application submitted Sept last year.
#proflife
I cannot describe the depth of my glee at not having to go to work tomorrow. #SpringBreak #proflife
March 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I cannot describe the depth of my glee at not having to go to work tomorrow. #SpringBreak #proflife
My grades are in, I have reports to write, and I'm just not feeling it. #ProfLife
a little girl is laying on the floor in a playground with the words status written on the bottom
Alt: An exhausted little girl is being dragged on the floor by a kiddie merry-go-round. "status:" is written on the top left of the image.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My grades are in, I have reports to write, and I'm just not feeling it. #ProfLife
Today I had 6/45 and then 5/45 students after the lunch break. It's so disheartening when you show up and try your best to teach, despite being so busy with piling deadlines... #academicsky #proflife
March 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Today I had 6/45 and then 5/45 students after the lunch break. It's so disheartening when you show up and try your best to teach, despite being so busy with piling deadlines... #academicsky #proflife
Been listening to Senate speeches on and off all day (while grading, editing, planning, emailing #ProfLife) and it has been wonderful. Thank you for your hard work, @booker.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Been listening to Senate speeches on and off all day (while grading, editing, planning, emailing #ProfLife) and it has been wonderful. Thank you for your hard work, @booker.senate.gov
Something becomes canon in Academia when you no longer need to cite the original source, i.e. Newton's laws. That said, DFT theorems (and the most popular functionals for that matter) are canon, right? Right? Here's looking at you #reviewer2. #CompChem #ProfLife
August 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Something becomes canon in Academia when you no longer need to cite the original source, i.e. Newton's laws. That said, DFT theorems (and the most popular functionals for that matter) are canon, right? Right? Here's looking at you #reviewer2. #CompChem #ProfLife
Day 1 of #1000wordsaday writing challenge felt so good. And went by faster thank expected! #amwriting #proflife #book4
June 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Day 1 of #1000wordsaday writing challenge felt so good. And went by faster thank expected! #amwriting #proflife #book4
July 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New semester fit check!
🌹 this shawl was just gifted to me by a recent graduate so I had to rock it today! Thorn: still got congestion from the winter cold. Bud: reuniting with students again from past classes and meeting new ones.✨#proflife
🌹 this shawl was just gifted to me by a recent graduate so I had to rock it today! Thorn: still got congestion from the winter cold. Bud: reuniting with students again from past classes and meeting new ones.✨#proflife
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New semester fit check!
🌹 this shawl was just gifted to me by a recent graduate so I had to rock it today! Thorn: still got congestion from the winter cold. Bud: reuniting with students again from past classes and meeting new ones.✨#proflife
🌹 this shawl was just gifted to me by a recent graduate so I had to rock it today! Thorn: still got congestion from the winter cold. Bud: reuniting with students again from past classes and meeting new ones.✨#proflife
Back from the meeting, finishing revisions, tomorrow to a hiring board meeting 600 km away, trying to get some slides done for lecture start, admin stuff to be filled out... I feel you, little frog #proflife
April 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Back from the meeting, finishing revisions, tomorrow to a hiring board meeting 600 km away, trying to get some slides done for lecture start, admin stuff to be filled out... I feel you, little frog #proflife
Meet Mr. Gareth "Gaz" Grimshaw from Finance. He suspects academics of secretly hoarding laptops and views devices with a "half-eaten fruit symbol" as unnecessary indulgences, especially those under 2.5 kg.
#academicredtape #academicBlueSky #Bureaucracy #university #uk🇬🇧 #ProfLife #adminoverload
#academicredtape #academicBlueSky #Bureaucracy #university #uk🇬🇧 #ProfLife #adminoverload
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Meet Mr. Gareth "Gaz" Grimshaw from Finance. He suspects academics of secretly hoarding laptops and views devices with a "half-eaten fruit symbol" as unnecessary indulgences, especially those under 2.5 kg.
#academicredtape #academicBlueSky #Bureaucracy #university #uk🇬🇧 #ProfLife #adminoverload
#academicredtape #academicBlueSky #Bureaucracy #university #uk🇬🇧 #ProfLife #adminoverload
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Semester under way, getting up to speed with figure drawing.
#proflife #studentlife #figuredrawing #springsemester
#proflife #studentlife #figuredrawing #springsemester
January 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Semester under way, getting up to speed with figure drawing.
#proflife #studentlife #figuredrawing #springsemester
#proflife #studentlife #figuredrawing #springsemester
August 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#Oldschool composition finder with the young ones today. Bones, bourbon , pagan beauty-
Get to work. #proflife #studiolife #drawing
Get to work. #proflife #studiolife #drawing
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
#Oldschool composition finder with the young ones today. Bones, bourbon , pagan beauty-
Get to work. #proflife #studiolife #drawing
Get to work. #proflife #studiolife #drawing
Quick sketch between classes, bones of my enemies and whatnot. #Skullduggery #sketch #art #artonbluesky #drawing #teacher #proflife #dembones
February 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Quick sketch between classes, bones of my enemies and whatnot. #Skullduggery #sketch #art #artonbluesky #drawing #teacher #proflife #dembones
Quiet Saturday in the art department at Mercer U, was able to grind out a pile of grading. #teacher #artteacher #proflife #grade #office #Springsteen on the wall-
February 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Quiet Saturday in the art department at Mercer U, was able to grind out a pile of grading. #teacher #artteacher #proflife #grade #office #Springsteen on the wall-
First snow of the year, at the perfect temperature, and CMU students responded by building DOZENS of snowmen of all sizes all across campus. It was delightful. The (college) kids are alright. ☃️ #proflife
(These were done by my kids, who are also delightful.)
(These were done by my kids, who are also delightful.)
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
First snow of the year, at the perfect temperature, and CMU students responded by building DOZENS of snowmen of all sizes all across campus. It was delightful. The (college) kids are alright. ☃️ #proflife
(These were done by my kids, who are also delightful.)
(These were done by my kids, who are also delightful.)
Gave the last lecture of the semester yesterday, so of course 6 hours later I was down with a chest cold, and as of today/next day, I’ve totally lost my voice. #proflife
December 6, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Gave the last lecture of the semester yesterday, so of course 6 hours later I was down with a chest cold, and as of today/next day, I’ve totally lost my voice. #proflife