Dan Polyak

When I TA’d orgo lab, we would run a SNAr in the microwave (1-bromo-2,4-dinitrobenzene + aniline) and the product crystallizing out was always so cool

@Apatoneh Awesome, congrats!! 🥳

I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Department of Chemistry at the University of Rochester as an Assistant Professor! So thankful for this opportunity and excited about expanding the field of biocatalytic synthesis!

@KCGOrtiz On second thought, the timing of this makes me wonder if I just got whooshed lololol but great time to buy at a discount…..

@KCGOrtiz If you want to make it easy, whichever brokerage your 401k is in has something like a “Target Retirement [Date] Fund”, just put your whole contribution (% of paycheck as much as your company matches) into that and then forget all about it

Hey Chat I'm finally in a position to start contributing to my 401k. Any advice for this? I'm excited to really start taking my financial future seriously!

@KCGOrtiz Walden Pond was the reason I got a kayak, so peaceful. It was also the first time I questioned the difference between a pond and a lake….pretty big pond. Enjoy the time off 😄

It's not a beer, but the vibes are still immaculate out here. Massachusetts is beautiful. I want to stay here forever.

@KCGOrtiz I just started Yakuza 0 this past weekend and am really enjoying it so far, I started Persona 5 Royal a while ago and was also really enjoying it but it’s such a commitment lolol

@DPChem Yuh! I played the 1st one Yakuza 1 and it was so good. I need to play the rest!

Platinum'ed: @ELDENRING by @fromsoftware_pr 5/5, Strength/Intelligence build amazingly fun! Now playing: Persona 3 Reload by @Atlus_West Excited for this one b/c I enjoyed Persona 5R immensely!

@stanna_dorn @NIGMS That’s awesome, big congrats!!! 🥳

@cycl0pentadiene Awesome, congrats!! 😄

Sure matplotlib is cool, but what if I want to load my loss curves into the 2006 hit Flash game LineRider?

@KCGOrtiz Congrats, happy anniversary! 😄

Can't believe I've been married to the cheese-cake-on-a-stick-stealing love of my life for 8 years today 🥹

@KCGOrtiz Big day, congrats!! 🥳

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@SafeChem79 Congrats! 🥳

@KCGOrtiz Now that I’m back in NJ I’m seeing the opposite problem - people blasting from lane to lane, accidents on the Parkway on a daily basis, cops all over the highways. Boston drivers were way calmer (too calm…) but with all the silly intersections around there I can’t blame them

I've lived in Boston fully for 16 hours and all I know is people in this town seem scared to drive. I was molded by Houston highways. Bostonites are W E A K.

@billthechemist Congrats!! 🥳

It’s “Dr. Bill the Chemist” now!

@KCGOrtiz Read through all of Toriko a few years ago - very silly, very fun. I’ll be on the lookout for Rooster Fighter at my local library

I've been wanting to read Rooster Fighter for a long while. Anime/Manga is great man just so goofy.

Since Enantioselective beta C-H activation in 2016, we have chased gamma and delta relentlessly, finally: science.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

@Herb_Wakefield Congrats! 🥳

Extremely grateful for an awesome group and even greater advisor. Thanks guys!! I’m now #phdone

@BagPhos Congrats!! 😄

Today I was promoted to Associate Research Fellow at #PfizerChemistry and I'd like to thank everyone for the mentoring, teamwork and friendship over the years Proud to represent the non-PhDs here as well Promised myself a special present if I ever got here...

Do you struggle to keep up with the organic synthesis literature? Our former postdoc @SHBennett_ has started the Organic Synthesis Newsletter, a fantastic weekly summary of the recent literature. I highly recommend you subscribe for this FREE resource!! organicsynthesis.beehiiv.com

Second first-author pub is finally out 🫡 this one was my first project before COVID, and we got to some real neat data about these weirdo understudied serotonin receptors science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…