Shawn Burdette

I cooked up this periodic table project during summer 2020 while taking a class about online teaching strategies since we were preparing to deliver some of our classes virtually. I had aspirations of running a contest with a bracket of all the student submissions 1/n

Dropping in from my self-imposed exile to share some sad news. Prof Jim Dittami, our longtime organic chemistry colleague passed away yesterday. He was a highly regarded teacher & researcher. The rest of my thoughts can be found in the IG post #chemtwitter instagram.com/p/C_TpIEjSRpr/

It was a busy week here. REU students gave presentations on their summer work Mon/Tue, Erin's thesis defense Wed & the Summer Research Showcase posters yesterday. See the gallery on instagram instagram.com/p/Cvhtg7agXum/

Erin Hickey successfully defended her thesis on Wednesday becoming the 5th Burdette group student to earn their PhD. Congratulations to Erin on a job well done. instagram.com/p/CvhsLhdAnDO/

I guess this is no longer necessary. This shouldn't have taken over a week & multiple back & forth emails to resolve, but I am glad the right decision was made.

At some point this afternoon, @WPI's blue verified check disappeared (without comment). Marketing had requested a meeting to discuss my (& others) objections. I insisted they justify participating in the subscription service given the current policies & management at twitter.

Hey @WPI, are we wasting $$$ sending Twitter money for a blue check? Seems like most universities have refused to go along with the pay-to-play plan.

Like Worcester, Indianapolis has a Major Taylor mural. Major was born in Indy & moved to Worcester at 17 to be close to the bicycle manufacturers & start his racing career #ACSSpring2023 instagram.com/p/CqV3kq8uGz6/

Jack McLaughlin from last summer's REU, gave his poster at the Indianapolis #ACSSpring2023 Meeting today. Also present, Elizabeth McGlaughlin, who worked with Prof Scarlata, and Burdette group REU alumni Jade Boyd instagram.com/p/CqUUGzbOgOv/

It took a while, but the contracts are all sorted, so here's the official posting for the joint MOF postdoc in the Burdette/Grimm groups #chempostdoc wpi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WPI_Exte…

This is the project from Prof Grimm & I. Still searching for a postdoc FYI futureflight.aero/news-article/2…

A chemistry-themed Doodle with @NobelPrize winner Mario Molina, sadly no longer with us to celebrate

Also featured on our cover is the work of @WPIBurdette and colleagues on the use of isothermal titration calorimetry for characterizing the zinc(II)-binding properties of photocaged complexes with micromolar affinity. …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Call Hercule Poirot, it's a Chemystery by @twisteddoodles/@newscientist instagram.com/p/Cp0jA7_vwfO/…

Cover art & TOC graphic from the recently published article in Analysis & Sensing …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… instagram.com/p/CpvAqUzAvzo/…

Ready! Set! Go! Hannah's Periodic Table of Running Sneakers arranges running shoes by lightweight to stability left to right 123/n #runningchemists

Elizabeth made a Periodic Table of TV Shows using number of seasons as the primary trend 122/n

Brock is a @wpifootball player, so putting the @Patriots from the early 21st century into a Periodic Table of the Brady-Belichick Dynasty makes sense. Trends labeled, with each period showing the most important/best players toward the left at each position 40/n

Incorrect. Electrons are blue. instagram.com/p/CoZ8ezmuLYT/…