Jen Schaefer

@NDengineering @NDCBE @NewVoicesNASEM @theNASEM Congrats @YamilJColon !

Congratulations to @NDCBE Prof. Yamil Colón, selected for the 2026–28 @NewVoicesNASEM cohort at the @theNASEM! The two-year program supports emerging STEM leaders addressing national and global challenges. 🔗 Read more: engineering.nd.edu/news/yamil-col…

@BMorgan_Chemist Congrats!!

Thrilled to share #MorganLabatND's first pre-print! 🎉 In this paper, we challenge the prevailing view that protein loops are "floppy noodles" and instead, uncover their complex molecular recognition with small molecules. Link: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

@PanickedFoodie Hoping your recovery goes great!

Today, I had the privilege of saving two lives by donating my left kidney. My own, and that of the transplant recipient. As of today, I no longer have Nutcracker syndrome. 💗

The importance of stupidity in scientific research

@CabanaChemistry I want to see the $ per unit productivity basis, also considering that the training of a researcher is a very valuable product for the US economy.

Important (underrated?) metrics: - Funding/person - Compliance effort - Duration - Length of proposal Tech Labs vs standard NSF: - $10-50M/10-50 vs $100-200k/1-2 - Other transaction vs full rules - 5+ years vs. 3 years max - 5-8 vs 15 pp BIG DIFFERENCE! nsf.gov/news/nsf-annou…

@CabanaChemistry And why exactly should academic labs suffer with funding of order $100k per person with another research institution receiving order $1M per person? National labs are also much more expensive on a unit labor basis.

Happy that this exciting work on cathode recycling led by Khachatur Manukyan and team is published! My group played a supportive role. doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.…

Congratulations Dr. Lingyu Yang! @NDCBE

SMASH Engineering REU (Soft Materials for Applications in Sustainability and Healthcare Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates) site program is accepting applications for summer 2025! Please share this opportunity!! mse.nd.edu/research/smash…

EARTH Annual Meeting participant pic

Last week, 19 of us traveled from ND to KU for our first NSF ERC EARTH (Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub) Annual Meeting. I forgot to get an ND-team pic - oops. Here is Emmanuel and I outside of the charter bus. Emmanuel is just beginning his PhD research.

The group now has four new graduate students. Welcome to Fati, Nellie, Emmanuel, and Raúl!

In this update process, I realized that we are in desperate need of a new research group picture. I also found a nice pic of the team from last summer on the day that we celebrated Lingyu's new position at Honeywell.

Lab website finally updated! Whoohoo!! schaeferresearch.com/news

One of our University strategic priorities is sustainability. Please reach out if you are interested in this unique opportunity!

Share! Announcing the Notre Dame Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships in Engineering engineering.nd.edu/provosts-postd…

@Jianguo_Mei Last year we were #20, big jump

@SchaeferLab Wow, I would never guess that!

ND is ranked #1 of large employers nationwide forbes.com/lists/best-lar…

@JessicaOWinter Congratulations!

Thrilled to be named Editor-in-Chief of the RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry B. Come publish with us and find out what the excitement is about! blogs.rsc.org/jm/2024/12/03/…

Out in collaboration with @jonathanwhitmer group for the ISPE-18 meeting special issue: single-component electrolytes based on amphiphilic lithium salts sciencedirect.com/science/articl…