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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

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Chemist, 🧲 spectroscopist, mother, Associate Teaching Prof. of Chemistry at University of Denver. nonfiction & romance reader💖📚, biking to work 🚲

Lakewood, CO

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@heydebigale

Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

3 months

I have some big news! I’m writing a book about spectroscopy! 🚨🧲🌈🖼️🔦 My book is narrative nonfiction—with illustrations ✍️ A huge thank you to my wonderful agent @jkpapin !! Also thank you to my β-reader @SKZingales who has supported me through this whole process 🥹

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@heydebigale

Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

Hi, I’m a chemistry prof who loves over-the-top makeup. I’m teaching spectroscopy today, so 🌈 seemed appropriate. Colors are ordered by wavelength (λ). Longer λ was placed in the inner corner w/ λ decreasing (E ⬆️) towards outer corner. 💛💚💙💜 #RealTimeChem

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9 months

Accessibility Barbie here to remind you to wear a mic, turn on those captions, and wear a mask in high risk scenarios! Happy first day of fall quarter!

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3 years

TFW your university is administering an "anonymous" survey, but then ask my gender & department & academic rank. You know there is a DEI issue when it is pretty obvious from just those three answers who I am.

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4 years

I have a chemistry joke but it’s basic.

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4 years

I have a journalism joke but someone already broke it

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5 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but... You can make great contributions to science by working 40 hr/week. Also, you don’t need to be a PI to make great contributions to science.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

Today is my 10 year anniversary as a chemistry professor at University of Denver! 💚 How it started: How it’s going:

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4 years

I was telling my kids how I have finally scheduled some time to go into the lab & use the spectrometer after Thanksgiving. 9 yo: what are you going to spectraumatize?

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

3 years

For my daughters 3rd birthday, I made the horrible mistake of getting a Dora The Explorer piñata. When her head came off? Hysteria. So many kids were sobbing! My husband was frantically duck-taping her head back on. It was a mess.

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i love when they make piñatas out of beloved childrens characters. yeah my son loves spider-man, so for his birthday he’s going to fucking murder him

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

To celebrate #IYPT2019 I did makeup inspired by two forms of carbon: diamond💎& graphite✏️ In diamond, C atoms are arranged tetrahedrally, while graphite has a planar, honeycomb-like structure. Properties of diamond & graphite differ because of their structures. #RealTimeChem

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6 years

It’s laundry day at my house and when cleaning out one of my coats I found some clean magnetic stir bars tangled with bobby pins. It looks like art. I think I’m going to title this piece “women in science” #RealTimeChem

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4 years

How it started. How it's going.

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2 years

If Twitter is really going down, I just want to give a shout out to @Chemjobber for connecting chemists for over a decade 🧪💗⚗️⚛️🧲

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5 years

It’s not quite #FluorescenceFriday , but I thought I’d share my #NationalChemistryWeek /Halloween fluorescent Frankenstein nails. 💚💚💚 #RealTimeChem

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6 years

Spectroscopy notes, just for fun! Eventually I want to make a spectroscopy zine. 🤓 I need a whole page just to talk about resonance! #ChemistryNotes #bulletjournal #RealTimeChem #ChemNotes #bujo #chembujo

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3 years

Updated my bio!!

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5 years

Of all the topics in gen chem, I find acid-base to be the most challenging. I see students struggling more w/ classifying the problem, than solving the problem. Below is a decision tree I made to help students classify acid-base problems: #RealTimeChem #ChemTwitter #ChemBujo

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6 years

We are at the LEGO store and my daughter built a mini-figure for me. She even made sure I had safety glasses!

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

3 years

Yeah, it’s annoying that so few women win the Nobel in chemistry. But, I’ll be honest, it’s not why I’m mad. Academic science is constantly pushing out women due to its toxic environment & also lack of support for women who choose to have children. It’s heartbreaking out here.

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1 year

Yesterday I asked my 12 yo to help me with some work & I offered to pay her. 12 yo: How much will you pay me? Me: How about $17/hr. That is minimum wage in Denver. 12 yo: I don't think that is a livable wage. Me: It is for you because I pay for your living expenses.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

Graduate students fate being controlled by one PI (with very little accountability).

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Dr. Caroline Bartman

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1 year

what thing in academia would you like to make illegal?

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

As a chemist… I’m here for the Barbie aesthetics!! 💗💅🏻 (All of these are cobalt complexes if you were wondering! 💗)

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Dr. Tracy Schloemer

1 year

Throwback to my Barbie materials synthesized during my PhD in chemistry, where I did work in organic semiconductors and solar PV. Life sciences weren’t for me (but have mad admiration for those clever enough to pursue it!).✌🏻

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

@JenniferLoveUBC @MarisaGFranco YES!! I seriously had a guy tell me, “I think you mean Teaching Assistant not Assistant Teaching Professor” Like I didn’t know the title of my own job. 😫🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

I feel like myself again! My BFF and I used an Argon laser as inspiration (488 nm) and I love how my hair turned out. 💙🤓💙 #RealTimeChem #bluehairdontcare

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

My synthesis was a flop today, which is especially disappointing when I only have one day a week set aside for bench research. Hoping next week goes better!

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

This chemistry makeup look is inspired by the flame test & emission spectroscopy! 🔥 When an atom or ion absorbs energy, electrons are excited into a higher energy level⬆️ When the electron relaxes back to a lower energy state⬇️, light is emitted! Green: Cu(II) Purple: K or Cs

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

Changed my hair over the weekend. Decided to go with a shorter λ (higher energy) color. 🤓🤓🤓

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

Today I am speaking on a panel @UofDenver about the benefits of Twitter. I thought I’d share all my notes on twitter & some tips for getting started. #bujo #bulletjournal #Twitter

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

Made an impulsive hair change late last night. 💚 River is not sure about it 😅

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

I’m ready to get the party started!! I can’t wait to see @Pink in just a couple hours!! (We are basically the same person... except for the fact that she’s... you know... a rock star.)

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

Me: All women’s clothes should have pockets!! Also me: Are leggings paired w/ a blazer considered professional attire???

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

I’m feeling better today: I updated my hair & I’m wearing my favorite shirt from @FeministaJones .

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 months

Tiny volumetric flasks are the cutest!!

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Happy Friday! Sometimes, it’s the little things that bring the most joy. What’s your favorite tiny lab object? Show us!

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 months

Happy #InternationalWomeninScienceDay !! I love basic research so much. The ability to discover the answers to questions on the molecular level is such a gift.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

I think we should abolish the PI system in academia. The current system keeps a lot of great people out. There are a lot of great scientists that don’t want to be the boss/manager. Hire people to work in teams, as co-investigators.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

Got the sweetest #ChemistryValentine from my family: copper roses! My husband said they saw a local artist selling these on the side of the road & my 7 yo said, “Copper is mommy’s favorite Element! “ 🥰🤓 Should I add a patina to the leaves? #AcademicValentines #RealTimeChem

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

3 years

Being vaccinated does NOT mean you can drop out of Stanford, start a blood testing company with no scientific knowledge, deepen your voice several octaves, lean into that Steve Jobs aesthetic, only hire sycophants, falsify data, and mislead the entire healthcare industry.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

@Chemjobber "What do you do?" "Chemistry" "Really? Like Walter white?" "No, not really. I use magnets and light to learn about molecules.” "But, you do make drugs?” "No." "Huh, so you’re not a chemist?” "Science. Giant magnets. I am Magneto.”

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2 years

Happy 15 years to my super sweet & funny husband 💖 how it started how it's going

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

9 months

Many R1 universities deny amazing researchers tenure if they have not received a major grant. There are many layers to this problem--but today's announcement really is a reminder of how flawed academic science is currently. Very happy for Katalin Kariko!

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(((Dr Hannah Wirtshafter))) 🔬

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9 months

KATALIN KARIKO WAS DENIED TENURE FOR LACK OF GRANT FUNDING AND NOW SHE HAS A NOBEL PRIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

Waving hello 👋 to my new followers! I'm a chemistry professor & spectroscopist at University of Denver. Spectroscopists study the interaction of light 💡& matter 💅 (yes, I have even studied fingernails!) This is a thread of a few science-y things I've shared here on Twitter.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

In chemistry, we don’t say “I love you” we instead just include detailed steps of how we prepared the compound in the methods section... and I think that’s really beautiful.

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6 years

Pet peeve: “Science is more of a calling than a Job. You shouldn’t count the hours you work.” Nope. Science is my job. I work really hard, but I’m not working much more than 40 hrs/week. #subtweet

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5 years

My husband was teaching Sunday school today. The topic was the imagery of light in the Bible. Husband: “Debbie is a spectrometer, so I want her to tell us a little bit about the physics of light.” 😂😂😂 He tries, y’all. He tries.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

~10 years into my career and I finally made a website! 😅

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

When you work with chemists, these are the types of random text messages you might get on a Sunday morning. 🤓🤓🤓 #RealTimeChem

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

I have the sweetest daughter ever. When I picked her up from school today she gave me fuse bead art titled “mom” 🥰🥰🥰🥰

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2 years

I made a #ChemTwitter version.

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2 years

I say I'm gonna do this every year, but this year I'm finally gonna do it what's the over/under on how long it will take me to win

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

Chemistry of slime makeup look!🧪 Slime is made by mixing glue (contains polymers like polyvinyl alcohol) & a borax solution (sodium tetraborate). Borate esters form cross-links between the polymer chains. These cross-links give the mixture its slimy consistency! #RealTimeChem

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5 months

My sabbatical got approved for Fall 2024! I am so excited! 🥳

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3 years

First time I’ve done my hair & makeup in about 2 weeks for a few zoom meetings today ... I had to document! I found this cute bolo tie necklace at a thrift store last week. It’s perfect for remote teaching 🥰

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

7 years

@kcrowe @lvnamoth I swear. All of the sudden the blue lives matter ppl on my Facebook are suddenly against police brutality with this story. 🙄🤔

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

#MayThe4thBeWithYou From the Women’s March (Jan 2017)

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6 years

We covered Alkali Metals (Group 1A) in class today! Below are my #classnotes in my #bulletjournal Did you know 7-up originally contained lithium citrate, which is a known mood stabilizer? #RealTimeChem #chemnotes #chemistrynotes #chembujo

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

3 years

At this point, a day in the lab is basically a form of self care. #SpectrometerSelfie #RealTimeChem

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

9 months

Red flags in academia (men or women!) 🚩books two spectrometers simultaneously 🚩does not sign the log book 🚩rude to staff 🚩ignores lecturers/teaching profs 🚩when offered a mic they say, “I don’t need it I have a loud voice” 🚩calls students (grad or undergrad) “kids”

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everyone is posting their red flags in men. here are mine. -books >3h nmr time during work day -in an all male research group -does total synth -boring group meeting slides -knows how echem works -clean fume hood -mean to undergrads -too many pubs -not enough pubs -in academia

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

This is an amazing resource for converting common (in-person) active learning activities to different physically distant scenarios. It was created by Dr. Jennifer Baumgarner of LSU:

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Active Learning while Physically Distancing

Teaching Tools: Active Learning while Physically Distancing We are all looking for practical strategies to make our teaching engaging and impactful during these unusual times. The chart below...

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

Just documenting a good hair & makeup day. 💄💁🏻‍♀️

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

My dad visited my environmental chemistry class today and asked to take a selfie with me 😅 He is also a retired television engineer so of course he had to optimize the display in class today 😅 Haha parents really are embarrassing for life

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

For #TransDayOfVisibility I have one simple request: Read a book by a trans author / about a trans person! Here are 16 books that I read recently and they were all A+ Reading books by authors with a different experience builds empathy, knowledge, & compassion.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

Can someone come gather my tween?! She put a shortcut in my phone so anytime I type LOL it turns into “i laughed so hard i pooped a little” I’m annoyed at what a good prank this is and it’s already gotten me twice this morning 🙃🤣🥲

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

I discovered that for me, the use of my title is VITAL to remind students that I am qualified to be their professor. I don’t need to humanize myself. I have to do everything I can to gain my students respect.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

2 years

Am I the only professor who feels their class was actually better online? Like, especially from an accessibility standpoint? Easier to see "board work" with my notebook and document camera, easier to hear students, easier to ask questions (in the chat, or by unmuting), etc...

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

2 years

The truth is out there, but so are lies. Happy (early) Halloween! 👽🛸🧐

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

7 years

Hi! My name is Debbie & I'm an #actuallivingscientist I'm on a team of scientists developing a way to fight cancer by imaging O2 in tumors.

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2 years

I grew all of this!

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1 year

Hi! I’m Debbie & I’m in Denver, CO. I wear a mask when I teach & in public/crowded/indoor spaces bc 1. to protect the most vulnerable in my community and 2. because I, myself, am disabled. I wish the burden didn’t fall on disabled folks, and would love to see masks normalized.

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Hi! I’m Danita & I live in Ontario. I mask bc it’s the safe & compassionate thing to do. I also love that it signals solidarity & resistance. I want to protect myself & my community from a deadly, disabling virus. Living with COVID does not mean ignoring it, it means adapting ✌🏻

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3 years

My kids’ school monster mash is tonight, so I’m reviving my Sally costume.

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

Last night, my daughter drew this adorable picture of me and my 2 kids because, “you’re a chemist!” She’s just the best so I had to share. 💜💜💜 #RealTimeChem

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

Y'all, can we have an honest conversation about Chegg? I have been writing my assessments open book/open note/open internet & have worked really hard to write questions that are not google-able. Only to find some of my creative work posted on Chegg? I am devastated.

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3 years

Finally got some professional headshots taken! My old ones were 6 years old, so it was time! Photos by the lovely @CarissaBlades 💜

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10 months

Please enjoy my silliest TikTok yet 😅 (Inspired by @ rae_amber_rae on TikTok) #RealTimeChem

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1 year

Very happy #SpectrometerSelfie , because my EPR spectrum confirms that I am on the right track with this solid state synthesis! 🧲💙

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3 years

I don’t usually share pics of my kids... but I can’t get over this very short video of my son skiing. He is six & it’s his second season & he’s never had a formal lesson. Like, I just don’t understand.

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4 years

@olgabot Hi @olgabot , I hope you take some time to listen to the Latinx voices commenting here. When I first saw this tweet, I assumed that this was the dress you wore to your own quinceañera. This is not appreciating Latinx culture--It is appropriation. And, it is not okay.

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9 months

Finally back in the lab doing some #RealTimeChem !! 🩷🧲🧪⚛️⚗️🧲🩷

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6 years

Last day of class so I’m doing my best Ms Frizzle and am wearing my magnet dress. 🤓👗🤓👗🤓👗🤓

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5 years

Heading to an 80s party tonight! I’m wearing a pantsuit from the actual 1980s that I bought back in 2016 to wear while supporting HRC. 😭 LOL, my 80s costume is not that different from what I might wear on a regular Tuesday. 🙃🙃🙃

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6 months

As a magnetic resonance spectroscopist… I can assure you that none of us actually understand spin 😂 🩷🧲😵‍💫🧲🩷

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studying physics was a mistake humans were never supposed to understand spin

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

A question question I get asked a lot as a chemist: “What’s you’re favorite element?” Mine is definitely copper. Today, in my chem+art class we worked with copper! We made copper patinas & etched brass using ferric chloride. #RealTimeChem

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

5 years

My favoriteDenver Public School Science Fair poster: Macaron Madness by 7th grader Nava Goldstein (pic shared w/ her & her mom’s permission). Nava tested how resting time, acid source, & banging would affect the texture & shape of the macaron. cc: @squirrelchomp @Free_Radical1

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11 months

I know I tweet this like once a month, BUT If you’re offered a mic PLEASE just take the mic. 🎤 It’s conference season and I can’t hear you. 😭

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

I turned my chem + art class into an after school program for a local elementary school. The kiddos are using bullet journals as both their lab notebook & a place to reflect throughout the week. It starts today & I’m SUPER nervous. Do y’all have any advice for working w/ kids?

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4 years

Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than perfect. Done is better than

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

3 years

Chemistry of LED lights makeup look to celebrate the holiday season!🎄💄🎄 Most modern holiday lights are Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Light Emitting Diodes are semiconductor devices that release specific wavelengths of light when a current is applied. #RealTimeChem

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Heading to a Halloween party for middle schooler so I’m dressing to embarrass in a chemistry Halloween costume: I’m a cat ion! 🐈‍⬛🐾➕ Cations are paws-itive 🐾➕ #chemistry #chemisitryjoke #chemistrymakeup #Halloween2023 #chemistryhalloween

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A meeting with a colleague today included a 5 mo old baby. 👶🏻 The babe was adorable and it was a super productive meeting. Childcare in the US is really challenging before the baby is a year old. We should always welcome the little babies!

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8 months

I have asked this soooo many times. WHY do university administrators think it’s okay to have such huge chemistry classes?? (I have never received a satisfactory response 🙃)

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8 months

Why is it generally accepted that foreign language class sections should be small (generally less than 40 students) but organic chemistry classes can be very large? Learning organic chemistry is literally like learning a second language, but with extra science components.

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#iamareviewer I am an EPR spectroscopist & also a teaching professor in chemistry. I peer review articles related to chemistry education and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. (Hello from the train 👋) #PeerReviewWeek #PeerReviewWeek18

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2 years

Y’all, I baked cookies today and my husband showed me how to make them perfectly round! ✨🍪✨ He did this while the cookies were cooling on the pan 💞🍪

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

6 years

Also, I have routinely experienced people using my husband’s title but not mine. Here is just one example below:

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9 months

One reason? Americans don’t have reliable childcare. For me, as someone who continues to have childcare issues in 2023…. I really don’t have time typically for a social lunch during the 6 hours I have on campus.

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Why do American academics eat lunch behind their desks instead of in communal spaces?

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

1 year

Okay honest question for @AmerChemSociety — Have you looked at Albuquerque for a location for ACS conferences? ABQ is a more affordable place to purchase lodging and is also a state that protects abortion rights and NM also just recently expanded protections for trans people.

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2 years

Grading is just me writing "WATCH UNITS!" over and over.

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6 years

We had a long road trip home today and I finished reading A Wrinkle In Time to my daughter. I loved that the protagonist, Meg, loved math and that her mom was a scientist. My daughter said, “I’m like meg! I like math and my mom is a scientist!”

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Dr. Debbie Gale Mitchell

4 years

I hope #ChemTwitter continues to embarrass the hell out of Angewandte Chemie for publishing the BS anti-diversity take. @angew_chem has rejected every paper I've sent to them, and now I am feeling pretty happy about that.

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4 years

Happy Monday, everyone! My house is a mess, but I got ready today! What are you excited about this week? We are talking about color in my inorganic chemistry class this week, so I’m excited because it’s one of my favorite topics to teach!

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3 years

More creative content lost to Chegg. When will universities take this loss of faculty's creative content seriously? Students--please please please do not upload questions to *any website* without your professor's consent. I am begging you. This is a betrayal that hurts.

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