Bryan Hunter @whoisBMH Twitter profile

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

I am beyond excited to share that I will join @NUChemistry at @NorthwesternU in Fall 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Boundless thanks to my group, my advisors, and my family.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

I’m looking to hire a postdoc to work on CO2 reduction with me at Harvard! See the announcement below and please retweet!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

8 months

Honestly, the Harry Gray tweets make me sick. This is a man who has championed people from every walk of life and from every background. He has written letters for many of you, whether you know it or not. I was his last graduate student, and I can assure you I was never

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

I’m on a plane halfway between Harvard and Northwestern. I change from Rowland Fellow to Assistant Professor in 1 hour. I am so happy and grateful. My heart is full.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

I am looking to hire a Postdoctoral Scholar at @NUChemistry in 2023. Areas of focus are electrocatalysis and materials synthesis. See our website () for more information. #chempostdoc

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Our pandemic-fueled crystal structures are out now in @InorgChem (OpenAccess)! Congrats to @Kurtz_717 for leading the charge(!) to characterize 5 sequential oxidation states of cobalt.

A Cobalt Phosphine Complex in Five Oxidation States

Here we report electrochemical, spectroscopic, and crystallographic characterization of a redox series of cobalt complexes in five sequential oxidation states. A simple bidentate phosphine ligand,...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

“Things are really tough for early career researchers.” “Let’s cherry-pick a list of them to make it tougher overall.” This is a truly bizarre article.

In Support of Early-Career Researchers

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

If there’s a better advertisement for @mwmathislab ’s @DeepLabCut , I’d like to see it! Constantly amazed by my incredible colleagues/friends.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Once more! I’m hiring a postdoc to work on CO2 electrocatalysis with me at Harvard, with the possibility of an extension at Northwestern. STEM underrepresented minorities are encouraged. Due to the time constraints, visa sponsorship will not be available.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

8 months

pressured to work on the weekend. Harry is sharing what has made him one of the most amazing scientists the world has ever seen. It may not work for you, but some people want to know how he got to where he is. This is a man who has changed the course of history. Show some respect

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

8 months

Harry Gray is the greatest chemical mind of our time. He has consistently rooted for the underdog (black, women, gays) to a level that is UNTHINKABLE for people of his generation. If you aren’t celebrating this man, you’ve missed the point entirely.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

We looked at the vibrational coherence of some fascinating d8-d8 complexes, one of which was the first molecule I synthesized as a grad student @InorgChem . It was great fun re-making these. Pretty colors too!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

4 years

Happy #LGBTSTEMDay or, as I like to call it, Wednesday! I’m an inorganic chemist at Harvard interested in catalysis who is also #gay .

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

11 months

We’re hiring a postdoc to join our efforts in combinatorial nanotechnology! Stipend is $75k/yr. Contact me for more information.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

My chapter at Harvard closed today as my lab was shipped to Evanston. Many fond memories of this place will endure!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

6 years

@MittRomney Wow. Embarrassing.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Honored to take a portrait in Edwin Land’s study at the Rowland Institute. Honored to be a part of his legacy and to have benefitted from his generosity. Onward to Northwestern University!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

I’ve long dreamed of being on this list! Thanks @InorgChem !

Inorganic Chemistry

@InorgChem

3 years

Check out our three most-read recently published @InorgChem articles over the past month, so you can see what others find of interest and are clicking on. A cure for the Monday blahs 👇👇

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Some cobalt(II) complexes easily interconvert between 4-, 5-, and 6-coordinate. We caught all three crystallographically and aimed to understand why. Featuring a rare square planar Co(II)! The latest from @Hunter_Lab_RIH in @InorgChem

Tuning Cobalt(II) Phosphine Complexes to be Axially Ambivalent

We report the isolation and characterization of a series of three cobalt(II) bis(phosphine) complexes with varying numbers of coordinated solvent ligands in the axial position. X-ray quality crystals...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

9 months

With my illustrious colleague @OmarFarha5 celebrating #Oktoberfest @NUChemistry

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

When Dave Macmillan comes through, you’ve got to ask him add his signature to your #Nobel Laureate Signature award! @NUChemistry @AmerChemSociety

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

8 months

I will add that Harry has a large, loving family, and that his wife does NOT “run the house.” She has a PhD in Mathematics and taught up until recently.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

6 months

You can fly to Mexico City, but you can’t escape la Teoría del Campo de los Ligandos o Harry B. Gray!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Today has been incredible. All my research mentors in one spot! Heart is full.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Fun blurb about the current Rowland Fellows. Sad to be leaving at the end of the month but excited about starting at @NorthwesternU @NUChemistry on September 1st!

Cutting-edge science at the Harvard’s Rowland Institute

Rowland Fellows at the cutting edge of science.

news.harvard.edu

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

11 months

#chemist does #beyonce

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Jibo Zhang, @Harry_and_Jay , and I discuss the mechanism of iron-nickel water oxidation electrocatalysts in this special issue honoring inorganic legend @VivianYam1 (OpenAccess)!

Mechanism of Nickel–Iron Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts

Hotly debated these days is whether nickel or iron is the active site in nickel–iron water oxidation electrocatalysts. We have previously argued that iron is a likely candidate for highly active...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Nice find in Kent Mann’s 1976 Caltech thesis. Nate worked for Kent as an undergraduate!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Many years ago NASA/JPL asked my advisor and me to propose and develop a device for generating oxygen on Mars. Ultimately, MOXIE beat out our (honestly insane) design. I’m really glad that happened. #OurIdeaWasTerrible

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

That’s *Dr. & Mr. to you!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

In need of a great scientific illustrator! I know I’ve seen some on here. Help! #sciart

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Nothing quite like home...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Welcome to Chicago!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Nothing better than a visit from Harry Gray! #RowlandInstitute #metaloxos

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

8 months

@JenLoveChem Its complicated. I heard him say it to many people over the years! I think it reflects a different time, and how Harry got to where he is now. He certainly doesn’t hold his students to this standard, but I do think he believes it was important for him.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

9 months

Thrilled that the @HunterLabNU will be teaming up with @dayne_swearer and George Schatz to investigate low temperature plasmas!

Department of Energy Announces $9.96 Million for Basic Plasma Science Research

Research Will Take Place at Universities, Private Industry, and DOE Labs across the Nation

www.energy.gov

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Now that the ⁦ @Hunter_Lab_RIH ⁩ has liquid Xenon, we are unstoppable!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

On the big screen! #Sustainability

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

10 months

We’re incredibly proud of this accomplishment, spearheaded by graduate student Chris Nowak. As a lab focused on sustainability, looking in the mirror at our own practices was illuminating! @NUChemistry

Hunter Lab

@HunterLabNU

10 months

The Hunter Lab is proud to announce that we're officially certified as a Green Lab through @sustainNU ! #GreenLabs #Sustainability 🥳🍾🌱♻️

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Here we go!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

7 months

Nice to be back at Yale for Convocation. Only serious work to do… @MorysClub

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

Having a blast discussing sustainability in Israel this week! @TechnionLive

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

We had a lot of thoughts about how transition metal oxides can catalyze the formation of O-O bonds in water oxidation electrocatalysis. We wrote them down and our Perspective is now out in @Joule_CP . Check out “Forming O-O Bonds!”

Forming O–O bonds

The ability of transition metal oxides/oxyhydroxides to perform electrocatalytic water splitting is of tremendous interest, particularly for their pro…

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Nice to catch up with @annvalentine (my freshman year advisor!) and the talented grad students at @TempleUniv !

Valentine Lab

@Valentine_Lab

2 years

Pretty cool when you do the cumulative exam debrief and the corresponding author ⁦ @whoisBMH ⁩ does a celebrity cameo by Zoom…

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

7 months

Having a blast at Convocation @Yale

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

@brandicossairt @InorgChem Thanks, Brandi. I think it’s playing with fire to “select” 300 ECRs with absolutely no stated rubric or methodology. Makes being left out really feel like gatekeeping.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

7 months

Had a fantastic time meeting the oSTEM students at @StanfordUChem and talking about water oxidation! Tapas were also a highlight!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

There are only three things in life you cannot avoid: death, taxes, and thermodynamics.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

I have some questions. #BreadBurglar

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Warm fuzzies...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Laser permits acquired! Now all we need is @Kurtz_717 !

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Moving always uncovers gems from the past! I did keep my word and returned for graduate school! @CaltechAssoc @CaltechCCE

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

7 months

Also had a blast catching up with @rdavbritt in Berkeley. As an unnamed Prof said “How’d you work for both Harry Gray and Dave Britt? You struck the advisor gold mine!” I agree!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

JACS received on my birthday 34 years ago, me received as a student 8 years ago. #GrayNation

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

This is a great opportunity for a brilliant young scientist! Check it out! #chempostdoc @Chemjobber

Hunter Lab

@HunterLabNU

1 year

We are *excited* to recruit a prize postdoctoral fellow to work in nanocombinatorial chemistry. Appointments may optionally be joint between two faculty. $75,000 per year. Info at . Please spread the word! @ChemPostdocBot @NUChemistry @IINanoNU #chempostdoc

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

I’m simultaneously chuffed to suddenly have a Google knowledge panel (but why???) and perplexed about who the man in the photo is. Luckily, Google makes things like this simple to fix...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

@HuLab_EPFL My experience with reviews is that if you’re enjoying it, you’re doing it wrong.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

Congrats @rdavbritt @MercouriK @Kara_L_Bren ! I feel like a celebrity by association!

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

@americanacad

1 year

Congratulations to our new members! Just announced! We are honoring the excellence of extraordinary leaders in an array of disciplines and professions. The first members were elected in 1781. Learn who was elected in 2023:

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Great week at Davis w/ @rdavbritt and a nice escape from the cold.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Shameless plug. #laser

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

The fact that the bill to end Daylight Savings time had to be called “The Sunshine Protection Act” before passage by our illustrious Senate speaks volumes.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Even at the hotel pool, I find my people.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Sometimes we dress up in our very best couture to watch Drag Race alone.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

Successful group party! We’ll miss Octavio and Jibo a lot!

Hunter Lab

@HunterLabNU

1 year

Today we bid farewell to two beloved members of our lab: the jubilant Jibo and outstanding Octavio! Best of luck going forward!! #LabParty #DontTrashHisDesk

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

4 years

If you’re interested in the cis-dinitrido iron(VI) just published in @ScienceMagazine , check out the cis-dioxo iron(VI) I published in @Joule_CP in 2018!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

Nobody tell @Kurtz_717 that I’m not paying for him until tomorrow... #HunterLab #Lasers

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

And the first two are just complex examples of the third.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

@francesarnold will you sign my award???

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

I was told there was free money here...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

7 months

This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for the members of @HunterLabNU for their tireless efforts to perform groundbreaking science. It’s because of them that I have the best job in the world! @NUChemistry

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

@emilyweissNU @WeissLabNU Can I apply?

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Just your friendly reminder that Kanye West, currently living in football stadium, is doing fine while Britney Spears has been under house arrest for 13 years for cutting her hair. If only someone could figure out the difference between the two, maybe we could #SaveBritney .

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

Way to go! Integrate those spherical harmonics like there’s no tomorrow!

Hunter Lab

@HunterLabNU

1 year

Even while the boss is away, the Chem 435 scholars continue diligently working.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

4 years

I'm impressed with colleagues striving to be productive, connected, and maintain the status quo. I hope my friends who find themselves surrounded by people who are "doing well" remember that, during this time, it's also OK to not do well. If I can help, please reach out.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

Well, rediscovering @ladygaga ‘s #bornthisway B-sides while crossing the Charles after getting vaccinated is an A-OK mood.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

Essentially!

Hunter Lab

@HunterLabNU

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@whoisBMH

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

NU Inorganic comes in at #2 ! Not for long…!

Northwestern Chemistry

@NUChemistry

1 year

Thrilled to see #NUChem maintain its strong reputation in the latest graduate school rankings by @usnews ! Ranked #6 in the U. S. for Chemistry and #2 in Inorganic Chemistry, the Department continues to strive for excellence in chemical education. #ChemistryExcellence 🙌

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@whoisBMH

10 months

@Velazquez_Lab @IvonneMFerrer Love this! You two are the best #powercouple

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

10 months

Two of the passengers who need to check in at the desk for my flight are Mr. Kobayashi and Mr. Soze. Obviously canceling and going home. #omg

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

@Zoha_H_Syed @RealTimeChem Titanocene and broken light bulb!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

@CAMalapit @rdavbritt @NorthwesternU @NUChemistry Looking forward to being your colleague, Christian!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

6 years

So far, applying for apartments in Boston has been met with considerable more rejection than applying for jobs...

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

@rdavbritt I didn’t go to ferrate school for 10 years to be called “Mr. ferrate.”

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

8 months

@ndchiappini @pinenut666 Nick, I’ll leave the memes to you because your talents are far superior. I’m just trying to say that @pinenut666 is hot.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

@echemkim Kim, Photoshop aside, stay away from that pond!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

@hartreefocker @NUChemistry Thanks for coming! Bow wow wow.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

@Kurtz_717 @jillianldempsey Ah, the rare octadecamer!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

@jillianldempsey @ktluedecke Absorption per our old problem sets.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

4 years

Extra thankful this year for my family, my friends, my new nephew Charlie and, of course, @britneyspears .

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@whoisBMH

2 years

@rdavbritt I’m surprised Oakridge isn’t all over this. But, synchrotron Mossbauer is definitely still great, so it’s not like we’re stuck with Russia. I would guess the number of people with sources is favorable to the number that could do beamline experiments.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

5 years

@Kurtz_717 New! We’re calling it Thor. Old one is Odin. OPO is the bifrost. Approve?

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

@Zoha_H_Syed Never.

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

3 years

@Kurtz_717 @jillianldempsey The real question is how to decide on how many! I have studied Harry’s emails with great interest and for many years but never found a reliable pattern or clear guidance!!!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

1 year

@Hexavalent_Cu @cycl0pentadiene Fair! I think part of the issue is that I never do anything important!

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@whoisBMH

2 years

@pinenut666 @rdavbritt I don’t see the problem here. This is always how I attenuate my signals.

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@whoisBMH

8 months

@JenLoveChem @Kara_L_Bren @emily_m_arndt @organomimetic It IS a meaningful scale! Not so useful when you’re trying to get a job, though!!!

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Bryan Hunter

@whoisBMH

2 years

Off to a great start @JorgeColon !

Jorge Colón

@JorgeColon

2 years

@morales_guio , @whoisBMH , @BoettcherLab and Theodor Agapie kicked off the start of The Chemistry of Solar Fuels symposium at @sermacs2022pr Couldn’t take Carlos photo during his presentation. Sorry Carlos! #SERMACS2022