Gave a talk to the chemistry club about resumes and networking. Seemed to be well received. I love my job but it requires so much extroverting. I would like to hide in my office and read now, please. Thank you very much.

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Cleaned up and even got a jacket for this 2 day trip my univ wanted me to take (includes a nice dinner with some alumni). But seems like a scorcher here in San Diego - temps will hit 82 ⁰F almost 28 ⁰C 😳

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Found myself in hotel room on west coast US this morning after late flight in. All ok. Except hmmm no bidet. Gross.

#Travel #ProfLife

Ok last bit of work on computer - grading and submitting before boarding! Haneda free wifi is fast!

#ProfLife #Travel #DasJP26

Forgot to share this yesterday, but I submitted the second round of revisions to my in progress paper. Yay!

Also, I realized this morning I left in some rather pointed comments in response to that critical review. I am curious if the editor will say anything? Probably not, but we’ll see. Personally I would love to have a real conversation with that critical reviewer (never gonna happen). I have a lot I would say to them.

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Not so much fun, sitting in hotel room in Kobe, grading papers. I should get out.

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Not groundbreaking, but the work in this paper enabled the interesting polymer degradation studies my students & I are doing now. As you can see from the author list, many many people contributed over the years. I count 6 who have finished or are pursuing PhDs plus others involved in other areas of science. Greyson is sole 1st author because he got obsessed with NMR, did all the final fiddly bits, & wrote the 2D analysis. #NMR #iScience #chemistry #PUI #proflife #ProudPI https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226005651

TIL "band spectra" is not only a science term; there exists a "Band Spectra". My life is rich is esoterica.

#Chemiverse #Chemistry #ProfLife #TIL

I did not plan on spending my evening updating my #Zotero library and reading a 1914 Letter to the Editor from Henry Moseley, but here I am. Living the dream? Actually, yes. I think I am.

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Reviews received at 6:10pm. Second round of revisions mostly done by 9:30pm. I won't submit them tonight, but this week. Amazingly, all the parts I was worried about? No critique at all. I guess it was ok! Maybe. We'll see if the editor likes this new revision. At least I am hopeful it will not go out for a 3rd round of reviews.

#Progress #ProfLife