It’s my birthday, so you should read my new paper.

Wonderful collaboration with @letigonzalez.bsky.social and team, combining ultrafast spectroscopy and RASSCF calculations to learn about Cr(III) photophysics! @fncastellano.bsky.social

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"I Was Accepted." Scientists React to Joining CAS Future Leaders™ YouTube video by CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society

We're announcing our 2026 #CASFutureLeaders later this week. How did members of our 2025 class react the moment they were selected?

Thanks to the FSU College of Arts & Sciences for this alumni profile!

Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our very good friend Harry Gray, PhD, from all of us at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation!

Congratulations!!

I'm presenting (some of) my postdoctoral research tomorrow in the Ultrafast/Nonlinear Spectroscopy symposium at SERMACS/SWRM. Come say hi!

Manipulating the ligand-field dynamics of Cr(III) Tris(1,10-phenanthroline) via ligand functionalization - 2:15 pm in Nautilus C

(1/3) Josh and I have news... we are moving to New Zealand! I'll be joining the faculty of Victoria University of Wellington (www.wgtn.ac.nz/scps), and Josh will be consulting for local tech and aerospace.

Huge congrats to you both!! 🎉

Shining light on waste: photochemical strategies to reduce and transform plastic pollution A simplified scheme for the photocatalytic oxidation of plastic waste into value-added oxidized products.

My essay on photochemical plastic valorization strategies is now available in RSC Sustainability:

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Chasing Waterfalls: A Cascade Mechanism to Generate Triplets from <sup>2</sup>LMCT States Earth-abundant ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) chromophores in donor–acceptor dyads unlock an electron transfer pathway for efficient triplet state formation.

Use intramolecular electron transfer to make long-lived excited states out of short-lived LMCTs

First Reactions article in ACS Central Science with @fncastellano.bsky.social, based on work by @ludotroian.bsky.social and @cadralab.bsky.social

Chasing Waterfalls: A Cascade Mechanism to Generate Triplets from <sup>2</sup>LMCT States Earth-abundant ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) chromophores in donor–acceptor dyads unlock an electron transfer pathway for efficient triplet state formation.

Use intramolecular electron transfer to make long-lived excited states out of short-lived LMCTs

First Reactions article in ACS Central Science with @fncastellano.bsky.social, based on work by @ludotroian.bsky.social and @cadralab.bsky.social

Photocatalytic process converts carbon dioxide into ethylene with 99% selectivity New process uses light and gold nanoparticles to hydrogenate carbon dioxide into key chemical feedstock

My latest for @chemistryworld.com on a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into ethylene with 99% efficiency and selectivity. With comments from @alextbarth.bsky.social and @casadevallcarla.bsky.social: www.chemistryworld.com/news/photoca... #ChemSky @science.org 🧪

Mechanistic Insights into Visible-Light-Induced ATRA Reactions Powered by the Symbiotic Relationship between Cu(II)/Cu(I) Phenanthroline Complexes As photoredox catalysis continues to yield promising chemical transformations, there is an increased need to understand how specific photocatalysts function to improve reaction efficiencies while expa...

Congrats to Sarah for this thorough mechanistic study on a Cu(II)/Cu(I) photocycle, now available in ACS Catalysis:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Mechanistic Insights into Visible-Light-Induced ATRA Reactions Powered by the Symbiotic Relationship between Cu(II)/Cu(I) Phenanthroline Complexes As photoredox catalysis continues to yield promising chemical transformations, there is an increased need to understand how specific photocatalysts function to improve reaction efficiencies while expa...

Congrats to Sarah for this thorough mechanistic study on a Cu(II)/Cu(I) photocycle, now available in ACS Catalysis:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

In addition, I will be receiving a Leadership in Mentoring award from the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition Program. Thank you to the @ncstate.bsky.social Chemistry department leadership for nominating me for this opportunity.

Thank you to the 2025 #CASFutureLeaders program from the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Division of the @acs.org for supporting my attendance of this meeting.

I'm presenting my research at #ACSFall2025:

Talk: Molecular design strategies to enhance visible light absorption in Cr(III) phenanthroline complexes
Time: 2 pm EST on Monday, Aug. 18
Location: Room 145B (Walter E. Washington Convention Center)
Abstract: tinyurl.com/44en3ynt

A group of early-career scientists posing with three workshop facilitators sitting in chairs

A group of early-career scientists posing with two workshop facilitators

One thing you can always count on in the #CASFutureLeaders program is exceptional training from THE BEST facilitators. Thank you to Christine, Bryan, and Fola from @storycollider.bsky.social and Maggie and Emily from scitrain. Great start to our week in Columbus!

Excellent, congratulations @stanna-dorn.bsky.social !!

Excellent URL choice

Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉

Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Alexandra Barth selected for 2025 CAS Future Leaders Program Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Alexandra Barth selected among 35 for the American Chemical Society 2025 CAS Future Leaders Program.

I’m glad to have the opportunity to talk about my passion for research and my selection for the 2025 CAS Future Leaders program. Thank you to the NCSU Graduate School for the excellent profile and for supporting my professional development.

grad.ncsu.edu/news/2025/06...

Congrats Bryan!! Great first article from your group, I look forward to taking a closer look

Dr. Alex Cusumano Joins the University of Chicago Chemistry Department Faculty New Appointee Brings Expertise in Synthetic, Organometallic, and Computational Chemistry

The UChicago Department of Chemistry is thrilled to welcome Dr. Alex Cusumano to its faculty. His expertise in synthetic organic, organometallic, and computational chemistry will be a valuable asset to our research and educational initiatives. shorturl.at/hqRZK

I'm heartbroken for an institution and community that have given me so much.

Temperature Sensitivity of a Thorium-229 Solid-State Nuclear Clock Researchers have characterized the temperature-induced frequency shifts of a thorium-229 nuclear transition---an important step in establishing thorium clocks as next-generation frequency standards.

My first author postdoc paper is finally published in PRL today!

journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

I was selected for the 2025 CAS Future Leaders program (along with fellow FSU alum Nia Harmon). I'm excited to meet other inspired scientists, strengthen my leadership skills, and communicate my passion for science with greater impact.

🎉 Congrats to @ralameh.bsky.social for her publication in ChemPhysChem! 🎉“Photophysical and Time-resolved Infrared Properties of Long Lived Rhenium (I) 4,5-Diazafluorene Tricarbonyl Chromophores”

Read more about it here: doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202500008

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