Shira Joudan

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Meet an Analytical Chemist – May 2025 Shira Joudan, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, University of Alberta How did you get started in the field of Analytical Chemistry?  In undergrad, I took introductory analytical chemistry…

The ACS Div. of Analytical Chem. Education Committee launched a "Meet an Analytical Chemist" initiative this spring to highlight members of our community.

Our newest entry showcases @shirajoudan.bsky.social, an Asst. Prof. of Chemistry at @ualberta.bsky.social. Check it out here: shorturl.at/7VFIR

Check out our statement and if you are a PFAS researcher who agrees, you can sign on here: www.ipcp.ch/news/sign-on...

Forever chemicals: Scientists condemn massive lobbying campaign to alter PFAS definition In a letter published Tuesday in a scientific journal, a group of 20 researchers warn that 'this effort is politically and/or economically, rather than scientifically, motivated.'

Forever chemicals: Scientists condemn massive lobbying campaign to alter PFAS definition

I know… and there’s a real balance to be had! Don’t hate me for saying it 😫

Controlling our online professional persona Nature Chemistry - Modern scientists exist within the digital world. Shira Joudan describes how an online presence is beneficial to researchers, and what a baseline presence can look like.

In this issue of Nature Chemistry, I write about the importance of having an online presence that we control ourselves. Since you're all on Bluesky, you're probably already on top of things!

Open access sharing link: www.nature.com/articles/doi...

Cartoon with the caption “before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry”. Pictures are two people, a launchpad with a magnet hanging from the roof and a target. One person tells the other: “Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall”

Ok, xkcd 😂 imgs.xkcd.com/comics/mass_...

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Who's that T12-er? Shira Joudan: "There are many, many chemicals in the environment, and only a small number produce harmful effects."

@shirajoudan.bsky.social of @ualberta.bsky.social is interested in how contaminants get where they are and how we can understand chemical reactions to better understand their fate. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/...

#CENT12 #chemsky 🧪

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They’re here! Introducing the Talented 12 Class for 2025. These early-career scientists are taking on big global #chemistry challenges.

Meet the 2025 Class: cen.acs.org/people/profi...

#CENT12 #chemsky🧪

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thanks for sharing these tidbits, I am excited to meet Kat!!

2025 Talented 12: Shira Joudan Understanding sources of harmful contaminants

I'm excited and honoured to be recognized as a C&EN Talented 12! cen.acs.org/environment/...

Check out the other fantastic recipients here: cen.acs.org/people/profi... #chemsky

Trifluoromethylphenols are environmental transformation products of many agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, and some can be precursors to TFA. Ideally, understanding which defluorinate and why, can help inform the design of chemicals that do not form persistent degradation products like TFA.

We investigated why/how this happens through an environmental lens, and found that the rate of hydrolytic defluorination is based on the rate constant of the deprotonated phenolate and the fraction deprotonated (dependent on pH). The meta-substituted trifluoromethylphenol does not react