John Protasiewicz

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

BIG: A new executive order changes fundamentally how the U.S. awards research grants, giving oversight to political appointees in coordination with OMB.

All new grant opportunities are paused until these appointees are in place.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Professors Robert Gilliard and John Protasiewicz standing in front of NSF headquarters building.

Had a great visit from my former postdoc @rjgilliard.bsky.social this week! Good to introduce him to some other program officers as well.

28.06.2025 13:04 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

With the upcoming heat wave, I’ll need some of that cyclopentane flavored ice cream I saw the other day. #chemsky

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Jumbleberry Crumble Since you never know when you might be in urgent need of a crumble, I make up enough topping for at least 4 of these and let it sit safely in the freezer until required. Sprinkle it over your fruit of...

Jumbleberry Crumble is #RecipeOfTheDay! Which is absolutely how it should be www.nigella.com/recipes/jumb...

16.03.2025 10:51 — 👍 378    🔁 28    💬 15    📌 5

Outstanding and well deserved!

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Gregory L. Hillhouse | PSD Trailblazers

Many of you may have known Greg Hillhouse, who passed away in 2014. A memorial fellowship has been set up in his honor at the U. of Chicago chemistry department. Here is the link if you are interested in finding out more.
www.trailblazers.psd.uchicago.edu/gregory-hill...

12.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Infographic on suppressing wildfires with chemistry. The graphic looks at Phos-chek, a fire retardant which contains ammonium phosphates or sulfates as the active ingredient. The red colour comes from iron(III) oxide. While Phos-Chek only causes mild skin and eye irritation for humans, it’s hazardous to aquatic organisms. When applied in front of wildfires, Phos-Chek forms phosphate esters which form a protective char that slows wildfires’ spread.

As wildfires rage in LA, this graphic in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at one way chemistry can be used to tackle them: cen.acs.org/environment/...

#ChemSky 🧪

09.01.2025 20:30 — 👍 106    🔁 43    💬 4    📌 5

The Thanksgiving and Christmas time lines have officially crossed and we are all now doomed to strange mutations

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Zometool - The construction set treasured by kids and Nobel Prize winners. Zometool is the fascinating and award winning construction set that is treasured by kids and Nobel Prize winners.

Have you looked at these kits as possibility? www.zometool.com

07.12.2024 21:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am working on a Phosphorus Chemistry starter pack. Happy for any suggestions! #ChemSky

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Couple inches snow in past half hour so far tonight in Cleveland Heights.

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