Chemistry Professor at @penn_state @PSUScience @PSU_chemistry, Associate Editor of @acsnano. All views expressed are my own.

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25 Oct 2025
Great work in @J_A_C_S by Joe Veglak and Nick Benson @psu_chemistry! They uncovered some interesting and unexpected chemistry that leads to competitive cation exchange and etching processes in metal sulfide nanoparticles. Congratulations team!
Competitive Cation Exchange and Etching Processes in Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles from Anion/Ligand Cooperativity and Exogenous Cations | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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22 Nov 2024
Congratulations @JonathanLKuo and team! Exciting work and excellent publication debut for your group!@psu_chemistry @PSUScience
The first manuscript from our group at Penn State has appeared today in @ACSCatalysis! Heroic effort by graduate student Karli Sipps, Wyatt Gibbs and Elvira Sayfutyrova (@PSUScience @psu_chemistry) Http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1…
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13 Nov 2024
Great #catalysis paper in @J_A_C_S by Bert Chandler’s group at @psu_chemistry @PSUScience @PennStateChE! Really cool title, too!
Upside-Down Adsorption: Counterintuitive Influences of Surface Entropy and Surface Hydroxyl Density on Hydrogen Spillover | Journal of the American Chemical Society @penn_state @psu_chemistry #Adsorption #Surface #Entropy #Hydroxyl #Hydrogen #Spillover pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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13 Nov 2024
Congratulations to @HodgesChem, @AyatTassanov, and collaborators on this exciting #SolidStateChemistry paper in @J_A_C_S! @psu_chemistry @PSUScience
Rational Pathways to Ordered Multianion Chalcogenides Using Retrosynthetic Crystal Chemistry Journal of the American Chemical Society @HodgesChem @penn_state @psu_chemistry #Ordered #Multianion #Chalcogenide #Retrosynthetic #Crystal #Chemistry @PSUScience pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Self-Organized Patterns in Non-Reciprocal Active Droplet Systems (Lauren D. Zarzar and co-workers) @Liu_Yu_tong @dynscientist @IITIOfficial @pepijnmoerman @AdityaSKhair1 @LaurenZarzar #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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16 Oct 2024
We’re thrilled to welcome @xingchen_ye for a seminar at @psu_chemistry today! Phenomenal nanocrystal chemistry and assembly!
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Congratulations to our outstanding @psu_chemistry colleague @beth_elacqua on this well deserved recognition! Many thanks also to Steve and Nancy Weinreb for establishing this professorship.
Congrats to Dr. Beth Elacqua for being appointed the Weinreb Early Career Professorship which provides support to an outstanding faculty member studying organic chemistry during the critical first years of their #PennState career! ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/elacqua…
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27 Sep 2024
Congratulations Miriam! @miriam_freedman @psu_chemistry
We are so proud of Charlie Anderson, professor of biology, and Miriam Freedman, professor of chemistry for being selected as fellows of @IEEPennState for 2024! Read more about them at bit.ly/47A4vbP #PennStateBio #PennStateChemistry
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Ray Schaak retweeted
Announcing📣 the Finalists🥈of the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards! Each will receive a prize of $15,000! Congratulations👏👏👏 They will be honored on October 1 at the 2024 @Blavatnikawards gala ceremony held @AMNH blavatnikawards.org/news/ite…
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12 Sep 2024
Congratulations on this terrific honor, Joey! Very well deserved. @CotruvoLab @psu_chemistry @PSUScience @penn_state
Thrilled and humbled to be recognized along with these terrific scientists!! @psu_chemistry @PSUScience
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Check out our new work! - Interception and Synthetic Application of Diradical and Diene Forms of Dual‐Nature Azabicyclic o‐Quinodimethanes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We @psu_chemistry had a great visit with @MatsonLab yesterday. Thanks for visiting us Ellen! Spectacular seminar and great discussions, as always!
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Congratulations Chris @KeatingGroupPSU @psu_chemistry! A very well-deserved recognition that culminated in an absolutely fantastic talk at #ACSDenver!
Congrats to Professor Christine Keating for receiving the prestigious @AmerChemSociety Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry 2024 Langmuir Lectureship Award! ➡️ science.psu.edu/news/christi… #colloids #surfacescience @PSUScience @PSUresearch @penn_state
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29 Aug 2024
Congratulations Joey @CotruvoLab @psu_chemistry!
Congratulations to @CotruvoLab on receiving the 2024 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry! Joey headlined an excellent set of talks last week at #ACSFall2024 from the #ACSDBC! Thanks also to @EliLillyandCo for sponsoring this award! #TBT
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22 Aug 2024
It was great to see everyone and to be a part of this outstanding #ACSFall2024 symposium!
Great science yesterday with @jillmillstone @RaySchaak @talapinlab @JanetResearch and more #ACSFall2024 , beautiful final run in the art district this morning and looking forward to my first visit @NREL 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️👩🏻‍💻🧪🔬⛰️
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17 May 2021
Super excited to welcome @StewMallory to @psu_chemistry!!!
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining @psu_chemistry as an Assistant Professor this Fall! I could not be more excited to be a part of the strong research and teaching community @penn_state. Huge thank you to all who have supported me along the way! #pennstate #PSU
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