New manuscript titled, “Selective Separation of Lithium Chloride by Organogels Containing Strapped Calix[4]pyrroles”
Congratulations to the groups of CSSM Members and Member Affiliates from the University of Texas Austin and Northwestern University on their latest publication in JACS! The paper focuses on two functionalized crown ether strapped calix[4]pyrroles, H1 and H2. As...
Careers Beyond Academia and Industry Panel
Please join us as we explore Careers Beyond Academia and Industry with an esteemed panel of professionals who have been directly involved with hiring! Among our panelists are a US Patent Agent, an EPA government employee, a science communicator and a consultant. ...
Science History Institute’s Chao Symposium on Innovation
On November 16, the CSSM participated in the T.T. Chao Symposium, hosted by the Science History Institute, featuring our esteemed Director, Eric Schelter, as one of the speakers. The focus of the talks were on the relationships between consumerism and sustainability....
Industrial Job Hunting Panel: Through the Eyes of Hiring Managers
Thank you to our panelists and all who came to our Industrial Job Hunting Panel: Through the Eyes of Hiring Managers on Monday, October 25! Our panelists, Ms Christie Bowden (Arkema), Dr Kurt Headrick (Glencore), Dr Sara Coulup (Pfizer) and Dr Jonathan Melman (start...
New Paper on Separations by Kinetic Design
Congratulations to CSSM members Jessica Jackson and Jenifer Shafer on their recent manuscript entitled, "Leveraging Slow DOTA f-element Complexation Kinetics to Enable Separations by Kinetic Design", which may be found at this link. The design of metal-concerned...
New Paper on Raman-Interfering Polyoxoanions for Process Analysis of Real Hanford Waste
Congratulations to CSSM members Poki Tse and Jenifer Shafer on the publication of their manuscript titled, "Quantification of Raman-Interfering Polyoxoanions for Process Analysis: Comparison of Different Chemometric Models and a Demonstration on Real Hanford Waste",...
New beautiful and educational mining flashcards available!
The CSSM is delighted to announce the deployment of beautiful and educational mining flashcards freely available to all! These stunning graphics provide a complement to an Earth Science experiment, lessons in Geography or even just to get a sense of where critical...
CSSM members distribute over 600 kits to students across the US!
What started as a full CSSM "Outreach Hour" to assemble hundreds of kits for children regionally local to our partner institutions culminated in a successful deployment of dynamic leveled videos, experiments and assessments made freely available. The materials are...
Review on Second Sphere Coordination
We are excited to share that CSSM members Dr Wenqi (Vince) Liu and Prof Fraser Stoddart have recently published a review entitled "Whither Second-Sphere Coordination?", which can be found at this link! The properties of coordination complexes are dictated by both the...
Job Hunting While Queer Panel
On August 2, 2021, the CSSM welcomed Dr Jonathan Kuo, Dr Michelle Neary and Dr Andrew Pinkard to share their experiences in the current job market in our 'Job Hunting While Queer' Panel. We are grateful for their discussions and insights!