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John Swierk

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Photoredox, electrosynthetic reaction mechanisms, and photochemistry of tattoos. New(ish) PI at Binghamton University (SUNY), father of two. Ally 🏳️‍🌈 BLM
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Ever wonder what’s in a tattoo ink? Turns out lots of things that shouldn’t be there. Our latest in @an_chem finds that 90% of the tattoo inks we looked at had major discrepancies with the listed ingredients!!! 1/n

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pubs.acs.org What’s in My Ink: An Analysis of Commercial Tattoo Ink on the US Market Abstract. As tattoos continue to rise in popularity, the demand for tattoo ink has surged. Historically, tattoo inks have been underregulated in the US mar
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John Swierk @swierklab
Just putting this out there but next fall my group will be taking on a new grad student for our mechanistic photochemistry work so if you have undergrads that are interested in studying mechanisms and kinetics, encourage them to apply to our PhD program (link below👇)
John Swierk @swierklab
Proud to share our latest in @J_A_C_S. We report an in-depth kinetic and mechanistic investigation of a [4+2] chain photoredox rxn. 1/n

Mechanistic Investigation of a Photoredox Cycloaddition Chain Reaction | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…
pubs.acs.org Mechanistic Investigation of a Photoredox Cycloaddition Chain Reaction Abstract. Photoredox catalysis is important in modern organic chemistry and the development of new synthetic methods. Mechanistic insights, particularly wi
John Swierk @swierklab
This is such a smart, reasoned discussion about the election.
The Editorial Board @johnastoehr Nov 14, 2024
1. The debate continues over why Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris. So far, it seems to be centered on two related arguments. One is that the vice president didn’t do enough to appeal to white working-class voters and their concerns about the economy. So they voted for Trump.
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