My talk abstract for an event at the Science History Institute (Philly) was accepted. The conference theme is Storytelling as Pedagogy: Historical Biographies in STEM and Social Studies. Woo-hoo!

Mirkunite 33 was such an uplifting gathering.

At the Science History Institute in Philadelphia for a conference on science communication. Window images depicting blue dye industry in history. Fraser Stoddart You are in good company on the wall!

Rotaxane wannabe? Evanston, Illinois near the canal bike path. Fraser Stoddart Dave Leigh

Fellow chemical & materials scientists - Try to attend this one. It will be a high quality and energizing event.

My book was published in Chinese. Here is what I said about it:

The Chicago ACS Section is highlighting Lerman's new book in the next Chemical Bulletin issue.

Thank goodness for oxygen! A little piece I wrote for The Chemical Bulletin (Chicago ACS Section)

Prelude to a Nobel prize for JFS & JPS? Fraser Stoddart

One month until the IIN Rosemary Schnell Symposium! 🎉 Get ready for a day of breakthrough research, inspiring talks, and unparalleled networking in nanotechnology. 🧬 Join us on October 10! 🔗 Register here: iinano.org/event/2024iins…

For only the second time in our 179-year history, the editors of Scientific American are endorsing a candidate for president. That person is Kamala Harris. | Editorial bit.ly/4daH36q

Maybe Marie Curie’s legacy is more than her 2 Nobels. In Elements of Marie Curie, Dava Sobel beautifully illuminates her dozens of scientific offspring, dozens of women physicists and chemists. My review in nature rdcu.be/dWnIV

Join us on October 28th for the Women Chemists of Color Fall Webinar, with ACS President-Elect Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips as our keynote speaker. It’s set to be an inspiring event—scan the QR code to secure your spot today!

Congratulations Mercouri Kanatzidis

Researchers from Northwestern have investigated charge transfer dynamics in supramolecular tessellations, exemplified by the tris(naphthalenediimide)-pyrene co-crystal CSD entry SUJVUS, here disguised as a Christmas tree. 🔗ccdc-info.com/4gCgglk #FeaturedStructureFriday

What a terrible loss. I had the good fortune of meeting him during my postdoc at UC-Berkeley. At Birmingham then, at dinner he lambasted British higher ed – ALWAYS opinionated, and usually correct. A giant of supramolecular and novel aromatic chemistry – may he rest in peace.

Colleagues, Students, Postdocs, Collaborators and Friends of Sir Fraser Stoddart Fraser Stoddart: I am writing with the sad news that Fraser passed away suddenly on 31 Dec (Australia time) while on holiday with family. No details yet on any services.

I will miss Fraser a great deal. Today marks 17 years since I became his personal assistant, and what a run it has been! We worked hard and also loved to joke around a wee bit. Best job I could ever have hoped for.

As tributes pour in for Fraser Stoddart from around the world, we add our sympathy and love to Ali and all his family, friends, students and collaborators. Read his reflection in Chemistry World, on the whirlwind experience of becoming a Nobel laureate chemistryworld.com/opinion/fraser…

Today I celebrated Fraser in a small way by dining at an Australian cafe near his NU-Chicago office and ordering poached pears (on pancakes), one of the special desserts he liked making for group gatherings at his Evanston home. And I echo the words, Thanks Fraser for everything!