ksenia-glusac.bsky.social
professor of chemistry UIC, joint appointee at Argonne, researching photochemistry and electrochemistry.
👤 Joined on 18 November 2024
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@ksenia-glusac.bsky.socialMy PhD mentor, Mark Ratner, used to say that one of the best things about science are the people. Dave was one of those.
Show PostIf you look at his publication profile, no one would have suspected that he was sick. What a great contribution till the end. The news of his death is a shocker scholar.google.com/citations?hl... (10 articles in 2025 in leading journals and one in 2026)
Show PostHe's probably best known for co-discovering the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity effect with Ron Namaan. I think it's one of those cases in which basic science "hey, polarized electrons do weird things in chiral films" .. has finally begun to show promise across chemistry doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Show PostResearchers have developed a light-driven catalytic method to hydrolyze furans, offering a more efficient way to exploit them in biorefineries. cen.acs.org/synthesis/gr... #chemsky 🧪
Show PostHow many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year? My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive. www.science.org/content/arti...
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