The Professor Wenthold

5 Sept

Yes, red Fiestaware.

Chemjobber@chemjobber.bsky.social

There's uranium in old Fiestaware glazes. I learned this fact from a radiation safety training when I was 19.

4 Sept

I love thank you cards and emails! Yes, it makes me feel good about myself. I pin them up in my office.

Jake Wright@bcnjake.bsky.social

Hey, students. If you did something cool and you have a faculty member who helped you do it, like write a letter of rec, tell us about it! We want to be proud and excited for you! I had a student come in yesterday to tell me they got into grad school, and it absolutely made my week.

1 Aug

1 and kinda 4 But mostly 1.

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1 Aug

The xc question on my org 1 final today: What was thrown in the river around midnight at chem club parties when your professor was an undergrad? Answer: a big chunk of sodium. When do I get to the stage in my career when I have a jar of sodium in my basement?

@cindyharwood.bsky.social

28 July

Michael Evans@mevans86.bsky.social

Finally finished my Fundamentals of Chemistry open course. 😮‍💨 Hoping this is a useful resource for students nervous about starting a college chemistry course for majors or engineers! github.com/mevans86/ope...

github.comGitHub - mevans86/open-funds-chem: Materials for Fundamentals of Chemistry, an open course developed for the Open Course Project at Georgia Tech.Materials for Fundamentals of Chemistry, an open course developed for the Open Course Project at Georgia Tech. - mevans86/open-funds-chem

27 July

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains. When I was in Boulder, it was this. And I stand by it. So good.

Chemjobber@chemjobber.bsky.social

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

28 June

We have my wife's grandmother's old aluminum sauce pans. Love them. They are probably close to 100 years old.

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25 June

Please tell me I'm not the only one who says "please" when interfacing AI. "Please provide alt text for this image"

17 June

Explain your @ Prof. Roy Hinckley, aka The Professor from Gilligan's Island, is my hero (and Russ Johnson was a really great person) . I am honored to be called Professor, like him.

Maria Gallardo-Williams@teachforaliving.bsky.social

Explain your @ I teach for a living. It’s what I do.

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31 May

Axel is more of a Boston University fan...

Chemjobber@chemjobber.bsky.social

OK, this may be the best college mascot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorad...

6 May

I gave my students this question on their organic final. It's only worth 6 points, but should be a gimme. I've already seen a couple of students doing Aldol mechanisms (both acid and base catalyzed). If they spent their time learning it, darn it they will show me!

share.googleVIDEO: Cow runs on the loose across University of Illinois campus, officials sayA cow was on the loose on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, school officials said. The udder chaos was caught on video.

30 Apr

LOL! This happened at Purdue when my wife was in vet school. I told her about this and she's like, yep, been there! Large animal tech Crystal Hagen is still a vet school legend for lassoing him! Source: ABC7 Chicago share.google/RgzgcGekcdJM...

24 Apr

On our way to @northerniowaproud.bsky.social for a campus visit tomorrow! Doubt he'll end up there but it's going to set the standard for what a campus visit can be. They need a men's gymnastics club to get in the running.

19 Apr

I have to admit, I just ran my polymer problem set for Orgo II through Gemini and, man, did it ever do a great job. I wish my students were so thorough. It included molecular weight and polydispersity calcs from a data table and assessment of properties. 1/2

19 Apr

Unfortunately I don't know enough about polymers to write hard questions to stump AI

1 Apr

Did anyone else see the NASA rep talking about why we are going to the moon, and her answer was H2O. And she wrote it on the board. With a superscrpt 2.

1 Apr

12 Mar

The ABCs of Emergency medicine @heshiegreshie.bsky.social

12 Mar

I started listening in Dec 2008, so almost from the beginning! Great group! Always fun to have MC Stay back in the studio!

Doctor Radio (SiriusXM ch. 119)@nyudocs.bsky.social

The original #ER show hosts are back together today (Thurs 3/12) on Doctor Radio. The one-and-only @askdrbilly.bsky.social far right), "Doctor Sunshine" Dr. Chris McStay (l) & @heshiegreshie.bsky.social aka Ho-G (center) have been medu-taining us since Feb 2008. How long have you been listening?

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11 Mar

Ugh. Just heard information about the passing of our esteemed colleague Phil Fuchs. An absolute great in the world of organic synthesis. www.simplicity-funeralcare.com/obituaries/P...

purdue.eduPhil Low, Purdue drug discovery scholar and impactful innovator whose discoveries saved lives, dies at 78WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University drug discovery scholar and faculty member, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Philip Low, whose life’s work turned laboratory discoveries into therapies that…

6 Mar

Very saddened at the loss of our esteemed colleague. www.purdue.edu/newsroom/202...

6 Mar

One of my favorite memories of Phil. Our pet rats always end up with tumors so I asked Phil, 'Do you have anything at Endocyte that can cure mammary tumors in rats?' We got a chuckle out of it. He said he'd look into it. Last few times I talked with him he couldn't stop talking about LIFT

share.googleRadical chemistry pioneer Moses Gomberg probably made a trivalent carbon years before he realisedRecreation of Gomberg's experiments suggests that he may have made a hypovalent carbon species years before reporting their discovery

5 Mar

Great article about Moses Gomberg and trivalent carbon including comments from Bart Kahr and Peter Schreiner Radical chemistry pioneer Moses Gomberg probably made a trivalent carbon years before he realised | Research | Chemistry World share.google/sRLMpfl0xN0V...

5 Mar

Everybody likes to quote Gomberg's statement in his original JACS CommEd ("I wish to reserve the field to myself") but my favorite part is where he explains how he had to create an apparatus to exclude oxygen and water. In today's era of Schlenk lines and glove boxes, this is routine

5 Mar

But in 1900, it was sufficiently unusual that it had to be stated in the paper that he built it. I just find that fascinating.

@arthurhwinter.bsky.social

2 Mar

I had a dream last night about this molecule. In the dream the question was what is the name, but it's got me fascinated because we are talking about carboxylic acid derivatives and this is a bicyclic lactate? Could it be synthesized from the alpha, omega amino acid? Should I put this on my exam?

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Art Winter

24 Feb

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Seriously, how far off the rails does it have to be for them to rule against him? Of course, we knew it was going to come out that way which is why they sat on it a month instead of releasing it when it was done. They gave themselves time to figure out a way to make it work but couldn't

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I remember seeing an interview with Chuck Barris a few years back talking about the Gong Show: 1/4

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Some days I feel that way about my organic lecture. Today I talked about reducing your grandmother with LAH, laser tag in the woods at an ACSSA party and finished up sticking my tongue in a glass of Coke until it was numb (Coke/tongue challenge). 3/4

I might be losing my perspective. Happy Friday! 4/4

I remember seeing an interview with Chuck Barris a few years back talking about the Gong Show: 1/4

"The Producer said we had lost our perspective. I don't know, he may have been right. When we started, I was wearing a tux. By the end, I was wearing a kilt with tails, a football helmet, and a holster with a rubber chicken in it." 2/4

12 Feb

You dont even need a ticket to board a train! Granted it might be an issue when the conductor comes by but you can even buy tickets from them often these days. You get on train, find a seat, when the conductor comes by you show them the ticket on your phone. Easy peasy.

Chemjobber@chemjobber.bsky.social

boarded an Amtrak in December by saying my last name, so, no.

youtube.comFabio and the GooseYouTube video by Bobby Fingers

6 Feb

What I hear from Williamsburg is that it wasn't actually a goose (Canada or otherwise) but was actually a camcorder. If you watch the video of him getting on, it doesn't look like he has a camera but the thought it was one of the other passengers who got on with him

Dr Nathan Kilah@chemistrynathan.bsky.social

Obligatory boosting of the Bobby Fingers YouTube channel. A criminally undersubscribed YouTube channel. (Not for everyone, but I love his work.)

1 Feb

Got a random text this week asking if we would consider offers on our house. I told them we weren't looking to sell, but we'd take $10 mil (it's not worth that). They actually replied ("no worries") but no counter-offer. I told my wife, I'd could go as low as 5 mil....

1 Feb

Children's Literature History of Math The worst Electronics course ever (never really got past RC circuits - how can you take college Electronics and know nothing about how a transistor works or what it's used for?) Complex Analysis (so cool) Contemporary Political Problems (bad prof)

Chemjobber@chemjobber.bsky.social

Tell me five classes you took in college. Molecular Biology of HIV History of the Civil War Organic Chemistry (2.5X, lol) Science Writing Physical Chemistry (woof)

10 Jan

Curse you Valentine's Day and your damned Cinnamon Jelly Hearts!

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19 Dec 2025

Here's a job opportunity careers.purdue.edu/job/Departme...

18 Dec 2025

I need to get back to NYC to hang out with these guys again...

Doctor Radio (SiriusXM ch. 119)@nyudocs.bsky.social

Full house for the last show of 2025. Emergency Medicine hosts @askdrbilly.bsky.social & Dr. Howard Greller ("Ho-G") are joined by ABC News Medical Correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton-Ramsey, MD ("Special Cloth") to bring us the evidence-based info behind this week’s health headlines. #flu #vax #HepB

16 Dec 2025

Man, I need my Atari 2600!!!!!

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13 Dec 2025

If we want evening exams we have to justify why we need 2hrs instead of 1 class period. For organic I always say that they use model kits and I want to assess them on how well they understand the material and not how fast they put models together

Andre the Chemist@andrechemist.bsky.social

This! A good assessment should be "how well do you know [subject]" not "how fast can you [subject]". (Unless it's, like, emergency medicine or something.)

8 Dec 2025

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

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25 Nov 2025

Made the trip to Chicago listening to the Beatles channel all the way up. Heading to the United Center to see @paulmccartney342.bsky.social !

26 Nov 2025

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@paulisci.bsky.social

7 Oct 2025

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly 🧵

12 Nov 2025

Here's our northern light view tonight. Remarkable! The northern sky was bright red, no camera needed.

careers.purdue.eduAssistant Professor of Advanced ChemistryAssistant Professor of Advanced Chemistry

20 Oct 2025

Come join our department! Faculty positions in a wide range of areas including organic and analytical chemistry. See the ad for more details @purduechemistry.bsky.social careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...