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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We are so excited to have Dr. Tuhin Pal joining the Wentz Lab as our first postdoc! Dr. Pal obtained his PhD from IIT Kharagpur, during which he received a DAAD Fellowship and was an Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Purdue University. #newPI

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

First experiment of the Wentz Lab is underway!

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today we got our brand new Heidolph rotovap set up!

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Today we had our first group meeting where we discussed new project directions and key literature. Can't wait to see where these ideas go in the hands of my new team. Stay tuned for student bios and our first group photo later this semester! #newPI

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Beckman Foundation @beckman-foundation.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

2023 #AOBPostdoc Kelsie Wentz, PhD talks about making new silicon containing polymers, the formation of free electrons & the Beckman research experience in our latest “Five Questions” feature. www.beckman-foundation.org/latest-news/... @kek-kelsie.bsky.social

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Five Questions with Kelsie Wentz, PhD

2023 AOB Postdoc Kelsie Wentz, PhD talks about making new silicon containing polymers, the formation of free electrons & the Beckman research experience in our latest “Five Questions” feature.

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Friday was a bittersweet day ending my time as a postdoc in the Klausen lab. I'm so grateful for @bekkaklausen.bsky.social ongoing mentorship and guidance. It was an amazing experience learning new skills and mentoring younger scientists. Excited to start my independent career at Indiana University!

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Wentz lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Applicants excited about joining a brand new research group and interested in the synthesis of new functional main-group based heterocyles and polymers can apply at the link below. Please share! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29781

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Wentz Lab

The Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts + Sciences at Indiana University, consists of a well-rounded research community with cutting-edge expertise in a wide variety of modern disciplines i...

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Sam Harvey @nanosciencesam.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It's not really a secret anymore, but I wanted to wait until the paperwork was all signed. I'll be starting at Indiana University this fall as an assistant professor in chemistry! The Harvey Group will focus on synthesis and spectroscopy of inorganic nanomaterials. Stay tuned for more.

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I'm incredibly grateful for amazing mentors, @rjgilliard.bsky.social, @bekkaklausen.bsky.social, and Stephen Craig for their ongoing support of my academic career! I'm also so thankful to the Klausen Lab and @gilliardgroup.bsky.social for their friendship and support!

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Kelsie Wentz :Department of Chemistry

Indiana University Bloomington

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I'm thrilled to share that I will be starting my independent career at Indiana University in July! The Wentz lab will interface synthetic chemistry with materials science, while providing strategies to access new generations of main-group molecular building blocks and macromolecular materials.

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Excited to share our work on the direct synthesis and redox properties of 9-methylsilafluorene dimer published in @daltontrans.rsc.org! This is some of the early work funded by my AOB PD Fellowship, hoping to get some more of this work submitted soon! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thrilled to be selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting for Chemistry this summer!

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Starting 2025 off with a Perspective article in @acsjacs.bsky.social on the Precise Synthesis of Complex Si-Si Molecular Frameworks! A timely perspective on synthetic strategies to build silanes driven by mechanistic insights! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

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Precise Synthesis of Complex Si–Si Molecular Frameworks

In this Perspective, we highlight the emergence of target-oriented syntheses of complex molecules composed of Si–Si (oligosilanes) rather than C–C bonds. Saturated oligosilanes structurally resemble a...

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The Italian Florentine cookies for tomorrow's cookie party turned out pretty good. #chemistswhobake

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

One of my work from home buddies. Today marks 1 year since adopting Sushi! 🩶🍣🐈‍⬛

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Grace Panetti @grace-panetti.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Please spread around! Johns Hopkins is hosting an NSF-REU site titled Research on Sustainable Energy Technology and Systems (ROSETAS). Consider having your undergraduates apply! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social @hopkinsengineer.bsky.social @energyathopkins.bsky.social #chemsky #STEM

Image shows a flier for the R O S E I led R E U: Research on Sustainable Energy Technology and Systems (R O S E T A S). The image shows previous participants presenting their work on metal-organic frameworks, a discussion around a laptop, and 4 researchers in PPE watching another person in PPE work at a bench. The flier goes on to state: ROSETAS is a 10-week National Science Foundation
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer
program in sustainable energy that is hosted by ROSEI,
which serves as the nexus for sustainable energy-related
research and educational programs at Johns Hopkins
University.
Accepted students will be awarded a $7,000 stipend and
given housing on campus for the summer. Candidates
must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents, have
completed at least one year of undergraduate studies,
and not yet have a bachelor’s degree. Trainees will
participate in a professional development program and in
research projects in one of five areas that address
society’s vast energy needs:
Carbon capture and transformation
Energy storage technology
Solar energy technology
Wind energy technology
Electricity grid management
Program Dates: May 27, 2025 –
August 1, 2025
Application Deadline: February 3,
2025. Notice of acceptance will be
sent by March.

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Kelsie Wentz @kek-kelsie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Making my first official post over here to introduce myself. I'm currently an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins Lab in Prof. Rebekka Klausen's Lab. I previously obtained my Ph.D. under the mentorship of Prof. Robert Gilliard at U of Virginia.

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