Sign in

Neal Mankad

@metallacycle.bsky.social
885 followers 1.1K following 79 posts

Inorganic chemistry professor at the University of Illinois Chicago 🧪⚛️⚗️ Associate Editor of Dalton Transactions 📝📔

PostsRepliesMedia
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Enjoy this beautiful Chicago mural #chemsky
0131
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#chemsky #chemchat If you're outside your university network, @pubs.acs.org does not give you the option to download the PDF. The option to access it (unlogically) hidden at the top right side.
142
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Avogadro Project @avogadro.cc · 08/08/2026
Do you use Avogadro? We'd like some feedback: No personal information is required - just a few minutes #compchem #chemsky forms.gle/FqNo8xe9KMPH...
forms.gle
Avogadro Community Feedback
Now that we've released Avogadro 2.0, we'd like to gain feedback and information on the user community -- how it's used, what you use it for, and how you heard about it to guide future development. T...
074
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Congrats to my student mentee, Ananthu, for this terrific publication in @jacs.acspublications.org on synthetic modeling of Mo-dependent C–H hydroxylases! It is also a landmark for my lab, as it marks our 100th paper since we started @uic-chemistry.bsky.social in 2012! pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic...
pubs.acs.org
The Role of Terminal Heavy Chalcogenide Ligands in Enabling Hydride Transfer Reactivity of W═E (E = S, Se) Models for Molybdenum Hydroxylases
Abstract. Whereas molybdenum-dependent hydroxylases in the xanthine oxidase family catalyze site-selective C–H hydroxylation reactions using terminal molyb
0125
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Pierpaolo Morgante (He/His) @piermorgante.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The @rsc.org is hiring a content development editor! Join the #EditorsLife in Washington, DC 😊 The position includes commissioning, community engagement, and scientific outreach #ChemSky #ChemistryJobs #AcademicPublishing @chemjobber.bsky.social rsc.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/RoyalSociety...
rsc.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
Content Development Editor
Circa: Salary - Salary Plan, 80,000.00 USD Annual Join our small and very friendly team at the Royal Society of Chemistry as a Content Development Editor and become a key ambassador for our world-lead...
042
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s a p-orbital towel #chemsky
0431
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Yes 👏
010
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Jarett Wilcoxen @jwilcoxen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@andy-i-nguyen.bsky.social @metallacycle.bsky.social and @joktawiec.bsky.social are organizing the 7th Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium, #CRIC2026 on Oct 3rd at @uic-chemistry.bsky.social !! It's a great event for anyone that can make the trip! Details here: chicagoinorganic.wordpress.com
chicagoinorganic.wordpress.com
Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium
Visit the post for more.
022
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#chemsky #chemchat
072
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It’s everywhere #chemsky
030
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A [Cu-4Fe-4S] cluster? Yep, you read that right! We report a new bioinorganic motif in an acetol dehydrogenase and characterized it with our wonderful collaborators from @ribesresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @cutsail-lab.bsky.social @ksgchem.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social @hhu.de 🧪 #chemsky
View of an iron sulfur cluster with an additional metal ion. Copper as copper-colored sphere, Iron as silver sphere, and sulfur as yellow spheres. Protein backbone indicated as golden tubes
04319
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I wrote a quick post on my much neglected Substack about how attending seminars is hard when also having to manage school pickups. open.substack.com/pub/nealmank...
open.substack.com
Departmental seminars could be more family friendly
Today I want to reflect on departmental seminars, which are getting harder for me to attend for work/life balance reasons I’ll explain below.
153
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Very proud of our latest work in JACS. Our group is becoming increasingly interested in synthetic models for ubiquitous molybdenum enzymes, and this work on C–H hydroxylation sets a new research path for us to follow! #chemsky doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
doi.org
A Synthetic Molybdenum Hydroxylase Compound That Cleaves C–H Bonds by Hydride Abstraction
Molybdenum-dependent hydroxylases catalyze site-selective C–H hydroxylation reactions involving hydride abstraction pathways, yet no synthetic system has previously reproduced this reactivity. Here, w...
0110
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Congrats to @roushansingh.bsky.social on your latest publication in @pubs.acs.org and best wishes as you transition to postdoc life! #chemsky doi.org/10.1021/acs....
doi.org
Noninnocent Cyclopentadienyl Reactivity in an Al/Cr Heterobimetallic Complex
The cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligand plays a pivotal role in organometallic chemistry. While it is traditionally regarded as an ancillary spectator ligand, increasing evidence shows that Cp and Cp* ligand...
0150
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#chemsky
2186
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dr. Hotlink @shmemistry.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Fudge #chemchat #chemsky
031
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 16/04/2026
Want to use in crystallo solid-state molecular organometallic chemistry⁉️ Check out our Tutorial Review by Kristof Altus, @wellerchemyork.bsky.social & co at @york.ac.uk - a user guide for SMOM 👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Read more in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2026/04/1... #chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional graphic for new Tutorial Review by Kristof Altus and Andrew Weller.
031
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 08/03/2026
Happy International Women's Day! 👩‍🔬 To celebrate we're highlighting some of the impactful work published with us in 2025/2026 led by women researchers worldwide. Read our collection👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #Chemsky #IWD2026 🧪
Collage of photos of women first or corresponding authors of articles published in 2025/2026 in Dalton Transactions to celerbate International Women's Day 2026.
1208
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 19/01/2026
Vote now for the 2025 Dalton Transactions' Community Cover Artwork Choice Award👇 View all our 2025 covers: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/12/09/dalton-transactions-cover-gallery-2025/ Vote here: forms.office.com/e/bS19GG9sEb Voting ends 6th February 23:59 GMT⏰ #chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional graphic with QR code for best cover survey.
012
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Our first publication of 2026 will change the way you think about metal-NHC complexes! Check it out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org . Big thanks to Connly Yan, our NMR collaborators, and NSF ChemMatCARS for the X-ray photons! #chemsky doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
doi.org
Hidden in plain sight: commonly used copper N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts gain stabilization from anagostic Cu⋯H–C interactions
The ubiquity in organic chemistry of copper catalysts supported by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands is often attributed to the ability of sterically bulky and electronically donating NHCs to stabi...
0172
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
They’re invading daycare facilities on the north side of Chicago now. The cruelty is the point wgntv.com/news/chicago...
wgntv.com
000
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 27/10/2025
We are delighted to introduce our new Associate Editor, Dinorah Gambino from Universidad de la República, Uruguay📢 Please join us in welcoming her to our Editorial Board! Dinorah’s research focuses on bioinorganic chemistry - read our blog to find out more👇 blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/10/2... #chemsky🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional slide for new Associate Editor, Dinorah Gambino.
182
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Unfortunately my neighborhood and my son’s CPS school are featured prominently in this video youtu.be/UArzAIw14Oc?...
youtu.be
Immigration enforcement on North Side leads to tense confrontations, soft lockdowns at schools
YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago
021
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I've posted a new Substack in which I came to a completely opposite conclusion than when I started writing! open.substack.com/pub/nealmank...
open.substack.com
Does the 80/20 rule apply to academic chemistry research?
More equality than I thought!
071
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 10/10/2025
To mark the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we've launched a #MOFs collection, showcasing research by Laureates Susumu Kitagawa, Omar M. Yaghi & Richard Robson and their colleagues, spanning 3 decades of MOFs research from synthesis to application👀 Read now 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions promotional graphic for the "MOFs: Three Decades of Design and Discovery" collection.
033
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Big thanks to @chemistpaul.bsky.social & Thomas Montgomery for hosting me at Duquesne U. Forgot how nice Pittsburgh is, and they're even repping X-ray crystallography at the newly renovated airport!
070
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Thank you to Elad Gross for bringing me and my former student Hsien-Cheng (Antonio) Yu along for this story. We dusted off our old (NHC)Cu-M complexes to act as precursors for nanomaterials! #chemsky doi.org/10.1021/acsa...
doi.org
Heterobinuclear Molecular Precursors Direct the Formation of Supported Subnanometer Cu–M Clusters with Tunable Catalytic Behavior
Subnanometer bimetallic clusters hold great promise for catalytic applications due to their unique electronic properties and high surface-to-volume ratios. However, precise control over their composit...
030
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
As an experiment, I started a Substack called Metallacyclic Logic for my random reflections and rabbit holes. You can subscribe to it here nealmankad.substack.com?r=dv3oq&utm_...
nealmankad.substack.com
Metallacyclic Logic | Neal Mankad | Substack
Reflections of a chemistry professor from a state university in the midwestern United States. Click to read Metallacyclic Logic, by Neal Mankad, a Substack publication. Launched 7 hours ago.
163
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
nsf.gov
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
6342274
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Glenn Facey @uottawanmr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Are you a coffee snob? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2010/10/nmr-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
053
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Big thanks to @manar-shoshani.bsky.social for inviting me to spend a terrific day at the KU Department of Chemistry and present our recent work on radical and bioinspired approaches toward earth-abundant metal catalysis. Lots of great #chemsky science happening in Lawrence KS!
070
Reposted by Neal Mankad
M. Eugenio Vazquez @glowsticks.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Skip the fume hood, get brain damage and Nazi vibes. #ChemSky 🤯 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Screen capture with the initial paragraph of The Atlantic piece: “The story we got about world war ii is all wrong,” a guest told Tucker Carlson on his podcast two weeks ago. “I think that’s right,” replied Carlson. The guest, a Cornell chemistry professor named David Collum, then spelled out what he meant: “One can make the argument we should have sided with Hitler and fought Stalin.” Such sentiments might sound shocking to the uninitiated, but they are not to Carlson’s audience. In fact, the notion that the German dictator was unfairly maligned has become a running theme on Carlson’s show—and beyond.”
1101
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Thanks to Dan Ess for bringing us along for the ride on this one @roushansingh.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #chemsky #compchemsky
pubs.acs.org
CpFe(CO)2 Radical Generated from Dinuclear [CpFe(CO)2]2 and Mononuclear (Cp)(CO)2Fe(H): Density Functional Theory Is Accurate for One, But Not Both
Density functional theory (DFT) methods remain the most practical approach to calculating properties and reaction mechanisms of transition metal complexes. While the accuracy of DFT methods has been e...
050
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Terrific opportunity!! #chemsky
060
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
For anyone sticking around for #acsfall2025 on Thursday, I'll be giving two talks. Hope to run into you! #chemsky
1124
Reposted by Neal Mankad
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The American Chemical Society announced that the ACS Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be granted to graduate students who have been impacted by the termination or cancellation of their adviser’s research grant(s) cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... #chemsky
cen.acs.org
ACS announces millions in funding for students affected by terminated grants
The grants will help students within 1 year of completion of their degree
37940
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 12/08/2025
📢ICYMI: Read our 2024 Outstanding Paper exploring the reactivity of a CAAC-stabilised neutral diboraanthracene and its change in geometry upon reaction with different substrates👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @maxdietz.bsky.social, Merle Arrowsmith and Holger Braunschweig #chemsky 🧪
Dalton Transactions infographic for the 2024 Outstanding Paper Award.
091
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 31/07/2025
📢Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Dalton Transactions Outstanding Paper Award🎉 Check out the work from the Holger Braunschweig lab, here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 ‪@uni-wuerzburg.de 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @maxdietz.bsky.social, Merle Arrowsmith, Holger Braunschweig
Dalton Transactions promotion graphic for the 2024 Outstanding Paper award.
173
Reposted by Neal Mankad
The Professor Wenthold @paulwenthold.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Ok ChemSky, here's a dumb question: how is Avegadro's number determined? My son asked me that the other day and I just sat with my mouth open. Duuuuuuhhhhhhhh..... Somehow you gotta count atoms. So how do we know there that 12 grams of carbon 12 has 6.02e23 atoms?
212
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Big thanks to Russ Hille and the other organizers for inviting me and my student Ananthu to present our research at MoTEC 2025, which was hosted on the famous Queen Mary! It was a great event!! #chemsky
091
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · 10/07/2025
🔓Be sure to read the #OpenAccess communication by Neal P. Mankad and co-workers on solubilizing dimolybdenum paddlewheel complexes for energy storage applications. 👀👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT... 📍 @uic-chemistry.bsky.social @metallacycle.bsky.social 🧪
Mo≣Mo paddlewheel complexes bearing solubilizing groups were synthesized for their tunable physical properties relevant to energy storage applications.
041
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Happy 4th #chemsky what is this molecule?
550
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 25/06/2025
The @rsc.org had hoped to make all of its journals open access by 2028. It is now adapting its plans in light of increasingly complex and uncertain publishing landscape. #ChemSky #ScienceSky
chemistryworld.com
Royal Society of Chemistry changes direction on open access rollout following community feedback
In place of open access across the board, the society will adopt regional publishing models
034
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 25/06/2025
Being part of our peer reviewer network gives you the connections to develop your knowledge, reputation and career. We’re looking for experts in inorganic chemistry to review for us. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/c2n32pm #ChemSky
Promotional image for the Royal Society of Chemistry featuring a molecular structure overlaying a vivid background with the text 'Peer review - Are you interested in inorganic chemistry? Join us.'
021
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Stephen J Jenkins @jnknssj.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
#ChemSky for visibility...
0126
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
#chemsky
0122
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Hurray @karunananda-lab.bsky.social !!! #chemsky
111
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Oh these suburban restaurants
010
Neal Mankad @metallacycle.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
open.substack.com/pub/erinryan...
open.substack.com
America's Angry Loser Problem
The federal invasion of California: by losers, for losers, starring losers.
000
Reposted by Neal Mankad
Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
more or less this number: 2024: 4 and 1 teaching 2023: 11 2022: 8 2021: 9 you can't really make any judgments until ~August 15 or so.
062