Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Associate Editor, ACS Catalysis. Synthetic chemist, photochemist, nerd. 🇺🇸🇰🇷🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (he/him/his)
Apr 8, 2022 • 24 tweets • 2 min read
In my profile, I said that I could draw a straight line from my coping strategies as a gay child to my scientific career. In support of this claim, a Twitter thread: Many of the most important things I know about being a scientist I learned from being a musician. 🧵
(1) Talent isn't as important as hard work.
Jun 5, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
What is perplexing is that scientists continue to assert these opinions without evidence when a large body of data show the opposite: that diverse teams are more creative, more productive, and more innovative. Examples below.
