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Maxwell Robb
@Maxwell_Robb
Professor of Chemistry @Caltech. Views my own. Mostly chemistry.
Pasadena, CA
robbgroup.caltech.edu
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Sep 19, 2023
    Delighted to share the latest paper from @TheRobbGroup in collaboration with @mikhailshapiro’s group online now in @PNASNews. Mechanophore activation using #biocompatible focused ultrasound! Huge congrats to @Molly__McFadden and @yuxing_yao and coworkers! doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…
    Remote control of mechanochemical reactions under physiological conditions using biocompatible focused ultrasound
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    Maxwell Robb
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    May 9, 2024
    Well, I guess it’s Twitter Official…Yesterday I was promoted to Professor with tenure @Caltech in @CaltechCCE. I am beyond grateful to my amazing students, colleagues, mentors, family, and friends that helped me get here. I feel truly lucky. Thank you!
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    Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
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    May 9, 2024
    Congratulations to Professor @Maxwell_Robb on achieving tenure at @caltech! 🎉🥂
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Jun 26, 2021
    Just a normal Saturday morning with a bear sauntering through our backyard. No big deal 😳
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Feb 16, 2022
    It’s a good week! Happy to share that @TheRobbGroup has received an @NSF #CAREER award to support our research on naphthopyran #mechanochemistry. Props to students @Molly__McFadden & Skylar Osler for their significant contributions to the proposal. A celebration is in order!🍾🥂
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Jan 23, 2023
    🤩 Congrats to Anna Overholts (@TheRobbGroup) for leading this study now appearing in @NatureChemistry! Our approach enables the mechanically gated formation of DASA dyes/photoswitches for mechanochemical multicolor lithography. rdcu.be/c31t5
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    Maxwell Robb
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    May 19, 2021
    Congrats to @Molly__McFadden on her newest communication in @J_A_C_S! 🎉 Molly discovered a new naphthopyran #mechanophore that generates a persistent merocyanine dye due to the formation of an intramolecular H-bond pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Nov 18, 2022
    An order of nBuLi for our lab was apparently delivered to a Halloween store in east LA by mistake. It was eventually transported to Caltech via the fire dept. All worked out OK thankfully, but seriously weird! #chemsafety #crazyhalloweenparty
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Dec 18, 2021
    Interested in #mechanophores for molecular release? Read about @TheRobbGroup’s perspective in @J_A_C_S on the past and future of this exciting area of polymer mechanochemistry. Congrats to coauthors @brooke_versaw, @TianZeng_May, and @XiaoranSean! 🎉 doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1…
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Feb 15, 2022
    I am honored to be among this group. Grateful to @SloanFoundation and to everyone who has supported me. All credit goes to @TheRobbGroup. I’m so lucky to work with these amazing scientists. So happy for my colleague @Lu_Wei8, too! Congrats to all. @CaltechCCE
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    Sloan Foundation
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    Feb 15, 2022
    Introducing… the winners of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowship! These extraordinary researchers represent some of the most exciting young minds working today—and we are thrilled to support them. Meet the winners here: sloan.org/fellowships/20… #SloanFellow
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    Maxwell Robb
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    May 20, 2021
    A friendly reminder (to myself included) that the student/postdoc/trainee on the receiving end of your referee report likely put their ❤️ & soul into the manuscript you’re reviewing. Critical, constructive feedback is great! But negative, spiteful criticism is unhelpful #BeKind
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Jun 27, 2023
    🤯 TBH, when I started this job, NIH funding was not even on my radar. Grateful to @NIGMS for this opportunity! Excited to advance our molecular release (mechano)chemistry and for new directions and challenges. Kudos (and many thanks) to @TheRobbGroup for all their contributions!
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Dec 19, 2021
    At my 1st ACS meeting as an undergrad I was in line at Starbucks and felt a towering presence behind me. I was absolutely starstruck. I told @echemkim later that “Bob Grubbs was in line behind me!” Nearly a decade later I had the honor to call Bob my colleague. I will miss him.
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    Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
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    Dec 19, 2021
    The Division is saddened to report the passing of Robert Grubbs. The outpouring of memories being shared is a testament to his profound impact and influence as a professor, mentor, colleague & friend -- not only in the chemistry community, but beyond. He will be greatly missed.
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Dec 2, 2022
    Here it is! Congrats to @Molly__McFadden, Skylar, and @YanSun21 on their latest communication appearing in @J_A_C_S! Mechanical force enables an anomalous dual ring-opening reaction of #naphthodipyran to generate an unusual dye with near-IR absorption. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Nov 28, 2022
    🎩 Hat trick for @TheRobbGroup OG grad student @Molly__McFadden, whose paper was just accepted in @J_A_C_S (her 3rd)! Can’t wait to share her beautiful paper soon, but couldn’t resist tweeting the news as this one was a long time coming 🎉 #naphthodipyran #mechanochemistry
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    Maxwell Robb
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    Sep 7, 2023
    Incredibly humbled to receive the 2023 National Fresenius Award. All the credit goes to @TheRobbGroup and everyone who has supported me. You know who you are. Thank you! cen.acs.org/people/awards/… via @cenmag @PLUNational @Caltech @CaltechCCE
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