Daniele Polidoro

Where Nature finishes producing its own species, man begins, with the help of Nature, to create an infinity of species - Leonardo da Vinci

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

#18
Controllable Deposition of Dispersed Pd
Nanoparticles on ZnO for Suzuki–Miyaura
Cross-Coupling Reactions

Have a look!
https://t.co/twg1dP9uOt
@RoySocChem

[nature @Nature]

‘In case I die, I need to publish this paper’: scientist who left the lab to fight in Ukraine https://t.co/B4f5uxPe8n

[Università Ca' Foscari Venezia @CaFoscari]

💡 Sorbitolo dal cartone della pizza: dai laboratori di Ca’ Foscari un'alternativa economicamente valida e sostenibile ai tradizionali metodi per convertire la cellulosa in #sorbitolo.

Il processo è ora un #brevetto registrato.

🔎 https://t.co/80MYNI1AS3

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

#17
Microwave Versus Conventional Promoted Synthesis of Fuel Additives Using Graphitic Carbon Nitride supported Catalysts

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https://t.co/LNzBiysRab
@RoySocChem @and_fuels

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

School doesn’t test your intelligence, it tests your memory. 🧠

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

Continuous flow strategies to convert pure and crude glycerol. What do you think @gwhuber2 ?

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

#14
Isopropenyl Acetate for the Continuous-Flow Synthesis of Triacetin, Solketal Acetate, and Allyl Acetate from Pure or Crude Glycerol

Have a look!
https://t.co/kHaIR8gdV7
@ACSSustainable

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

An innovative idea to use CO2. What do you think, @elonmusk ?

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

#15
CO2-assisted hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose and cellulose-based waste into sorbitol over commercial Ru/C

Have a look!
https://t.co/Zr1NQN4VBD
@green_rsc

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

@len_research @ACSSustainable 🙏

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

#16
Mechanochemistry through Extrusion: Opportunities for Nanomaterials Design and Catalysis in the Continuous Mode

Have a look!
https://t.co/gRbg3Pdzr8
@Chemistry_MDPI

[Daniele Polidoro @dnlepldo]

#14
On the Cover: Isopropenyl Acetate for the Continuous-Flow Synthesis of Triacetin, Solketal Acetate, and Allyl Acetate from Pure or Crude Glycerol

Have a look!
https://t.co/kHaIR8gdV7
@ACSSustainable

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

There are two rules in life:

1) Never give out all the information.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Although there are some bad things in the world, remember that there are many good things too

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Don't regret anything in life. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience. When you win, you win. When you lose, you learn.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Five productivity Feynman strategies:

i) Stop trying to know-it-all.
ii) Do what you get the most pleasure from.
iii) Don't worry about what others are thinking.
iv) Have a sense of humor and talk honestly.
v) Make mistakes and learn.

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Your academic CV is NOT linked to your ability to make big discoveries.

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1. Andre Geim, a co-discoverer of graphene, wrote in his Nobel Lecture article:

- “So, at the age of 33 and with an h index of 1 (latest papers not yet published), I entered the Western job market for postdocs.”

2. Albert Einstein searched for a teaching position for two years. He had to accept a position at a Patent Office, where in a single year he wrote the four papers that completely revolutionized #science (the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and E=mc2).

- Only few years later, he finally secured his first academic position as lecturer at the University of Bern.

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Other examples include Peter Ratcliffe and Frances Arnold, who won Nobel Prizes for the discoveries they made as young PIs in newly established labs. And many others.

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So, let us all keep in mind that:

1. Big discoveries are often unforeseen. They emerge from random and risky research (e.g. graphene was a tiny side project!). Make sure you have such projects in your lab.

2. Most truly impactful discoveries did not require high h-indices, excessive funding or a high-IF journal.

3. Rejection of your proposal does NOT mean it proposes bad science. Such rejections represent the opinion of one person who has a rather subjective idea of what ‘good science’ means.

4. For younger people, it’s easier to do risky research. Locking them to unnecessarily complex tenure requirements makes such discoveries unlikely.

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A strong scientist is not defined by high “academic metrics”.

It is the ONE who proposes risky endeavors outside the conventional boundaries.

Who sees risk as an opportunity to make discoveries.

And who is constantly seeking out these risks in the lab.

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

There's no shame in not knowing things! It's Okay to say "I don't know"

The only shame is to pretend that we know everything.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting.

You don’t get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.