Dr. Ashley Ross
@RossLabUC
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Associate professor at the University of Cincinnati. Lover of FSCV, carbon materials, microfluidics and brain-immune interactions. Advocate for #WomeninSTEM
Cincinnati, OH
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Analytical chemists: we *can* improve equity and inclusion in our field and promote underrepresented scientists more! I have created a new Slack to start these discussions. It's open to ALL who identify with the analytical chem community. Please go to
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Good morning! I hate the “you don’t look like a prof” or “you don’t look like a scientist” crap. Yes I do because those identities don’t have “a look” Those phrases come from deep rooted bias. I feel great today in my ripped jeans. And yes I am a prof & scientist ✌️
#IWD2023
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New PhD students: Don't undervalue the importance of selecting a PhD advisor. Do your research. Ask the students. This decision is important for not only your scientific successes but your mental health in grad school. Not all advisors fit all personalities.
#AcademicChatter
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IM SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!
Finally some good news. And let me tell you, I’ve been rejected more times than I can count this year. Persevere people. It’s worth it.
#NewPI
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I've been asked to do this before & I'll be honest, I feel like an imposter but here it goes.
Ashley's tips on writing an NIH grant (thread)
1. The 1st and most obvious tip is to pick something that you are excited about. Trust me, the reviewers can tell if you aren't excited.
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@SusannaLHarris
This is mainly just a pet-peeve and I recognize that "organic" means different things to different people but as a chemist, an organic compound is a compound that contains carbons so all your freaking food is organic. 🤣
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Women faculty in STEM are not just statistic enhancers. We are not just a check box. We are not here to improve the numbers. We are here to do what we love, work with amazing people, and be included.
#WomenInSTEM
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PSA: profs struggle too. We don’t have it all together despite what you may think. We often are battling heavy work loads, endless deadlines, demanding colleagues & students, & families. Students often want us to be compassionate with them but I know many faculty that need it too
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I am SO honored to be selected as a Sloan Research Fellow! This wouldn't be possible without the incredible work of my entire lab 🥳😍
#SloanFellow
#HappyTuesday
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:
#SloanFellow
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1 of my PhD committee members asked me after my defense what my plans were. I said academia. He told me to go for the R1 b/c there aren't enough women and I could do it.
I will never forget that convo.
Faculty: w/e your students goals, give them that confidence
#AcademicChatter
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Current automated out of office response:
I’m a little tied up right now, I’m too busy spending time with this tiny human 😍 All requests will need to wait…
#WorkCanWait
#MomLife
#AcademicMom
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Things I have learned while being a
#Prof
for the last 2 yrs:
Students are the best part of the job
Grant writing is hard
I love teaching
Learning to say no is a skill
There are a lot of rejections
Take risks
I am tougher than I thought
#Ilovemyjob
#PersistenceIsKey
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HOLY CRAP. Wow my day just got 100x better.
Not bad for a first submission R01 😬😍
I needed this news.
#WillThisBeOurLabs2ndR01
?!?!
#ImShocked
#Omg
#Proflife
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Very controversial tweet:
Mass spec can't do it all.
There, I said it. Now come after me MS tribe 😂
#AnalyticalChemistry
#BattleTime
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Emails from students:
"I missed class, I got tested for COVID, I can send you my doc notes"
"My grandma died, I can send you the obituary"
"I was in the hospital, I can send you a doc's note"
My response:
"No need, I trust you"
#AcademicChatter
#TrustYourStudents
#ProfLife
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My students work really hard and are super productive. I don’t encourage overwork or have policies about number of hours required. My students take vacations and random days off.
It’s really not that difficult to connect the dots here.
#AcademicTwitter
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I told my kids mommy got a grant and my kids response was “oooh that’s a lot of money, let’s buy a new house”
That’s not how it works sweeties 😂
#momlife
#Academicmom
#ChildrenAreCute
#ResearchMoola
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#HotTake
: If you don't support and advocate for the underrepresented students in your lab, don't use them as leverage in your NSF proposals.
#SorryNotSorry
#AcademicChatter
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You may be reading a lot of negative tweets about grad school and I just want to say that not everyone's experience is that bad!
I had a great time in grad school, met awesome friends, worked on really cool stuff, and I wouldn't trade my experience at all.
#PositivityVibe
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Hey students, professors struggle with writing too. Don’t let us fool you into thinking that we know what we are doing at all times. I just took 45 min to write a few sentences b/c I didn’t know how to start the paragraph
#AcademicChatter
#KeepinItReal
#Writing
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Every ~6 mon I ask my lab to update their paper outlines. They start outlines at the beginning of the proj. It's a fluid document & changes as the proj progresses but I see this exercise VERY useful for helping them be forward-thinking & organized. I also love reading them💙
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I need more women faculty in the sciences. Yes, I made it personal by using the word “I” because it directly impacts me and I *do* need it.
#WomeninAcademia
#WomenInScience
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Please excuse me while I vent but let me give some advice:
If you are applying for a post-doc position in my lab then (1) don't address me as Sir, (2) Read my lab website and don't tell me you'll be a great fit b/c XYZ which has nothing to do with my lab, and (3) harass me.
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You know what is super exciting about my job?
Seeing students excited about their data. We meet weekly but sometimes they can't wait and they come find me beforehand to discuss their latest result
This is what gets me through the tough times in my job.
#AcademicChatter
#NewPI
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I used to wonder as a student what faculty did. Students, we stress (cry?) in our office at our incredible work loads that seem on the verge of being impossible to accomplish. We worry about every single one of you and your success. We hide a lot of this from you.
#RealTalk
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New grant=hiring another post doc! I am looking for a post-doc to work on our new NIH-funded project to develop
#microfluidic
platforms coupled to fast-scan cyclic voltammetry to study purine signaling during focal ischemia. Please retweet!
#ChemJobs
#PostDocJobs
@Chemjobber
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I'm going into my 4th year this year as an assistant prof! I can't believe how fast time flies by. I love learning from my students every day!
The job is rewarding and challenging. Here's some things I have learned about running a research lab so far (thread)
#AcademicLife
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Way to ruin a first impression: when finding out what I do for a living, please do not have your immediate response be “who gets the kids to and from school?” and “who fixes dinner?”. Please, it’s rude and you wouldn’t ask my husband those questions. ✌️
#AcademicMom
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PSA: Please stop saying you've submitted your paper to Nature on your CV.
I could also submit my papers to Nature and get the desk rejection soon after😂Who cares where you submitted your paper to? Just leave it as "submitted"
#Advice
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I’ve got a few weeks left of pregnancy and I submitted a grant today. Please clap. 👏👏
Im tired from my head to my toes and my brain is foggy but I somehow managed to muster some coherent words together 😂
#AcademicMom
#Proflife
#ProfGrind
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Let's stop assuming 1st yr undergrads should know how to write proper notes and study effectively
That's called
#privilege
and not everyone has it.
#FirstGenStudents
#GiveThemTheToolsTheyNeedtoSucceed
#ProfLife
#ChemEducation
#AcademicChatter
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What some profs need to understand is that yes, some students need more guidance and direction but no, that does not mean that they are inadequate and unable to “make it” in grad school. It just means you gotta actually do your job.
#AcademicChatter
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Guess what? Today I’m officially tenured AND 35 🎉🎉
#ItsMyBirthday
#PartyTime
#Mid30sLife
#AcademicLife
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I care a lot about students. A lot. But at some point I (and you) have to make sure that I’m (you’re) ok too. If you pour everything into other people but nothing into yourself you’ll burn out quick.
I think faculty mental health is something that we don’t talk about enough.
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Hot take: if your hot take is that grad students shouldn’t complain about how much they are paid because we all got paid crap as grad students then that’s called a crap take not a hot take.
#AcademicTwitter
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Currently preparing my annual "State of the lab" group meeting for tomorrow. I find it is important to (1) Address the accomplishments that they have done (2) Discuss the direction of the lab and (3) clearly lay out expectations for myself and them.
#NewPI
#TransparentMentoring
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What other
#WomenInSTEM
dread telling non-scientists what they do for a living?
I do. Oftentimes, this is the reaction 😂
It's usually followed up by "you must be smart" or "I hated organic chemistry" and then a long pause with starring.
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Know your worth ladies. Make sure on this
#InternationalDayOfWomenInScience
you stop and realize how incredible you are, despite the constant bull crap we put up with. You are intelligent, innovative, and deserve every bit of success you have and then some. 💜
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Being rejected twice by the NSF CAREER has destroyed my confidence in reapplying. I’m currently working on my last attempt and it’s a real struggle.
I’ve been rejected many times before for various other things but for some reason this just feels different. 🤷♀️
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3rd attempt at the NSF CAREER is officially submitted 🤞
I’m literally not doing anything for the next 3 days. I deserve it 😂
#Proflife
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The fact that some people won’t take the vaccine b/c it isn’t “researched enough” yet will drink alkaline water and also claim to know how to cleanse their liver blows my mind
#VaccinesSaveLives
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My lab can be giggling and having a blast while simultaneously kicking butt in their experiment. Some think being a scientist means you have to be serious and boring all the time but my lab is a perfect example that that is crap. We make science look enjoyable. 😂😎
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I really wanna teach a myth busters science class for 1st year undergrads where I teach them how a vaccine works, why detox products are a fraud, why alkaline water is pointless, and why you shouldn't be so scared of GMO's
Please let me teach this 😩😂
#Proflife
#TeachScience
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You don’t need to be a genius to be a scientist. I can promise you I am never the smartest person in the room, but I love what I do and I work really hard. Motivation, curiosity, and passion can take you far.
#AcademicChatter
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You know what’s kinda cool? I’m officially tenured on August 15th which is also my birthday! 🎉🥳
No one is allowed to ask me to serve on any additional committees on my first day as an associate prof, at least wait until August 16th 🤣
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Can I be real for a sec?
I am angry. I wear a mask at all times & social distance. Yet, here I am with COVID. I blame no one but it is frustrating thinking about how our country could be a lot different right now if people listened to Dr. Fauci instead of the idiot in Chief.
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A disclaimer that should be put on all my students first drafts:
Warning, this may look like a lot of red but these track changes means I care about your growth as a science communicator. I am invested in your success. We all started like this & I promise, you will see growth💜
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Well I didn’t get a periodic table blanket from the ACS, but it doesn’t matter anymore because my MIL made me one 😍
#Christmas
#ChemGifts
#chemtwitter
#PeriodicTableQuilt
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Why don’t universities have play areas on campus for parents that are either students, staff, or faculty? A small playground or small indoor play space would be great for days when you have to have your kids with you. Seems like a simple thing to do to be parent inclusive 🤷♀️
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People think that just because you seem successful, that you no longer need mentoring and that’s not true. We all need continuous mentoring throughout all career stages.
#AcademicLife
#Proflife
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It’s really simple. If you don’t enjoy training students (which involves patience and dedication to their success) then you have no business being a PI in academia
#Academia
#AcademicLife
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My new baby arrived today 😍
A second AxioZoom
@zeiss_micro
scope for the lab, equipped with fluorescence, z-stacking, autofocus, a color AND monochromatic camera, and time lapse. I believe I may be in love 🤣
#Proflife
#AcademicTwitter
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I'm hiring a post-doc!! Come join my research team to work on an NIH-funded project studying neurochemical signaling in the lymph node. Please retweet!
#ChemJobs
#PostDocJobs
#ChemTwitter
#AcademicJobs
@Chemjobber
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Who else gets seriously proud watching your students talk about their research??
I do. It really is an amazing part of this job. 😊
#ProudMentor
#PassionateStudents
#LovemyJob
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I stepped out of my comfort zone, contacted a scientist that I have no connection to but I was interested in a collaboration on one of our projects and it's actually happening.
#NewPI
#StepOutofYourComfortZone
#WeAreAbouttoMakeScienceMagic
#CantWait
#AcademicChatter
#BeBold
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Look out world, my daughter just told me "Mommy, I WILL be a scientist, and a REALLY good one too because STEM is my thing and I'm better than the boys"
My face after she said that: 😮😲
#confidence
#girlslovescience
#yougogirl
#chemtwitter
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Maybe this tweet is too personal or maybe it will help someone else, but I'm struggling a lot. I'd appreciate some grace from all I interact with. I can't always have it together all the time, I'm only human.
#FacultyMentalHealth
#TalkAboutIt
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For your
#mentalhealth
: You are not *just* a scientist, graduate student, professor, etc...
You are more than that. You could be a parent, a spouse, a friend, an artist, a musician, an athlete, etc...
You have value beyond your job/degree.
#AcademicChatter
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Having 3 papers in review, getting ready to submit 2 more in the next week or two, and ~ 4 more in the pipeline is a 1st for the Ross lab 😍. I know you established people are probably smirking at my pride but let me have this moment 😂
#AreWeEstablishedNow
?
#Academiclife
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Hooding my first grad students today 🤩🤩 Congrats again to Dr. Cryan
@mtcryan1
and Dr. Li
@yuxinli920
@uofcincy
@UcChem
#ProudMentor
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Chemists think I’m a neuroscientist
Neuroscientists think I’m a neurochemist
Bioengineers think I belong in BME
And now, some material scientists think I’m a materials person
Y’all, I’m just over here trying to do some work. Let me be 😂
#RossLab
#WeHaveManyDimensions
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I'm excited to share our latest
@an_chem
paper! We have synthesized graphene-fiber microelectrodes for neurochemical detection with FSCV! These materials have incredible echem properties! Congrats
@yuxinli920
, Romana, &
@moriahweese
:)
#Electrochemistry
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I have an entire proposal in my head but nothing written on paper. The deadline is in 3 weeks. Is this even possible?
#ProcrastinationIsMyFriend
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The CDC is now recommending you do electrochemistry with just a single working electrode, nothing else. No reference, no counter. Have fun with that.
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Excited and honored to be included in this years Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator Issue !😊
#Chemtwitter
#NewPI
Time for another article from our 2020 Emerging Investigators Issue
#CCEMI20
#chemtwitter
😊
Read 'High Young's modulus carbon fibers are fouling resistant with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry' by Ashley Ross
@RossLabUC
here 👇
🔗
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I almost didn’t apply to tenure-track positions at R1 institutions because I didn’t think I was capable or good enough at research. My anxiety level was high during interviews.
News flash: I am and so are you. (Thread)
#AcademicJobs
#AcademicChatter
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