Ivan Aprahamian
aprahamian.bsky.social
Ivan Aprahamian
@aprahamian.bsky.social
Chemistry Professor at Dartmouth. Into tiny switches and machines, adaptive materials, and molecular communication systems.
not knowing the difference between 10 million and a billion and tanking stocks because of it... 😆
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We rich people will be fine, so let's continue building data centers, cause A(G)I is more important than everything...

A great book about how this line of thinking is flawed and dangerous: More Everything Forever
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October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here is what AI is saying :)
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
😂🤣
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If you are in San Diego Monday morning and somehow have nothing better to do at 8am (🤔), swing by the convention center to hear all about adaptive liquid crystals #SPIE #chemsky 🧪⚗️☕👀
August 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@profdaveleigh.bsky.social giving the Fraser Stoddart memorial talk at #ismsc2025
May 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Finally nailed the Easter bread recipe 😁
April 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Back to UCLA for the Seaborg Symposium and to honor Fraser @floodgroup.bsky.social seaborg.ucla.edu
March 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One of the articles is this beauty www.nature.com/articles/s41... by @bala07.bsky.social And here is an interesting backstory - the actual TOC we wanted to use can be found below. It didn't make the cut because of the war in #ukraine #chemsky #molswitch 🧪⚗️
December 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Our 3D volumetric display is on the front cover of the December issue of Chem! Congrats to all involved including awesome collaborator @alexlippert.bsky.social 🧪⚗️#molswitch #photoswitches bit.ly/4ckn44N
December 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
I found this the other day while cleaning my office. What a night! :)
December 7, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The peanuts-themed gingerbread display at the Hanover Inn
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 PM
New month, new departmental puzzle #chemsky ⚗️🧪
December 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Happy white Thanksgiving 🦃🦃🧪⚗️
November 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Not all my ideas as department chair work out, but this one was a huge success. First departmental jigsaw puzzle finished and framed, second one already taking shape
November 19, 2024 at 2:24 PM
All good things come to end. Had a great trip to Yerevan and even managed to squeeze in a hike (Mt Dimats: 19Km loop, and 1Km altitude gain)
July 3, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Summer is here
May 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
My yard neighbor Frankie the hedgehog seems to have a new partner Francesca ( pictured) and they are going crazy with their digging
May 16, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Latest from the group in JACS
shows a 1,2BF2 shift in an BF2-azo switch, resulting in a BODIHY fluorophore. Inspired by leaves that change color in the fall we used the temp and light responsiveness to design multichromatic PDMS clovers. bit.ly/3uUmD1g #chemsky 🧪
March 4, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Happy new year!
January 1, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Needle ice growing in the forest
December 24, 2023 at 7:30 PM
A nice hike up Balch Hill #foliage
October 23, 2023 at 12:28 PM