Digital wet lab at the Vertical Cloud Lab @ BYU: self-driving inorganic precipitation experiments on an Opentrons OT-2, Pitzer-model gaps for sulfide and sulfate scales, and the proposals built on them (ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator, TMS 2027).
The proposal work in this repo moved here from the private vertical-cloud-lab/digital-wetlab-private
in October 2026.
- Numbers moved up by 13. This repo already had items 1–13, so item #N of the private repo is #(N+13) here: private #1 is #14 and private #65 is #78.
- Issues were transferred here, so old issue links redirect.
- Open pull requests were recreated here from the same branches. Their review comments and commit-by-commit history stay in the private repo.
- Closed pull requests have a closed placeholder issue at their number, so every link still lands on the right item.
- Files that stay private were left out: CVs and biosketches. ACS documents and figures with
third-party photos are listed in
THIRD_PARTY_ASSETS.md.
Proposals, papers, etc.
- ACS Petroleum Research Fund — DNI Grant — Doctoral New Investigator grant ($110K/2yr). Spring 2026 deadline: March 6, 2026.
For Panel 3: Inorganic Chemistry (best fit for this project):
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Program Officer (Panels 1 & 3) | Dr. Allegra Liberman-Martin | a_liberman@acs.org |
| Grants Administrator (Panel 3) | Steven Nagle | s_nagle@acs.org |
General inquiries: (202) 872-4481 · PRFsupport@acs.org
Tip: Contact Dr. Liberman-Martin before writing the proposal to confirm the project fits Panel 3 and to get scope advice. See the PRF Program Manager as a Resource video.
- Shopping List — Itemized reagents, labware, tips, and equipment for the full study (~30,000 experiments), with quantities and cost estimates
- Proposal Body — Lorem ipsum style LaTeX draft (source)
- Budget + Justification — $110K/2yr following ACS PRF DNI guidelines (source)
- Abstract — 250-word placeholder (for portal text entry)
- TMS 2027 Poster Materials — symposium shortlist, target recommendation, and draft abstract for a self-driving-lab poster
- Petroleum Relevance — 100-word placeholder (for portal text entry)
- Suggested Reviewers — Template for 6 peer reviewers (for portal entry)
- Public repo: vertical-cloud-lab/digital-wetlab
- Project description: opentrons-inorganic-wet-lab-agents.txt
- Funding overview: FUNDING_OPPORTUNITIES.md