Welcome! I’m a Nova Scotian chemist and writer.
If you’re looking for my science writing or creative writing you’ve come to the right place. You can contact me at ianrfmallovatgmaildotcom
Stay tuned for my newest short fiction publication, set to appear in late 2025/early 2026
My latest article in Ecology & Action spring 2025 issue, “Why the UN Still Doesn’t Have a Plastics Treaty.”
https://ecologyaction.ca/sites/default/files/2025-03/MagazineSpring2025_Plastics.pdf
Ecology & Action Magazine
“Why the UN Still Doesn’t Have a Plastics Treaty” spring 2025 issue https://ecologyaction.ca/sites/default/files/2025-03/MagazineSpring2025_Plastics.pdf
“Poor Prose Muddles the Urgent Questions Posed in The History of Bees” spring 2024 issue https://ecologyaction.ca/sites/default/files/2024-03/MagazineSpring2024.pdf
“What Does the COP 15 Target to Protect 30% of Land and Water by 2030 Actually Mean?” spring 2023 issue https://ecologyaction.ca/sites/default/files/2023-03/MagazineSpring2023.pdf
“Tricky Economics and Inconsistent Pricing Impede Transition to Electric Vehicles in Nova Scotia” fall 2022 issue https://ecologyaction.ca/sites/default/files/2022-11/MagazineFall2022.pdf
The Nexus American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Newsletter
“How Can Manufacturers Use Less Plastic?” December 2019 https://communities.acs.org/t5/GCI-Nexus-Blog/How-Can-Manufacturers-Use-Less-Plastic/ba-p/15473
“Prospecting in the Anthropocene: Saving Cyborgs and Windmills Through Rare Earth Element Recycling” April 2020 https://communities.acs.org/t5/GCI-Nexus-Blog/Prospecting-in-the-Anthropocene-Saving-Cyborgs-Windmills-Through/ba-p/15543
“ACS Catalysis Lectureship Winner Shannon Stahl’s Radical New Tools” August 2020 https://communities.acs.org/t5/GCI-Nexus-Blog/ACS-Catalysis-Lectureship-Winner-Shannon-Stahl-s-Radical-New/ba-p/15563
“US, Canada-Based Companies Awarded XPRIZE for Breakthroughs in CO2-Absorbing Cement” June 2021 https://communities.acs.org/t5/GCI-Nexus-Blog/US-Canada-Based-Companies-Awarded-XPRIZE-for-Breakthroughs-in/ba-p/86175
Green Chemistry Initiative Blogs
“Leading By Example in the Lab” July 2016 https://greenchemuoft.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/leading-by-example-in-the-lab/
2014 “No Impact Man and Leading By Example” March 2014 https://greenchemuoft.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/no-impact-man-and-leading-by-example/
Dalton Transactions Chemistry Blogs
“Nitrogen Reduction By Homogeneous Fe Complexes Revisited” May 2016 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2016/05/06/nitrogen-reduction-by-homogeneous-fe-complexes-revisited/
“Adjusting the Pincer Pinch” December 2015 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2015/12/02/adjusting-the-pincer-pinch/
“The Crystal Field Theory They Didn’t Teach You in Undergrad” July 2015 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2015/07/10/the-crystal-field-theory-they-didn%E2%80%99t-teach-you-in-undergrad/
“A Cagey Conundrum” March 2015 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2015/03/23/a-cagey-conundrum/
“Molecular Memory in a Long-Lasting Mixed Spin-State Fe(III) Complex” December 2014 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2014/12/05/molecular-memory-in-a-long-lasting-mixed-spin-state-feiii-complex/
“The Rare BH5” September 2014 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2014/09/23/the-rare-bh5/
“Hang Onto Your Carbene” July 2014 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2014/07/09/hang-on-to-your-carbene/
“Tag-Team Luminescence Enlightens Biomolecular Analysis” February 2014 http://blogs.rsc.org/dt/2014/02/18/tag-team-luminescence-enlightens-biomolecular-analysis/