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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · Jun 8

#ukchemjobs #facultychemjobs

Adam Clancy @clancylab.bsky.social · Jun 5

Only 19 days left to apply for the UCL Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship (=Assist Prof). A great tenured job in a country not actively decimating its academic research landscape🇬🇧

Others have shared the advert, so instead let me introduce your amazing potential future colleages

#Chemsky #chemjobs

Academic Staff

We have a diverse and international faculty engaged in a broad spectrum of research, we promote excellence and strive to inspire through challenging teaching.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 30

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“It proved an American misstep, fueled by xenophobia, that would forever alter the global balance of power.”

Kathleen Kingsbury, the editor of Times Opinion, tells the cautionary story of a Chinese scientist who was deported from the U.S. during the Cold War.

Opinion | The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History

www.nytimes.com

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Martin Rahm @rahmlab.bsky.social · Mar 29

#PhDposition in Computational #Astrobiology & #QuantumChemistry! Join us at Chalmers in 🇸🇪. Collab with NASA's JPL and @starsarecalling.bsky.social in 🇺🇸. @astrobiology.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @bluemarblespace.bsky.social #chemsky #compchem
www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha...

Vacancies

www.chalmers.se

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Mar 27

🧪 Update: Speaker list announced!

Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).

Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bios for Mary Feeney, Theresa Harris, Amanda Fuchs Miller, Carrie Wolinetz, and Jesus Ramirez-Valles

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Jakoah Brgoch @brgoch.bsky.social · Mar 17

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social's meme game is as good as his science!

Aron ⇋ e⁻ @aronwalsh.github.io · Mar 17

I feel seen. @robertpalgrave.bsky.social speaking sense at the @aichemyhub.bsky.social conference #CompChem #ChemSky

Conference presentation containing a meme related to AI chemists being attracted to new materials

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, C @jmaterchem.rsc.org · Mar 13

⏰ Not long until the submission deadline for this exciting cross-journal collection, Guest Edited by @brgoch.bsky.social, @virtualatoms.bsky.social, @molecularxtal.bsky.social, Kedar Hippalgaonkar and David Scanlon.

Full details on the scope and submission process at blogs.rsc.org/jm/2024/11/2...

Call for papers: Frontiers in materials discovery - innovations and challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Submit by 28 March 2025.

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André K. Isaacs @drdre4000.bsky.social · Feb 21

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay.

They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence!
Mustard on the [Be][At] bro.

Happy Black History Month!

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · Feb 15

Reminder: If you're newer-ish to BlueSky and want to find the accounts that a lot of the people you follow, follow, you can go here: bsky-follow-finder.theo.io. Enter your handle and have it analyze. I particularly like the "sort by proportion," which will get a lot of ppl related to your interests.

Bluesky Network Analyzer

Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.

bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

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Research Corporation for Science Advancement @rescorp.org · Feb 12

RCSA has named 16 early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2025 #CottrellScholar Awards. Each awardee receives $120,000. Congratulations to this distinguished class!

RCSA Welcomes 2025 Class of Cottrell Scholars

Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America's first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named 16 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2025 ...

rescorp.org

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Aron ⇋ e⁻ @aronwalsh.github.io · Feb 12

My two most common editorial suggestions for manuscripts I handle are: (i) improve writing style by avoiding exaggerated terms, and (ii) ensure machine learning studies include a repository for reproducibility and reuse of models and data #EditorLife #ChemSky

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Philip Bulsink 🇨🇦 @philip.bulsink.ca · Feb 10

I've taken a tiny step against facism by making a backup of the Department of Energy (NREL, specifically) Laboratory Analytical Procedure documents that I use periodically at work. I can't promise to track document updates or anything, but at least if these are deleted we'll have something. #ChemSky

GitHub - pbulsink/NREL-LAP: A Backup of NREL LAP documents.

A Backup of NREL LAP documents. Contribute to pbulsink/NREL-LAP development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · Feb 9

Tragic.

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · Feb 5

Attn: 🇨🇦 undergrads + new grads seeking hands-on experience in #AI for science w/top researchers at #UofT this summer ☀️. Be part of a team speeding up the discovery of new materials (eg: life-saving drugs, better batteries, biodegradable plastics). Apply now 🔗 acceleration.utoronto.ca/programs/surp

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Seán Kavanagh @kavanaghsean.bsky.social · Feb 4

The latest version of 𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙙 (and 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝑵𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌), our defect modelling python packages, have been released!

Incl:
- Major efficiency updates
- Advanced defect/carrier thermodynamics w/custom constraints
- Auto shallow defect handling
- CC diagram generation
...🧵👇

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Gayatri Viswanathan @chemviswanathan.bsky.social · Jan 25

Abstract submission is open for the 2025 North American Solid State Chemistry Conference (NASSCC)! The event will be held at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa on July 28-31, 2025. 👩🏾‍🔬🌽👨🏼‍🔬
Check out the website for more details: group.chem.iastate.edu/Kovnir/NASSC...
#NASSCC2025 #solidstatechem

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Jakoah Brgoch @brgoch.bsky.social · Jan 20

Snow days used to be fun! Prepping the lab (and home) for worst case scenario…again. We have this down to an art. #houston

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Jakoah Brgoch @brgoch.bsky.social · Jan 12

Running - yes, but it has been for a while. I think LLMs etc just made it easier than GUIs already made it. But that doesn’t mean interpreting the results is any easier - and this accessibility could make it more challenging imho. I still see the most basic mistakes.

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Jakoah Brgoch @brgoch.bsky.social · Jan 5

I made it to #BioSphere2 for the #MateriAlZwinterschool. Thank you @christinabirkel.bsky.social for the invitation. I'm excited to spend the week with talented undergrads from across the country and get to talk about Materials and Chemistry!

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Ron Smaldone @ronsmaldone.bsky.social · Dec 17

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Sven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · Dec 14

#chemsky

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · Dec 14

When I was a young writer, I received a LOT of rejections. Now, after decades of hard work, I am no longer young.

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Jakoah Brgoch @brgoch.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Dr Bee Hockin @beehockin.bsky.social · Dec 6

Since PCCP doesn't have a BlueSky account just yet, I'm promoting some #PCCP content on #ChemSky

Do you know an emerging physical chemist who deserves recognition? Nominations are now open for the 2025 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship!

Nominate here: www.rsc.org/journals-boo...

An RSC-branded graphic "Who will you nominate for the PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship? Join in - nominate your winner by 5th April 2025"

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Saeed Amirjalayer @samirjalayer.bsky.social · Dec 4

Multiple PhD positions available
in our group in the field of computational and theoretical chemistry

Feel free to forward the info and please apply via

[email protected]

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Dr Anna Regoutz @bluebananna.bsky.social · Dec 5

Start of another day of #F24MRS and thick snow on the 30th+ floor of my hotel ❄️ Energy levels are somewhat running low at this point of the week and it’s tempting to crawl back into bed and watch the snow fall, but plenty of great science still to come 💪 #KeepGoing #TravellingScientist

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Dec 5

The critical elements include gallium, germanium, antimony and ‘superhard materials’ such as diamond, cubic boron nitride and other related materials.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/china-b...

China bans sale of three critical elements and ‘superhard materials’ to the US

Export bans on gallium, germanium and antimony could hit semiconductor and weapons manufacturers heard

www.chemistryworld.com

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