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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jun 21

But he twirls himself into a double strand now and then in that video…

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jun 20

New group picture 🤩

Group picture with 9 people in front of wooden wall. Some pretty sun rays.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Apr 17

Can’t recommend this enough. This particular series and the podcast including their patreon.

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Apr 17

New episode! On @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social, the great @adriandaub.bsky.social and I return to our examination of the Nazis’ first year in power. It’s part two of our new series, Project 1933: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Episode 70 -- Project 1933, Part II: March 15 to April 15

Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 04/17/2025 · 1h 18m

podcasts.apple.com

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Apr 10

„What’s the origin of the complex exciton emission/absorption profile of 2D halide perovskites?“ I hear you asking. Join my early-bird (8:15 am 🥱) presentation tomorrow at #S25MRS to find out. Also stay for great talks by @aimsduke.bsky.social, Claudio Quarti and others.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Apr 5

Pictures from #HandsOff protests in New York (NY), Chicago (IL), Salt Lake City (UT), and St. Paul (MN).

The opposition is waking up!

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Dutch famously don’t have a protest culture. What made me happy yesterday was to see many of our students join the protests. Several told me it was the first demonstration they had ever seen in Enschede. Hope this inspired many that democracy is more than voting.

Monica Morales-Masis @mmoralesmasis.bsky.social · Mar 25

The protests against the proposed budget cuts in higher education in The Netherlands keep on going. Yesterday we had our turn at the University of Twente. And look who I found in the crowd: Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social representing 💪

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Mar 3

Generationally the Millennials are a liberal democracy sandwich on Hitler bread.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Feb 27

Wait what? They must be teenagers by now.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Feb 20

I’m in Oxford to visit Marina Filip and talk about projects, but first things first 🤓

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Feb 14

I would have never thought that something like this would happen. The one thing that gives me optimism right now are the many great colleagues who are speaking out and the students who are calling out bs when they see it. /3

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Feb 14

The fallout of this decision is immense. I don’t want to spell it out here since I hope it is obvious what this means for the people who were laid off, their students and team members, and those that are now asked to clean up the mess that our management is responsible for. /2

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Feb 14

Yes, this happened. Chemistry is affected most badly, but also other departments. Most of the PIs that were laid off had active groups, were publishing, receiving grants, teaching, and doing everything else we are told to do to be seen as valuable members of the academic community /1

Vittorio Saggiomo @vsaggiomo.bsky.social · Feb 14

Maybe with all that is going on in the states no one noticed, but in the Netherlands the university of Twente has fired 46 people from the chem department. One of them is Jeroen Cornelissen. A giant in the field #chemsky www.utoday.nl/news/75215/p...

Professor Jeroen Cornelissen: 'It could have been more humane'

Professor Jeroen Cornelissen was employed by the UT for no less than 16 years. Until last Monday. His entire department will disappear as of 1 June. His particular concern: what about the students and...

www.utoday.nl

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jan 22

Dr. Pierre Lechifflart giving a fantastic talk about our work on excitons in 2D double perovskites at #nwophysics2025 #compchemsky

A photo of Pierre Lechifflart presenting his research. The slide in the background shows photos of single crystal powders of several 2D perovskites and calculated excitonic properties.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jan 17

Some of the #compchemsky DFT calculations in this paper were performed by Sebastian Reyes-Lillo, the master of strain, from Universidad Andres Bello in Chile, who’s not on Bluesky though.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jan 17

It was amazing to be involved in this collab. I’ve been dreaming about epitaxial halide perovskites since 2016, and now @mmoralesmasis.bsky.social can make them. Think of all the fun things that can be done with this 🥳

Monica Morales-Masis @mmoralesmasis.bsky.social · Jan 17

Super proud of this work! Epitaxial growth of halide perovskites at room temperature by PLD: Beautiful reciprocal space maps 🤩, nice strain calculations by @hybridlinn.bsky.social 💫 and co., and optoelectronic characterization together with Czech Acad. Sci., AMOLF and U. of Oxford. #ERCStGCREATE

Nature Synthesis @natsynth.nature.com · Jan 17

Now online:

Article by Junia S. Solomon, @mmoralesmasis.bsky.social & co-workers

Room-temperature epitaxy of α-CH3NH3PbI3 halide perovskite by pulsed laser deposition

nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#chemsky

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jan 16

I can’t even begin to describe what David Lynch’s movies and, yes, Twin Peaks, mean to me. Opened a whole new world when I was in my early twenties. Beloved strangeness.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Jan 16

No 😢

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jan 16

BREAKING: David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind "Blue Velvet," "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," has died at 78. apnews.com/article/davi...

Photo of David Lynch. Text: David Lynch, 1946-2025

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Ioana M. ILIE @biosim-lab.bsky.social · Jan 8

To celebrate the debut of 2025, it's my pleasure to announce the next edition of our online PhD+ seminar series with talks by Clint van Hoesel from @tueindhoven.bsky.social and Fabian Lie from @utwente.bsky.social
Subscribe for the Zoom link kncv-ctc-phdplus-seminars.nl
@hybridlinn.bsky.social

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Dec 21

Academic publishers: it is an absolute no-go to send a review request on 20 December with a deadline of 25 December, followed by an out-of-office message as a response to my email requesting time until 6 January.

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Linn Leppert @hybridlinn.bsky.social · Dec 18

Impressions from our festive end-of-the-year group meeting. Yes, bandstructures are excellent for holding Xmas decorations. You just need the right dispersion.