MehtaLab
@mehtalab.bsky.social
scientist, canadian living in the UK, Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Tutorial Fellow at Trinity College, interested in main group chemistry and sustainable catalysis
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Catalytic Nitrous Oxide Degradation with Group 15 Clusters
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is sometimes referred to as the forgotten greenhouse gas, but ignoring it would be a mistake. N2O has a greenhouse warming potential 300× that of CO2, and anthropogenic emissions a...
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Check out recent work from the Mehta group published in @jacs.acspublications.org! In this work we find that low-valent clusters can tap into a -1/+1 redox cycle!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
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@erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
Check out this computational work on understanding [P7] cluster dynamics!
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Dynamic Behavior of the P73– Cluster and Its Derivatives with Main-Group and Transition Metal Fragments
The mobility of main-group and transition metal fragments on the surface of a phosphorus cluster, P73–, has been explored using density functional theory. The naked P73– cluster undergoes rapid exchan...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Check out this computational work on understanding [P7] cluster dynamics!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Great to see this collaborative work out in @natureportfolio.nature.com , led by Michael James @manchester.ac.uk and James Douglas @astra-zeneca.bsky.social
Congrats to Ethan Lim and everyone involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemistry #Collaboration #AcademicIndustry #compchem
Congrats to Ethan Lim and everyone involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemistry #Collaboration #AcademicIndustry #compchem
Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion - Nature Synthesis
Radical chain initiation strategies are fundamental to the synthesis of small molecule drugs and macromolecular materials. Here a general, thermally driven and scalable method for reductive initiation...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great to see this collaborative work out in @natureportfolio.nature.com , led by Michael James @manchester.ac.uk and James Douglas @astra-zeneca.bsky.social
Congrats to Ethan Lim and everyone involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemistry #Collaboration #AcademicIndustry #compchem
Congrats to Ethan Lim and everyone involved!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemistry #Collaboration #AcademicIndustry #compchem
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Thrilled to share the work of @clarencetankl.bsky.social and @antorna.bsky.social on elevating #sodium mediated deprotonative #borylation to #catalytic regimes with an insightful #mechanistic study in collaboration with Max Garcia Melchor @pubs.acs.org @unibe.ch
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October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thrilled to share the work of @clarencetankl.bsky.social and @antorna.bsky.social on elevating #sodium mediated deprotonative #borylation to #catalytic regimes with an insightful #mechanistic study in collaboration with Max Garcia Melchor @pubs.acs.org @unibe.ch
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We are seeking a motivated candidate to apply for the prestigious Bicentenary PhD Scholarship at the University of Manchester👩🔬🧑🔬
Interested applicants should contact me at [email protected]. We welcome applications from the UK and worldwide🗺️
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested applicants should contact me at [email protected]. We welcome applications from the UK and worldwide🗺️
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] New Electrosynthetic Strategies to Nitrile Covalent Warheads, and Their Application to the Development of Electrochemically-Activated Prodrugs for Targeted Drug-Delivery at The ...
PhD Project - [FSE Bicentenary PhD] New Electrosynthetic Strategies to Nitrile Covalent Warheads, and Their Application to the Development of Electrochemically-Activated Prodrugs for Targeted Drug-De...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are seeking a motivated candidate to apply for the prestigious Bicentenary PhD Scholarship at the University of Manchester👩🔬🧑🔬
Interested applicants should contact me at [email protected]. We welcome applications from the UK and worldwide🗺️
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Interested applicants should contact me at [email protected]. We welcome applications from the UK and worldwide🗺️
Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
absolutely delighted to have been awarded one of these prizes! Thanks to the @leverhulme.ac.uk for their generous support, and congrats to all other prize winners!
The Trust is thrilled to announce the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners. Congratulations to this year’s cohort. Thirty extraordinary researchers from across a range of disciplines: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
absolutely delighted to have been awarded one of these prizes! Thanks to the @leverhulme.ac.uk for their generous support, and congrats to all other prize winners!
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It has been an honour and privilege to co-write this piece in honour of Bob!
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(Want to know how many papers Bob has in his self-curated digital reference library that he started in 1989? The answer will surprise you! Read the article to find out 😉)
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(Want to know how many papers Bob has in his self-curated digital reference library that he started in 1989? The answer will surprise you! Read the article to find out 😉)
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It has been an honour and privilege to co-write this piece in honour of Bob!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
(Want to know how many papers Bob has in his self-curated digital reference library that he started in 1989? The answer will surprise you! Read the article to find out 😉)
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
(Want to know how many papers Bob has in his self-curated digital reference library that he started in 1989? The answer will surprise you! Read the article to find out 😉)
The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
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September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
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Alessandro Bismuto, University of Bonn, and colleagues have synthesized and characterized three- and four-membered heterocyclic rings containing Sb₂- or Bi₂-units, obtained from heavy dipnictenes (Sb=Sb, Bi=Bi) and different azides
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Synthesis and Reactivity of Heavy Azadipnictiridines and Stabilized-Iminobismuthane - ChemistryViews
Synthesis and Reactivity of Heavy Azadipnictiridines
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August 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Alessandro Bismuto, University of Bonn, and colleagues have synthesized and characterized three- and four-membered heterocyclic rings containing Sb₂- or Bi₂-units, obtained from heavy dipnictenes (Sb=Sb, Bi=Bi) and different azides
www.chemistryviews.org/synthesis-an...
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A new chapter in Small Inorganic Ring 💍🧪in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
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Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
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Azadistibiridines and Stabilised-iminobismuthane: Reactivity of Small Inorganic Rings in Heavy Main Group Chemistry
Small organic rings are important molecular entities that have long played a crucial role in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Similarly, small inorganic rings have shown promise in promoting...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A new chapter in Small Inorganic Ring 💍🧪in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Check out recent work from the Mehta group published in @jacs.acspublications.org! In this work we find that low-valent clusters can tap into a -1/+1 redox cycle!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
Catalytic Nitrous Oxide Degradation with Group 15 Clusters
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is sometimes referred to as the forgotten greenhouse gas, but ignoring it would be a mistake. N2O has a greenhouse warming potential 300× that of CO2, and anthropogenic emissions a...
pubs.acs.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Check out recent work from the Mehta group published in @jacs.acspublications.org! In this work we find that low-valent clusters can tap into a -1/+1 redox cycle!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@erc.europa.eu @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
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We have an opening in our institute at #EPFL for a tenure-track assistant professor position.
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July 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We have an opening in our institute at #EPFL for a tenure-track assistant professor position.
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Oxford University is proud to be one of nine leading UK universities offering fully funded Master’s degrees through the Spärck AI Scholarships, supporting study in AI and STEM.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Oxford University is proud to be one of nine leading UK universities offering fully funded Master’s degrees through the Spärck AI Scholarships, supporting study in AI and STEM.
Read more from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology ⬇️
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Read more from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology ⬇️
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
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Details found here👇
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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Breaking bonds at tin(II)! We've had a look at the spectrum of bond addition reactions, from reductive (Be-Be) to oxidative (Cl-Cl), and everything in between (B-B, B-H, H-H)
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Breaking Bonds at Tin(II): Reductive or Oxidative Addition?
Here, the addition of H–H, Be–Be, B–B, and B–H bonds to SnII is studied by experimental and theoretical means. We report the first examples of B–B and Be–Be bond additions to a main group metal centr...
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June 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Breaking bonds at tin(II)! We've had a look at the spectrum of bond addition reactions, from reductive (Be-Be) to oxidative (Cl-Cl), and everything in between (B-B, B-H, H-H)
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social @maxdietz.bsky.social @amelia-swarbrook.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social @maxdietz.bsky.social @amelia-swarbrook.bsky.social
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If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you.
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This award is designed to support successful career progression in academia. Flexible funding can be used for research or research-adjacent activities.
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Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome
Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you.
This award is designed to support successful career progression in academia. Flexible funding can be used for research or research-adjacent activities.
Learn more and apply ⤵️
This award is designed to support successful career progression in academia. Flexible funding can be used for research or research-adjacent activities.
Learn more and apply ⤵️
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Countries must cooperate to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become the top destination for scientists, says Maria M. Mota
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Europe can capture the US brain drain — if it acts fast
Countries must cooperate to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become the top destination for scientists.
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May 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Countries must cooperate to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become the top destination for scientists, says Maria M. Mota
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May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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We're recruiting a PDRA to work with our team at Oxford Chemistry @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social ! If you are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry and catalysis research, Apply!
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May 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We're recruiting a PDRA to work with our team at Oxford Chemistry @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social ! If you are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry and catalysis research, Apply!
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We’re looking for talented postdocs! Join our group in Birmingham in the brand-new Molecular Sciences Building @uobchemistry.bsky.social 🧪 Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to work with us on cutting-edge metallopeptide design.
Get in touch to discuss ideas! #MSCA #postdoc #chemistry
Get in touch to discuss ideas! #MSCA #postdoc #chemistry
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We’re looking for talented postdocs! Join our group in Birmingham in the brand-new Molecular Sciences Building @uobchemistry.bsky.social 🧪 Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to work with us on cutting-edge metallopeptide design.
Get in touch to discuss ideas! #MSCA #postdoc #chemistry
Get in touch to discuss ideas! #MSCA #postdoc #chemistry
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Come be my colleague! @uvic.ca is hiring for an Assistant Professor in physical and/or inorganic chemistry.
The department is super collegial, and Victoria is a great place to live. If you/someone you know fits the bill, we’d love to hear from you!
#facultychemjobs
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The department is super collegial, and Victoria is a great place to live. If you/someone you know fits the bill, we’d love to hear from you!
#facultychemjobs
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April 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Come be my colleague! @uvic.ca is hiring for an Assistant Professor in physical and/or inorganic chemistry.
The department is super collegial, and Victoria is a great place to live. If you/someone you know fits the bill, we’d love to hear from you!
#facultychemjobs
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The department is super collegial, and Victoria is a great place to live. If you/someone you know fits the bill, we’d love to hear from you!
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🚨PDRA position available
Applications for a 2 yr postdoc working on "TM-like" main group chemistry now formally open, deadline April 29th.
Full details in the link below, & happy to answer any questions.
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Applications for a 2 yr postdoc working on "TM-like" main group chemistry now formally open, deadline April 29th.
Full details in the link below, & happy to answer any questions.
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
AP12594 Research Associate in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry - Jobs at Bath
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April 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨PDRA position available
Applications for a 2 yr postdoc working on "TM-like" main group chemistry now formally open, deadline April 29th.
Full details in the link below, & happy to answer any questions.
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
Applications for a 2 yr postdoc working on "TM-like" main group chemistry now formally open, deadline April 29th.
Full details in the link below, & happy to answer any questions.
Please share with anyone who might be interested!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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We have an open 3rd year Research Associate position in the group to work on heterometallic complexes for C–H activation. Come join us and have fun playing with metals. Deadline to apply is 3rd of April. More details here. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ763/r...
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We have an open 3rd year Research Associate position in the group to work on heterometallic complexes for C–H activation. Come join us and have fun playing with metals. Deadline to apply is 3rd of April. More details here. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ763/r...