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Sam Van Gele

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PhD Student at in the Lotsch Group working on COF materials for a sustainable future, MPI FKF, Stuttgart 🧪 | Freelance Science Communicator | He/Him 👨‍🔬 | 🏳️‍🌈 https://samvangele.wordpress.com/

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CRC 1333 @crc1333.bsky.social · Aug 26

✨How can science be communicated live in a way that is both entertaining & scientifically precise?✨ #CRC1333 researcher @samvangele.bsky.social & Juliane Braig will be leading a workshop during this year's #fwk25, demonstrating how improv theater can be used in #scicomm.▶️ more: 🔗 bit.ly/4fUJ75w

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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · Aug 4

Everyone needs Science, Science needs Everyone was our slogan at this years Pride! 🎉

We do research together, we celebrate together. Science is better when everyone is seen and valued. 🌈🔬 #InclusiveScience #PrideinSTEM #chemsky

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jul 10

👀👀🤔 - food for thought indeed

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jul 10

I definitely have more ideas in the back of my mind with this format and maybe it will be near you on day! 😁

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jul 10

But also a lot of absurdity in between! 😅 It was definitely a blast and we look forward to the next show

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jul 10

We had scenes where actors tunneled between apartments, where a "discrete" energy lover suddenly shifted a relationship, and where a cold fridge made two characters fall in love (Cooper pairs). The actors were amazing and the crowd left with some understanding of quantum phenomena and its history.

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jul 10

Communicating quantum physics has always been tricky in my mind...but I thought why not try to make it funny? basically, we took the quantum world and let improv actors feel and interpret it on stage. no scripts, just vibes. it’s chaotic, emotional & funny. No equations, just laughs.

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jul 10

We just made the biggest quantum particle ever! 🧪

Well… if you count improv as quantum: all states exist until observed 🎭🌀
Mixing physics and theater for the Quantum Year turned out great! An evening full of laughs, gasps & wavefunction collapses. #SciComm

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jun 19

What a great way to start off #MOFSchool2025. ☀️Fun questions and laughs the entire evening. This must be the nicest location I have ever hosted a quiz night. Thanks @valecolombo.bsky.social @stecanossa.bsky.social 🎉

Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · Jun 17

Lovely evening, @samvangele.bsky.social smashed it as always... And the teams did remarkably well! Very close competition with lots of plot twists! ⚡ #MOFSchool2025

An evening of "reticular pub quiz" on the Como lake. People sit on large fancy cushions on the garden of Villa del Grumello, trying to guess the answer to tricky fun-questions by the quiz master Sam, standing next to a large screen with the quiz going.

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Jun 10

🔬 We celebrated 100 years of quantum physics with a few school visits! We discussed wave-particle duality and tried to understand Spin with over 200 teens!

If you ask them: Quantum is weird, but cool. The next generation of quantum scientists are on their way! 🧠 #Quantum #SciComm

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the modern peer @themodernpeer.com · Apr 22

Don’t shake the tree for a paper.
Climb it to chase the unknown.
That's the point.

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#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience 🧪

The perils of low hanging fruit

The first time I heard the expression "low hanging fruit" in science, I got excited. Simple projects that seem to be straightforward – seemingly untouched by other scientists. Projects you could pluck...

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the modern peer @themodernpeer.com · Apr 8

"Impact factor."
It decides who gets grants, who gets tenure, who gets to stay.

But we are not the sum of skewed metrics.

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#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience 🧪

Law & disorder in academic publishing

Impact factor. The power of this term is unparalleled in academia. The word “impact” by itself is already so profoundly heavy. And second in line to it, would be tenure. I put it in second place, bec...

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · Apr 2

It's here.
Pit in stomach feeling.
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Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Apr 2

Want to print this and share it everywhere! Thank you for this!

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the modern peer @themodernpeer.com · Apr 1

We flatten ourselves to fit in, forgetting that passion is what made us start.
But conformity never sparked a breakthrough.

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The Flattening Soul-Crushing Effect of Cradling Yourself in a Bubble

I was recently at a conference – the friends-and-family kind. International, sure, but mostly populated by academically 'related' researchers. A chance to get all together, talk about new projects, sh...

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the modern peer @themodernpeer.com · Mar 25

Once again, reviewer #2 makes you wonder if they even read the paper. How do you stay (relatively) sane when addressing peer-reviewer comments?

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How to survive reviewers' comments. No, it's a question.

At times, critique could be mistaken as criticism, even though it’s not meant to be. Still, even critique is difficult to deal with. With time, I learned to ask “What is the intention behind this co...

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CRC 1333 @crc1333.bsky.social · Mar 18

#CRC1333 doctoral researchers Alina Bauer, Liam Rautenbach, Fabian Heck, and @samvangele.bsky.social attended the Spring Symposium by @gdch.bsky.social Junges Chemie Forum in Münster (March 12-15, 2025) where Fabian had the great opportunity to present his latest paper. ▶️more here: 🔗bit.ly/3FC9Upb

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Mar 18

Does anyone check citations on research papers? What happens if one is wrong? 🤔

Check out my latest piece for @themodernpeer.com ⬇️

#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #chemsky

the modern peer @themodernpeer.com · Mar 18

A claim gets misquoted, a source misread, and suddenly, a whole research thread is built on something that was never actually there.

Check out the latest blog post by
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Wild citations and where to find them

Citations are crucial to academia. For me, they’re the literal way of saying, “I stand on the shoulders of giants.” They allow us to build on existing knowledge, floor by floor, forming an ever-growin...

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CRC 1333 @crc1333.bsky.social · Mar 18

👏 Congratulations to @samvangele.bsky.social who has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most promising young scientists at the Inflection Award for his outstanding work on Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction.

➡️ More here: 🔗 bit.ly/4kLpBKO
#crc1333

Congratulations to CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Samuel van Gele for winning the 2025 Inflection Award! - Collaborative Research Center 1333

We are very happy to announce that Samuel Van Gele, a doctoral researcher within the CRC1333, has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most promising young scientists at the Inflection Award, for ...

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Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research @mpifkf.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations Sam van Gele (@samvangele.bsky.social) on receiving the 2025 Inflection Award for his outstanding work on Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. Read more at: www.fkf.mpg.de/8659099/2025...

Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Mar 13

Humbled to be named one of the 30 best young scientists working on climate solutions and to stand alongside such an incredible cohort of researchers pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. 🌍

Being in Paris for the Inflection Award was an amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Mar 12

🔓 Open Access means open access…right? 🧐

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-ND...
In my latest piece for themodernpeer, I break down what I wish I knew before starting my PhD: the alphabet soup of OA licenses and why they matter. 📚📝

Check it out here:👉 shorturl.at/n6vcx

#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

Open Access ≠ Open Access - Navigating the License Alphabet

Publishing Open Access (OA) has always been something important to me. It stems from my utopian belief that science should be for everyone and that the funders (taxpayers) should have access to it. Mo...

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Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Mar 1

That was such a wonderful piece and just a nice gulp of fresh air 🌍

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Lotsch Group @lotschgroup.bsky.social · Feb 20

What can we capture with COFs next? Check out this piece featuring our recent study led by Andrés Rodríguez-Camargo on sunlight capture boosted by smart COF functionalizations!

www.e-conversion.de/smart-synthe...

How smart synthesis improves sun catchers

Getting more out of energy materials: Researchers at e-conversion have recently taken a significant step toward this goal. The research team, led by Prof. Bettina Lotsch, Professor at the Max Planck I...

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Sam Van Gele @samvangele.bsky.social · Feb 20

How thick can we make oriented COF films? 🤔

Check out our recent work that looks at synthesizing micrometre-thick 2D COF films. ⬇️🧪

This project reminded that me that collaborations can be really cool and help you meet awesome scientists along the way. 🌍

#chemsky

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Synthesis of micrometre-thick oriented 2D covalent organic framework films by a kinetic polymerization pathway - Nature Synthesis

Micrometre-thick oriented 2D covalent organic framework (COF) films are prepared via kinetically trapped 3D covalent adaptable network (CAN) intermediates. Imine-linked CANs are formed through solutio...