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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks Omar - hope you’re doing well

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks Barry! Hope things are good with you

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Sep 4

I also wrote a brief perspective in @aggregate-journal.bsky.social about the potential of Ostwald ripening for creating nanomaterials onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Ostwald Ripening as a Tool for Controlling Dynamic Nanomaterials

This editorial highlights the potential of controlling Ostwald ripening, the net diffusion of material from smaller to larger particles. Ostwald ripening can occur in any dispersed system and therefo....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Chuffed to have been awarded an #ERCStG to explore how to exploit Ostwald ripening in emulsions. Thanks to everyone who helped me with the application. Look out for postdoc and PhD positions soon! @erc.europa.eu @uobchemistry.bsky.social

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Aug 6

📣 Call for Volunteers - vMASC 📣

Submit your expression of interest to join the vMASC organising committee!

Deadline 📆 18th Aug 2025

Eligibility: full-time researcher (including early career) + member of RSC MASC Interest Group

Find out more on mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/vmas...

vMASC Call to volunteer for the vMASC committee

vMASC: Expression of interest to volunteer for the vMASC committee The organising committee of the virtual Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry We are inviting members of the vMASC community to…

mascgroup.co.uk

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · Aug 3

📣 Call for Abstracts - vMASC 📣

We are currently inviting abstracts from all early-career researchers (Master’s, PhD, PDRA) for oral presentations in 2025/2026 as part of our monthly vMASC seminar series.

Submission deadline 📆 18th Aug 2025

Find out more on mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/vmas...

vMASC Call For Abstracts (for 2025/26)

vMASC Early-Career Seminars: Call for Abstracts The organising committee of the virtual Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (vMASC) seminar series are inviting abstracts from all early-career …

mascgroup.co.uk

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Steve Fletcher @stephenfletcher.bsky.social · Aug 5

Graduate students!
Lecture or poster at the 39th Annual RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium?
Thursday 18 Sept 2025 in Oxford
8 lectures by final-year postgraduate students
Attendance is free (registration mandatory)
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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39th Postgraduate Symposium: Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group

Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, S Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QR, United Kingdom

www.rsc.org

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SynOpen journal @synopenjournal.bsky.social · Jul 15

🔹 Join us for the next #ThiemeCheminar!

Dr. Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham) will present:
“Systems Chemistry of Polymer Nanoparticles”
Dive into the future of materials #science!

📅 July 17 | 🕙 10:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/ThiemeCheminar

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Synthesis Journal @synthesis1969.bsky.social · Jul 10

oin us for a Thieme #Cheminar on Thieme Chemistry Awardees🏆with Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham), Adam Noble (University of Bristol), Allegra Franchino (Durham University)

📅 July 17, 2025 ⏰ 10 AM (CEST)

Sign up today👉 buff.ly/UXDUU4w

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Synlett Journal @synlettjournal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Don't miss our Thieme #Cheminar! We're featuring an exciting lineup of Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardees🏆
• @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham)
• Adam Noble (University of Bristol)
• Allegra Franchino (Durham University)

📅 July 17, 2025 | 10 AM CEST

Register now👉 buff.ly/UXDUU4w

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the spotlight @chemicalscience.rsc.org!

Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · Jun 19

The first #ChemSciReviewers for the June edition is Dr Stephen Fielden from the University of Birmingham.

You can read all about what Stephen enjoys about reviewing and much more here:

🔗 blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...

#ChemSky

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Ben Roberts @benjaminoacid.bsky.social · Feb 24

I’m excited to share that I will be moving to the University of Ulm as a junior group leader and I have a fully-funded open PhD position co-supervised by me and Max von Delius @mvdelius.bsky.social . Apply at [email protected], any shares would be appreciated!

www.bmwrlab.com/work-with-us

Work with us | The Roberts Lab

www.bmwrlab.com

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Feb 24

Happy to have been awarded a 2025 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award. Looking forward to doing more (weird) organic chemistry research with my group! @uobchemistry.bsky.social www.thieme.de/en/thieme-ch...

2025 Awardees - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag

The Thieme Chemistry Journals Award is presented every year to up-and-coming researchers worldwide who are in the early stages of their independent academic career as assistant or junior professors.

www.thieme.de

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Georgia Orton @georgiaorton.bsky.social · Feb 3

Our latest review is out on two of our favourite topics! Here we discuss 'chemistry beyond the framework', highlighting the role that Supramolecular Chemistry plays in Metal–Organic Framework Materials.
doi.org/10.1002/adma... @nchampness.bsky.social

Cartoon representation of a MOF showing various supramolecular interactions and components, including linker-bound metals and catenanes.

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you to @leverhulme.bsky.social for funding my previous fellowship. I've really appreciated the support at such a critical time.

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to be starting my @royalsociety.org Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship at @uobchemistry.bsky.social today. Looking forward to building a research group and doing fun science for the next 8 years!

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jan 16

Please can you add me too? Thanks

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jan 15

Position 2
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Using rotaxanes to develop communication links between polymer nanoparticles at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Using rotaxanes to develop communication links between polymer nanoparticles at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jan 15

Position 1 findaphd.com/phds/project...

Using catalysis to develop communication links between polymer nanoparticles at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Using catalysis to develop communication links between polymer nanoparticles at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

findaphd.com

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jan 15

The PhD projects are flexible and will be tailored to suit your interests. They will focus around using organic chemistry to develop smart nanotechnology.

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jan 15

Come and join my new group! We have two funded PhD positions available in the areas of supramolecular chemistry and polymer nanotechnology. See fieldengroup.net for more details! Reposts much appreciated!

Fielden Group - Nanotechnology Research

We're an interdisciplinary research group led by Dr Stephen Fielden within the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham. We research polymers, nanoparticles and supramolecular chemistry.

fieldengroup.net

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Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social · Jan 7

Please can I be added too!

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