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Martijn Zwijnenburg
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Engineer pretending to be a Computational Chemist working on how light and stuff interact at University College London - husband of @jelfschem.bsky.social - all views are my own 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧
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Now so many people have joined bluesky recently, I thought I would reintroduce myself

I'm Martijn, 🇳🇱 & 🇬🇧, living in the 🇬🇧, and working in the area of computational materials chemistry at University College London.

#chemsky #compchem
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and my new view is that if an LLM can do it, it’s a task or form or piece of paperwork that doesn’t need to and shouldn’t exist.
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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I still have one PhD position available for Oct 2026 - see below for more details.
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Great to see/hear the latest research in all aspects of physical chemistry at the Faraday Community Poster Symposium at @rsc.org Burlington House today. Can report that the future of physical chemistry looking very healthy! #ChemSky
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Happy to be attending this year’s Faraday Community Poster Symposium organised by @rsc.org
A full day of flash poster presentations celebrating the latest in physical chemistry research
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I’m recruiting a PhD student through the UCL EPSRC Landscape Award (UELA) to work on machine learning models for excited-state properties in molecular organic crystals.

🔗 Project details: ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2026-27-proj...

🔗 UELA scheme: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPF708/5...
Developing Machine Learning Models for Excited States Properties in Molecular Organic Crystals
ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Are you looking for an exciting project to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules?

We have an postdoctoral opening at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Deadline 15-Dec-25.

Find out more at www.hughburton.com

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR288/r...
Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry at UCL
Apply now for the Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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With early-career and established scientists in attendance, from different sub-disciplines of theoretical and computational chemistry, our @faradaydiscussions.rsc.org #FD_ExcitedStates is an ideal forum to share what you’re working on.

Submit an oral abstract: rsc.li/excitedstates-fd2026 #ChemSky
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In our recent paper in Nanoscale (doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...) we find that the optical properties of the ligand terminated zincblende cadmium sulfide nanoparticles we study strongly depend on the exact nature of the ligands. (1/N) #chemsky #compchem
Our work discussing GW-BSE calculations on CdS zincblende 'quantum dots' is now published in Nanoscale pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #compchem
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Our work discussing GW-BSE calculations on CdS zincblende 'quantum dots' is now published in Nanoscale pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #compchem
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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📢PhD available in our group focusing on "Synthesis & optimisation of stimuli responsive MOFs in flow" Based in Sch Chemistry & iPRD @UniLeeds. Start date: 1st Oct 2026. ⏰️App deadline 30th Jan. Please repost to spread the word 🙏 #chemsky #phdjobs Come join us! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
Synthesis and Optimisation of Stimuli Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks in Flow | Andrea Laybourn
Interested in #flowchemistry? #crystallography? #MOFs? 📣 Fully funded PhD available in our group 📣Title: Synthesis and Optimisation of Stimuli Responsive MOFs in Flow Based in the School of Chemistr...
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Interesting Thomas Graham lecture on plastic electronics by Prof. Bob Schroeder in advance of tonight's annual @uclchemistry.bsky.social lab dinner. #chemsky
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Interesting @thomasyoungcentre.bsky.social seminar this afternoon at UCL on machine learning forcefields by Alexandre Tkatchenko #compchem
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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More blog catchup: a closer look at the “no need to stir a lot of organic chemistry reactions” data. This topic gets bench chemists all . . . Well, you know:
Reaction Stirring, Part Two
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Reminder that the deadline to apply to these PDRA positions is 11th November.
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Congratulations to Teo Cobas Freire from the Shluger group on passing his PhD viva this afternoon!

Many thanks to Chiara Gattinoni for sharing the work of examining Teo's thesis.

#compchem
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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What a great paper from Stefan Grimme's group describing a new and improved database of solvation free energies and partition coefficients. And, so nice to see SMD still holding its own, lo these 16 years later... 😄 #ChemSky #CompChem
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good @thomasyoungcentre.bsky.social symposium this afternoon on the modelling of battery cathodes and solid-state electrolytes.

Thanks to Marie-Liesse, Alex and Ben for coming to London and present their work.

#chemsky #compchem
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Next Thursday afternoon, 30/10, the @thomasyoungcentre.bsky.social is organising a symposium in London on modelling battery materials with as speakers Marie-Liesse Doublet (Montpellier), Alex Squires (Birmingham) and Benjamin Morgan (Bath).
TYC Symposium: Batteries - THOMAS YOUNG CENTRE
Marie-Liesse Doublet, Montpelier - The Mirage of Anionic Redox for High-Energy Batteries Alexander Squires, Birmingham - Mixed-anion NaTaOxCl6-2x oxychlorides: From crystalline to amorphous networks f...
thomasyoungcentre.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Researchers in next generation #batteries -- last few days to get together an abstract for the Faraday Discussion conference/journal.
Get your latest research in front of peers and leading experts.
Our Faraday Discussion #FD_Batteries will focus on Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) on reactive lithium metal anodes and beyond – drive the conversation with your research.
Submit an oral abstract ➡️ rsc.li/batteries-fd2026
#ChemSky
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A good couple of days catching up on the latest Turbomole developments in beautiful Augsburg #compchem
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Delighted to have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize from @leverhulme.ac.uk thank you for the recognition and support from the Trust throughout my career, and to my collaborators, colleagues and all the researchers who worked in the group ❤️
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Congratulations to Eimear on passing her PhD viva this afternoon! Thanks to Keith Butler and Alex Ganose for examining.

#compchem #chemsky
October 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🚨 Three PDRA posts @imperialchemistry.bsky.social with me + collaborators to transform materials discovery.

Focus:
💻 Comp Chem
🤖 AI in Chem
🧠 Neurosymbolic Learning

🗓️ Apply by 11 Nov 2025
🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DPB378 (click "Apply" to find individual post details)

#chemsky #compchem #chempostdoc
Research Associate positions in Computational Chemistry, AI in Chemistry, and in Neurosymbolic Learning for Chemistry at Imperial College London
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate positions in Computational Chemistry, AI in Chemistry, and in Neurosymbolic Learning for Chemistry is available, as advertised on jobs.a...
jobs.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM