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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Aug 28

Only two more weeks, don't miss your chance to re-connect with your scientific family! Sign up at www.chem25.co.uk and join us for a fun day in Bath @bathchem.bsky.social

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University of Bath Chemistry @bathchem.bsky.social · Aug 8

🎉 Join us in celebrating 25 years of Chemistry in 1 South
@uniofbath.bsky.social
! Reconnect with friends, enjoy alumni talks, street food & music 🌞🎶

📅 12 Sept | £20/£10
🎁 Register early to ensure you reserve a limited edition Chem@25 mug!
👉 chem25.co.uk
#Chem25 #BathAlumni

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sitting in the sun in a café in Bedminster with an alcohol-free beer reviewing an excellent paper that is a pleasure to read in every sentence. Sometimes this job is pretty f*ing good

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yesss!!

The @uniofbath.bsky.social has been ranked 8th in the UK Complete University Guide 2026, and 132nd (of >8000 insitutions!) in the 2026 Global QS University rankings 🥳🥂

Proud to be working with so many dedicated colleagues - onwards and upwards!

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Long climbing session or extended motorbike ride (weather-depending)

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · May 20

@bathchem.bsky.social we care 😊

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · May 20

Tutoring and academic advising of UG students is one of these things we do that can take up quite a bit of time without any visible effects, so it's very gratifying to find notes like this lovely little card under my door this morning - thank you, that's made my day!! #chemsky #education

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · May 16

What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Apr 9

Go Barbara!! 💪

@bath-iscc.bsky.social

BBC News - UK first water monitoring centre may help avoid future pandemics - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK first water monitoring centre may help avoid future pandemics

The data could be used to alert public health teams of new outbreaks.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Apr 4

Nice to see our work with @muldoonlab.bsky.social and @verakrewald.bsky.social on Ru-catalysed aerobic olefin epoxidation listed in #ChemSciMostPopular catalysis articles 🤠

doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...

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Scott Research Group @scottchemistry.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨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...

AP12594 Research Associate in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry - Jobs at Bath

research associate

www.bath.ac.uk

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 26

Many thanks to @wellerchemyork.bsky.social and Mike Whittlesey for examining a hefty thesis 💪

#PhDone @bathchem.bsky.social

Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 26

Very proud of Adam Khan who passed his viva yesterday! Another @dreamfacility.bsky.social survisor and #FlowNMR warrior released into the wild 🤠

His detailed work on the mechanism of reductive amination with @syngenta.bsky.social and meticulous qNMR methods (all to be published soon) paid off!

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 26

👀 open to international applicants 🌍

Deadline 27th April

Any Qs email me 👍

Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 26

📣 #chemsky #phdjobs:
We still have one PhD project @dreamfacility.bsky.social and @bath-iscc.bsky.social to fill for October!

Like #FlowNMR and kinetics? Come to @bathchem.bsky.social and work with @astrazeneca.bsky.social to develop the most advanced solution to understanding catalytic mechanisms:

Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms at the Push of a Button at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms at the Push of a Button at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 25

While UK universities are still charities it is true that the introduction of fees have not helped the system, and the issues pointed out in that article amplify some of the problems that come with the commercialisation of research and education

Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

As foretold by John Niven in "The F*ck-It List" ...

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

It is very noticeable in the UK right now, so I'm curious whether that extends to Switzerland too?

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 20

academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities

You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

academic.oup.com

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 19

Just going to put this out here for #chemsky....

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and
the rise of bullshit jobs in universities:

www.moderna.ih.csic.es/fmi/xsl/fehm...

Comments?

www.moderna.ih.csic.es

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Just like #brexit

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Ouch. Better use Zoom?

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Cracking project #chemsky, if you're an inorganic chemistry PhD looking to do something new and exciting get ready to apply ⬇️

Scott Research Group @scottchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 12

📣Upcoming postdoc position📢

Thanks to @leverhulme.bsky.social we will soon be recruiting a new PDRA to study some unusual redox-active Lewis acid chemistry.
Full advert to follow soon, but in the meantime please feel free to get in touch if interested!

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Mar 3

Deadline tomorrow - don't miss it!!

Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

There's still time to apply! Come and work at a world-leading facility in a beautiful location as part of a dynamic team
#chemsky @dreamfacility.bsky.social @bathchem.bsky.social @bath-iscc.bsky.social

Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

#chemsky #postdocjobs
We have an exciting 2y postdoc position @dreamfacility.bsky.social funded by SCHEMA. Join Matt, Sourav and my team to combine #FlowNMR with #datascience @bath-iscc.bsky.social and apply by 4th March:

www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

There's still time to apply! Come and work at a world-leading facility in a beautiful location as part of a dynamic team
#chemsky @dreamfacility.bsky.social @bathchem.bsky.social @bath-iscc.bsky.social

Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · Feb 11

#chemsky #postdocjobs
We have an exciting 2y postdoc position @dreamfacility.bsky.social funded by SCHEMA. Join Matt, Sourav and my team to combine #FlowNMR with #datascience @bath-iscc.bsky.social and apply by 4th March:

www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

ED12440 Research Associate in Self-regulating Flow Reactors for Sustainable Polymer Synthesis (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath

www.bath.ac.uk

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