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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 2d

⚡️Farewell to Swern⚡️Out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org!

Meet eCarbonyls (aka eSwern) from our lab #UniofGreenwich!
No smell (if you work cleanly!), no cryogenics, no oxalyl chloride. Just clean aldehydes at room temp using electricity.
Yes, we have that in stock for you!
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#ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 4d

🇩🇰 Honoured to be external opponent for Rune Kjærgaard Groven’s PhD at #AarhusUni :a tour de force in synthesis, electrochemistry, batteries & polymers!

Best part? He celebrated with a hot dog truck! 🌭🤣

48h in DK = great science & new ideas 😎 #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 9d

Another week, another trip! This time, about hashtag#battery chemistry! Excited to be visiting @AarhusUni from 2–4 October.
If any colleagues in Denmark are available, I’d be delighted to connect and chat about chemistry or simply meet over coffee. #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 10d

How our Latvian dinner became all a sudden very dramatic… maybe not the best trick to impress a bunch of chemists 🤣 #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 10d

Fantastic time at the 14th Walden Symposium in Riga! Honoured to present our chemistry alongside such a prestigious line-up. Huge thanks to Edgars Suna & team for the flawless organisation! Riga is such an amazing place!

#WaldenSymposium #Chemistry #Riga #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 13d

On Monday we will be zapping ⚡️ F atoms!

Toby Reeve @tobyreeve.bsky.social · 13d

Check out @cassyni.bsky.social WebCheminar: Modern Strategies in Organofluorine Chemistry presented by Jean-Francois Paquin, @bessettatiana.bsky.social, Jinbo Hu, and @klchemistry.bsky.social 📅 Monday 29th Sep 2025 ⏰ 14.00 PM (GMT+2)
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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 14d

Another week, another country to ⚡️ electrify ⚡️ - on my way to #Riga and #Latvia for the infamous #Walden symposium! #ChemWithoutBorder #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 19d

⚡️ Excited to head to #Riga for the 14th Paul Walden Symposium! I’ll share some of our latest (maybe even unpublished) #UniofGreenwich work.

Thanks to Edgars Suna for the kind invite. From seeing the Walden inversion as a student to now speaking at the Symposium: the loop feels closed.

#ChemSky ⚡️

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 22d

⚡️ It’s great to share chemistry, but it’s even better to meet colleagues and friends for a viva! Thanks Amanda, Gadi, Marta, Bas, @chrisslootweg.bsky.social, Sonja, @tnoel82.bsky.social, Tati & Ron for the inspiring discussions.
Brilliant, kind colleagues with huge ground for collaboration! #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 23d

⚡️ Great to visit #SygnatureDiscovery last week and share our latest electrochemistry work from #UoGreenwich!

Inspiring chats with their brilliant scientists, and yes, sometimes I even develop transformations industry actually finds useful 😉

Thanks Jonathan Golec & team! #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 25d

And then you get the usual questions from people « How was your break? » and I am like « what break?! » 🤣

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 25d

Why are most grants’ deadlines in August and September…

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · 29d

Stirring: friend or foe?
Huang et al.: 329 reactions → stirring made little difference.
Cherepanova et al.: stirrers can cause irreproducibility by vial position.
Time to rethink the humble stir bar.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #ChemSky

Magnetic Stirring May Cause Irreproducible Results in Chemical Reactions

Magnetic stirrers, the most widely used and ubiquitous devices for performing chemical reactions in laboratory settings, may cause reproducibility problems. Reproducibility in a range of chemical proc...

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 8

I agree but I am still going to add a stir bar in all of my reactions because you know… « just in case »

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔬 #Stir or not to stir?
A new study (Huang et al. www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...) tested 329 reactions and found almost no difference in yield between stirred and unstirred conditions, even at kilo scale and for eChem!
⚡ Maybe not every flask needs to be whirring away!
#ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's a wannabe one-legged electro pirate!

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 5

⚡ Interested in zapping molecules? Our lab is expanding collaboration horizons and training the next generation of electrosynthetic chemists.

European researchers can even join us through funded Erasmus+ research visits. 🌍🔬

Get in touch, we’d love to connect!

#ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 2

#Amsterdam, get ready to be electrified ⚡! I’ll be at the
Uni of Amsterdam on Sept 15–16, sharing our latest results from
#UniofGreenwich (including some unpublished data 👀). Swing by if you’re around! #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 17

Almost no chemistry this weekend! But a lot of super cool #Fringe shows in #Edinburgh #Scotland #Break

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 10

« Please give me an assortment with alcoholic chocolates, a lot of them »

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 10

Little weekend trip to #Belgium to see my parents. In Belgium you’re officially « old » when you go to the #chocolate shop and decide to pick your chocolates one by one and create a massive queue behind you. Well… I am officially that guy now 🤣

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 10

WoW!!! Bluesky never gives me any notifications… that’s why I am so late to be amazed

Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 4

It's something I have had in mind for years... I'd go for BedLam, we all love a bit of Chaos here and there 😀

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 28

Farewell to Caterina Campinoti from The uni of Pisa🇮🇹 , a brilliant PhD student & wonderful guest in our lab! She brought science, smiles & picked up a UK survival skill: pizza-making 🍕⚡️ She’ll be missed! Get in touch if you’d like to intern too! #ChemSky

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Kevin Lam @klchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 28

When you have meetings with USA and Asia on the same day… that means you get to work at 7am and don’t leave before 7pm 😅 #WelcomeToMonday

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ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is making a funny face while sitting in a car .

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