New group photo!

Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now. (Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)

monday morning calls for drastic measures: youtu.be/B38CY-4Rd6s?...

Making the most of the sun

sometimes all i have to do is open activity monitor and suddenly my laptop is on its best behaviour?

The cherry blossoms are out in full force at University of Washington 🌸🌸

Work led by Hannah on the synthesis and characterisation of rare earth silylphosphides, together with collaborators at Manchester including @meaganoakley.bsky.social @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social has been published as a preprint on @chemrxiv.org: chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... @jackbwin.bsky.social

And what I’m calling “opportunity theft” is the theft of someone’s future and their potential by means of robbing them of appreticeship, menteeship, and experience now. Using AI to perform the tasks that students and trainees do in the early phases of training and education is opportunity theft.

The Slovakia and USA hockey jerseys are way too similar

I'm currently advertising a two year PDRA position in simulating actinide X-ray spectra at @manchester.ac.uk. Feel free to DM or email me if you have any questions about this position. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

New fully-funded PhD position in my group on simulation of X-ray spectroscopy of actinide systems: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I'm currently advertising a two year PDRA position in simulating actinide X-ray spectra at @manchester.ac.uk. Feel free to DM or email me if you have any questions about this position. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

It’s the perfect time of year to grow your #network! This networking guide is packed with #practicaltips to help you navigate networking in the new year.💡Read now on the #CSPblog ▶️ https://ow.ly/YMeU50XFZE3

Just 4 weeks left to apply for the PhD position in our research group! Deadline: 31 January. Don’t miss out, apply today :)

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

This might be a Christmas present for someone looking for a position in #TheoChem #CompChem #ChemJobs Faculty position in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Liege, Belgium www.uliege.be/cms/c_205421... Via the Psi-K mailing list www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

New fully-funded PhD position in my group on simulation of X-ray spectroscopy of actinide systems: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

No one told me Tool was playing in Honolulu 😢

Jocelyn Sinclair, Journal Development Specialist, shares how we support rigour, reach, and a community where science is for and by everyone. Your research has a home here. Publish with us ▶️ https://ow.ly/YhJF50XE6Uj #YourResearchHome

Vibert Douglas fought against gender discrimination in her field, earned an MBE for her war service, was a celebrated astrophysicist and one of the first individuals to receive the Order of Canada. This is her remarkable story. 🧵 1/8

Should have packed my everyday UK gear b/c this rain is HEAVY. Luckily squeezed in an umbrella. #pacifichem

Packing for -20C in Calgary and then +28C for Honolulu in a carry-on is tricky, but it zipped!

Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️‍⚧️

there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

We are hiring PhD students in very different research areas! Please see two adverts below, and note that the second position is restricted to UK students only. Please re-post; interested candidates please contact me by email: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

New group photo!

The anti-DEI crowd clings to the myth of meritocracy the way the Emperor clings to the myth of magic clothes.

💫 Open PhD position in synthetic lanthanide and actinide chemistry, with a focus on switchable materials, at DTU Chemistry! 🇩🇰 🧪 🔗 Learn more and apply here: efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... ⏰ Deadline: November 30 Check out our recent work here: www.kasperpedersen.org

Axel Becke, one of the big names in DFT development over the past 40 years, has passed away #CompChem #ChemSky (source Russell Boyd)

Y'all wanted some EChem? Check out our contribution in InorgChem @acs.org towards tetravalent lanthanides, with @conradgoodwin.bsky.social, @john-seed.bsky.social, in collaboration with @gen-chem.bsky.social + @peremiro.bsky.social for calculations!

Join our team! We're searching for a #postdoc for a project on bimetallic #uranium complexes 🧪☢️⚗️. Funded 12 month fellowship by the Karl-Ziegler-Foundation. Further information and link to the application portal: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan... Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky

the radio dj just mixed unwritten by natasha beddingfield into regulate by warren g

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. rm -rf ~/

whoever decided to move Mapping and MutableMapping into collections.abc is permanently on my shit list.

Join us for our #FD_ExcitedStates, to define the frontiers for research at the intersections of theory and experiment in a unique discussion on Molecular excited states theory and experiment. Find out more (and submit an abstract): rsc.li/excitedstates-fd2026 #ChemSky

🚨 Two PhD Opportunities in Actinide Chemistry at @hzdr.bsky.social (Dresden, Germany) PhD Student – Actinide coordination chemistry lnkd.in/e5y8nwK9 PhD Student – MOFs of the actinides lnkd.in/e2NpT2y8 👉 Apply now and shape the future of actinide chemistry! #actinides #fblockrocks #chemsky #nuclear

I have an open PhD position. The exact topic is negotiable and can range from implementing new quantum-chemical methods in @orca-qc-official.bsky.social to computational studies of open-shell molecules. 🔗 Details: www.langresearch.org/open-phd-fel... Please share! #PhDposition #CompChem

Developing new comp chem practicals for the upcoming semester. So happy I was able to sneak in teaching the students CASSCF :)

What are your favourite quiet corners of campus? An absolutely stunning shot from our Instagram follower bill_ayres that captures the library so perfectly.

If you are applying to a PhD, don't use an LLM in composing your proposal. If you are doing a PhD, don't use an LLM to do the writing and reading and thinking for you. Sorry, I am going to die on this hill.

Can writing a scientific paper for the first (or fourth. Or fortieth) be a battle? Yes. But knowing how to approach the process and what your collaborators, supervisors, and journals expect from you during that process lowers the barrier immensely.

me: i will rest today me, later: i am anxious why am i not doing things

The linked J. Chem. Ed. article above has this diagram connecting MO diagrams of N₂ with the photoelectron spectrum which I feel should be the complete image that all students learning MO theory should see. I have never seen this idea in a intro chem textbook covering MOs.

I was a GS until I was 17!

The dichotomy of dog

Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Protect Trans Scientists. cowritten with a lot of amazing people (I tagged those I could find but there are so many more incredible folks) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @thepunkscientist.bsky.social @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social @bfrancescol.bsky.social @drsueishaq.bsky.social

Getting my presentation ready for WATOC next week. The last time I went was in Munich as a PhD student, and it was such a great experience (and it was my first time in Europe!). Feels weird to be presenting now as an independent researcher as it doesn’t feel like that long ago.

Ah yes, meritocracy...