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Professor of Synthetic Electrochemistry - University of Greenwich! Belgian, World Explorer and Medicinal, Organic and Electro chemist ⚡️ . Views are my own.
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Looking for a PostDoc outside the UK to apply with me for a fully funded 2-year postdoc in electrosynthesis! #Newton 📩 No generic emails! Instead, tell me: 🔹 Your research & key contributions 🔹 How our expertise complements each other Let’s chat! ⚡ RT & tag potential candidates! #ChemSky

A week in academia: S: I got that great idea! M: I realise that the starting material is a pain to make! T: great… not that stable either, MTF: give traces of product when ⚡️ under all conditions 🤣 #ChemSky

@dranthonymeijer.bsky.social - Sheffield here I come! ⚡️😀😀#ChemSky

Sheffield, I’m coming for you (@dranthonymeijer.bsky.social / @benpartridge.bsky.social )! Next Wednesday, I’ll share some of our latest ⚡eChem work⚡at The University of Sheffield. Expect some science, a bit of banter, and probably too much coffee. ☕ If you're around, come say hi! #ChemSky

Celebrating the International Day of #Women in Science at the YCP's Highlights in catalysis, photo- and electrochemistry conference! #ChemSky

My two favourite places in Belgravia! The #SCI and and the #BelgianEmbassy 😀 - The conference is such a blast! Also a great place to meet old friends and colleagues, but also to make new ones 😀 #Excited #ChemSky

Super⚡️Electrified⚡️ to be giving a talk (the last one of the conf, so please don’t leave me alone there) next week at the #SCI YCP’s “Highlights in…” series! I have a few surprises for you if you come 💥 ⚡️ 😎! #ChemSky

Amazing Nickel talk from @davidjn.bsky.social today at the #UniOfGreenwich. Thank you so much for sharing some of your work! Lots of challenges and exciting ideas! #ChemSky

Ok, the EletraTeam PhDs @lamresearchgroup.bsky.social are getting wild on Social Networks... We have an IG now...soon a TikTok and I guess they are already exploring BlueSky... #ChemSky www.instagram.com/lamresearchg...

Grant writing… how do you make everything fit in 6 pages ? Every time I shrink some parts, I feel the reviewer will blame me for not mentioning this « very important » insignificant detail 😂. I think we all agree, reviewers should trust we know what we are doing, no? #ChemSky #Crazy #FundMePlease

New year, ⚡️ new group photo ⚡️ #ChemSky

Bringing a bit more of #Belgium to the #UniOfGreenwich. Literally an « enlightening » talk from @ludotroian.bsky.social! Hyper fast spectroscopy, cage escape, I am learning so much! #ChemSky

So I am debating... Should I create a BlueSky account for my students to use for our lab? 😀 #ChemSky I don't know what to expect... 😂

Great talk from @conradgoodwin.bsky.social yesterday at the #UniOfGreenwich! Who knew heavy elements could be so cool (probably everyone knew but me 😂) (sorry for the GIF… I forgot to take a selfie with Conrad 🤫) #ChemSky

Call me nerdy, impatient, or dedicated to my students, but I find it therapeutic to do the cleaning and maintenance of our GC-MS myself when there is no one around 😂. #ChemSky

I came to the conclusion that maintaining a lab is a Sisyphean task (yes, I just used that word 😀) - As soon as you fix a piece of equipment, something else breaks down. 😅 #ChemSky

On an early train to #Durham for a #viva. I hope there will be a lot of delicious coffee because the train ride is actually longer than the viva😂 #ChemSky

Finally got a gift from #SigmaAldrich! (still, they never sent me any chocolates…) #ChemSky

⚡️ Happy New Year 2025 ⚡️ - Thank you so much for being such a fun and welcoming #ChemSky community!

Litteraly « #ChemSky » (Chem+Sky) Going back to the lab after a « short » 15h flight and two very vocal young passengers😂

Definitely not complaining that I didn’t have a white Christmas this year! It’s rather pleasant to have amazing seafood and 20C for Christmas 🎅 #HongKong #Visit #Trip

Just visited #CUHK Shenzhen—what an amazing experience! Incredible scientists and top-notch facilities. Grateful for the chance to connect and exchange ideas. Also, loving the new 30-day visa-free access for Belgians to China—perfect timing! #ScienceCollaboration #CUHKShenzhen #Innovation #ChemSky

🎄 Christmas surprise from @ckechem.bsky.social, Darren Poole, and the team at the #UniofGreenwich and #GSK ⚡ eEtherification ⚡: Rapid, efficient, and versatile assembly of sterically hindered ethers from readily available alcohols. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1... #ChemSky

Landed in Hong-Kong where I have no time for jet lag since my travel schedule is equitably shared between visits of research centres and meals with a hint of hotel gym to try to offset a bit of if (but who am I kidding here…) - that’s also that #ChemSky

⚡️ On the road/air ✈️ again ⚡️ ! Heading to HK and Shenzhen to visit a few research centres (and have delicious food, an activity which started at the airport in London already 😂). #ChemSky

Great Christmas dinner with the ⚡️ElectraTeam⚡️ Tonight. Great chats, lots of laughs, and yes, I paid… because apparently, that’s my most reliable experiment these days. #PIlife #Team #ChemSky

I thought our lab would be uneventful till the end of 2024, but I might have jinxed it… our GC-MS decided not to tune anymore 🥲. #ChemSky #GCMS #WhereIsMyTune

Heading to Hong Kong 🇭🇰 next week until the New Year! If any chemists are around and would like to meet up, say hi! Always happy to connect and chat about science (or anything else!). 😊 #ChemSky

I’m going to my first #GordonResearchConference (Organic Reactions and Processes) in the upcoming summer - I am SO excited! 😀 Anything I should know? #ChemSky

Little day out even if there is a storm outside. Truly enjoying the #RSC, all of rhe #RSCs 😀 #ChemSky

Jamie found his ⚡️ idol ⚡️ at the @roysocchem.bsky.social today during the Organic chemistry poster symposium prize, and he certainly made a lot of new friends 🤩! #ChemSky

Super excited to be heading to the @roysocchem.bsky.social today for the Organic chemistry poster symposium 2024 and support Jamie with his eHydrogenation poster doi.org/10.1002/anie...! If you’re around please say hi! We might end up with a new crazy research idea 🤣😂. #Chemsky

Well… after almost 200 attempts at optimising a reaction which remains hard to reproduce I think it’s time to put it to sleep for a few months, try to get funding for it (more hands to help than mine!) and move on to something else… Chemistry can be harsh sometimes 🤣. #ChemSky