@CEAC_Aston Lecturer. Tweets usually about travel and chemistry. Views are my own, you're not allowed to share them...

Joined February 2012
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Only a few days left to apply for this. Get your applications in by the 6th Dec! ⏳⏳⏳
Interested in doing a PhD in synthesis of new #sustainable #degradable #polymers for water purification membranes? Check this project out: tinyurl.com/3njtdwj4 ⚗️🧪Just one of several now available from @AstonAIME on @FindAPhD
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It seems the house nitrogen supply decided to turn vacuum and flood my Schlenk line with oil from the bubbler. I've had better Friday afternoons.
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*Job Alert* We’re hiring! Come join me at @AstonAIME for a PhD at the cutting edge between #polymers, #membranes & #automation. Building robotic platforms for making & testing new polymers to extract membrane proteins. Apply here by 📅 6th December 24 (tinyurl.com/3j3ahvj8)

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I have a #fully #funded #PhD #studentship here at @AstonAIME from October 2025! 📰This project is related to recent work we published in @ChemicalScience: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC06717C 🔗See more and apply here: tinyurl.com/2kfkzrz6 The deadline for applications is 6th December!
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We have several #PhD #studentship opportunities, all starting in October 2025. Research topics are wide-ranging within the broad scope of #membranes! See the full list of projects and details of how to apply here: lnkd.in/gAJRURhF ⏳6th December deadline⏳
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Getting stung by a wasp in the armpit while taking a shower was not on my bingo card for the first week of the semester...
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3-year postdoc available here @AstonAIME with @alice_rothnie and me. We are looking for someone with experience in polymer synthesis and membrane protein extraction. Apply here ➡️ jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp… Deadline: 2nd October
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Hello September...
"We'll let you know at the beginning of August." Me, still waiting:

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Registration has been extended to Friday 23rd. Don't miss out on RAPS!
🚨Registration for RAPS is still open until the 16th of August! Secure your place and submit an abstract here: raps.org.uk/raps-meetings #CometoDurham
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"We'll let you know at the beginning of August." Me, still waiting:

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The deadline to register for RAPS 2024 is today. We are looking forward to all the fun in Durham. Don't miss out. Register now and submit an abstract!
🚨Registration for RAPS is still open until the 16th of August! Secure your place and submit an abstract here: raps.org.uk/raps-meetings #CometoDurham
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Don't miss your chance to join this year's conference in Durham! Register now!
I just registered for #RAPS2024 in less than 5 minutes! There is still time to attend this year's @RAPS_Org meeting in Durham. Registration closes this Friday (16th)!! This is a super fun social polymer conference with a relaxed networking atmosphere. #CometoDurham
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Great to meet some former and current members of the @RORgroup and @Dove_Group at the @Macro2024 @uniofwarwick
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If you're at #MACRO2024 today, come check out my talk on temperature dependent sequencing in polyesters! I'll be on at 11.45 in SO18
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Feeling slightly attacked by the #IUPACWarwick2024 app this morning:
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Tory campaigners have been told to shift their efforts South and abandon the North which should come fairly naturally to them
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OED #WordOfTheDay: nurdle, n. A granule or very small pellet of unprocessed plastic, esp. as found as a pollutant on beaches, in seawater, etc. View the full entry: oxford.ly/4b5lpzn
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"No, honestly, it was really tough. I was basically on the poverty line growing up without Nickelodeon"
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