Sophie Benjamin

The RSC Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize is awarded to an individual for the advancement of Main Group Chemistry during their PhD research. The lectureship recognizes a piece of peer-reviewed published work that provides a distinctive, creative, and impactful contribution to main group chemistry. An invited lectureship including registration and a contribution of up to £300 in travel costs at the Main Group Annual Meeting taking place at the University of Edinburgh 8-9th April 2026. Nominees must expect to be able to attend the Main Group Annual Meeting and to cover any additional costs from other sources. To make a nomination please provide the following by 17.00 20th February 2026: • A 1-page CV of the candidate with their graduation date or expected graduation date clearly identified. • A 500-word summary on why the nominated article represents a significant advancement in main group chemistry and the contribution of the candidate. • A citation of the work. • If the nominated work has received previous recognition, please identify which awards. In the case of multiple submissions of similar quality, work that has not yet been recognized will be given priority. • Both self-nominations and external nominations are welcome. Eligibility: The candidate must be due to graduate within the next year or have defended their thesis within 12 months of the nomination deadline. The nominated article can be published in any peer-reviewed journal and should represent the candidates PhD work. Nominations can be directly emailed as a single PDF file to the interest group secretary (catherine.weetman@strath.ac.uk). Please name the file with the format lastname_firstname_MGprize.pdf. e.g. Smith_John_MGprize.pdf. Call for Nominations: RSC Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize

RSC Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize is now open! Nominate now - the prize includes a guaranteed oral presentation, free registration and travel to this year's RSC Main Group Chemistry Meeting in Edinburgh, 8-9th April (www.rsc.org/events/detai...). Deadline for nominations 20th Feb.

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The group will soon be advertising a 3-year PDRA position @imperialchemistry.bsky.social. The successful candidate will research the synthesis and reactivity of complexes with alkaline earth-metal bonds. Start date: 03/26. Please get in touch for infomal inquries.

Apply for a PhD studentship Follow our guide to complete your application if you're interested in a fully-funded PhD studentship at Nottingham Trent University

UK students only (due to funding, sorry), deadline 13th Feb

More information on the scheme and how to apply is here:

Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes Find out more about this fully funded PhD studentship opportunity.

PhD available in my group, in collaboration with colleagues in microbiology and computational chemistry - "Metals against antimicrobial resistance - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes". I'm very excited for this project, please repost!

#Chemsky

We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social

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Hi Matt, I'm good, is this a 'testing, testing' kind of message?

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#chemsky

Closing date 13th Feb for an October 2026 start. Any informal queries, please contact me: sophie.benjamin@ntu.ac.uk

Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD position: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Currently UK only.

Synthesis and Optimisation of Stimuli Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks in Flow | Andrea Laybourn Interested in #flowchemistry? #crystallography? #MOFs? 📣 Fully funded PhD available in our group 📣Title: Synthesis and Optimisation of Stimuli Responsive MOFs in Flow Based in the School of Chemistr...

📢PhD available in our group focusing on "Synthesis & optimisation of stimuli responsive MOFs in flow" Based in Sch Chemistry & iPRD @UniLeeds. Start date: 1st Oct 2026. ⏰️App deadline 30th Jan. Please repost to spread the word 🙏 #chemsky #phdjobs Come join us! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...

Fair enough, hope you do well with it!

Do you do it as an e-book? I'd love to get this for my kids but shipping to the UK looks expensive...

Very beautiful

Sounds like a tough day. Sending solidarity. Parenting is hard.

Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 🔁 Reposts appreciated!

My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry.

🔬 Fully funded (UK only)
📍 Manchester
🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry

Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9

#chemsky ⚗️🧪

This looks cool

Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry | Andrew Weller We are hiring a Postdoc! If you have PhD/PDRA experience in air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, are interested in using this expertise in single-crystal SMOM synthesis and reactivity,...

We have Postdoc position open in my lab for SMOM. Please see this post on LinkedIn for full details.

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www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...

PhD studentship at Uni Warwick with CENTA! Join us to study the decomposition of potent greenhouse gas N2O using Earth abundant Ti-based molecular photocatalysts. Exciting joint project with @chaplinlab.bsky.social group. Please contact Seb for details. centa.ac.uk/studentship/... Please re-post.

Grant application submitted. A good feeling, but also a little like sending a much cossetted child out to face wolves.

Also, Hermione is clearly ripping off Mary Poppins

"A story full of holes but with an enormous capacity to absorb … all your attention" #ChemNobel #Chemsky

A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group!

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

Things have got bad in UK HE when a department like Leicester Chemistry is facing these measures. Solidarity to all the staff picketing today.

Thank you!

I'd like to read this article, unfortunately I don't have access! Accessibility issue with article on accessibility (albeit of different sorts) feels sad

"We sat down and ate the pears from the tree before the rain came."
Preschool sounds amazing. Of course, this bucolic scene probably involved a lot more spit, thrown pears and chaos than suggested.