Kris McNeill

A deep dive on how chemical structure affects photochemical reactivity and defluorination pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Celebrating 25 years of photochemistry with @krismcneill.bsky.social and nearly 10 if NMR with @pomerantz.bsky.social @envirosci.acspublications.org

The deadline (Sep 30) is coming up! If you are interested in joining ETH as an Assistant Professor of Soil Chemistry, please consider applying!

Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry

Are you interested in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global modeling, and living in Zurich? If so, this postdoc position might be for you! Please share with any interested colleagues: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Screenshot of the banner for the ESP&I special issue on Indoor Environments.

I'm excited to share a 𝗡𝗲𝘄 #𝘌𝘚𝘗𝘐 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 Special issue! @rsc.org

This was guest edited by myself and Ellison Carter, and it showcases research that centers around questions of the built environment, featuring the impacts of interdisciplinary approaches.
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Don’t want to over-rotate

Photo of Emily Hu on the R/V Atlantic Explorer during the 2025 C-CoMP March Cruise. Emily is standing outside with the bow of the ship and the ocean behind her. Photo provided by Emily Hu.

Emily collects seawater from the CTD rosette into a bottle on the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer during the 2025 C-CoMP March Cruise. Photo by Arianna Krinos.

Emily uses sterile forceps to load filters onto filter holders in one of the labs on the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Emily is using the filters to capture particles, including microbes, from the seawater. The DNA from the microbial cells will be extracted, sequenced, and analyzed to understand the microbial community composition of the seawater. Photo by Arianna Krinos.

📣#MTTM
🔬Emily Hu (@yunqianhu.bsky.social‬) is a C-CoMP B2P Fellow working with @maratimes.bsky.social & @akrinos.bsky.social at Brown. She uses microbial sequence data and computational tools to uncover how biotic🦠& abiotic drivers shape microbial community assembly in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊.

Want to move to Switzerland? We are looking for a postdoc to study airborne viruses:
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@linseymarr.bsky.social @lakdawalalab.bsky.social @corsiaq.bsky.social @influenzal.bsky.social @chuckhaas.bsky.social

Schwarze Folie auf dem Feld = Müll? Nicht unbedingt.
🌱♻️ Michael Sander und sein Team untersuchen, ob und wie biologisch abbaubare #Mulchfolie im Boden tatsächlich abgebaut wird.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch/landwirtscha...

#Gemüsebau #EN17033 #PE-Mulchfolien @agroscope.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social

We are looking for a PhD student for a project on chloronitramide in drinking water. Please spread the word!

jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry

We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the area of Soil Chemistry. Please spread the word! Application deadline is September 30.

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I'm looking for a partner to co-lead Atmospheric Chemistry at ETH! New role for a mid-career person looking to make a change. Please contact me if interested. Job opening closes in a month! (and applying early is better than last minute!)

Happy solstice to all who celebrate

FYI: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is trying to get more info on the impact of recent research grant terminations.

If your award has been canceled since Jan 20, you can fill out this survey: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...

There are many sources of chemical pollution in our rivers, but tertiary treatment for sewage could clean up the meds that pass straight through us & down the loo, household cleaning products, chemicals from skin care, hair care, washing clothes & food. 1/

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Simon,
I don’t think it’s weird at all.
-Kris (born 1970)

Oliver Fuhrer and Thomas Hofstetter are new Adjunct Professors at D-USYS At the request of ETH President Joël Mesot, the ETH Board awarded the title of professor to Oliver Fuhrer and Thomas Hofstetter at its meeting on May 21 and 22, 2025. Congratulations!

🎉Congrats to Oliver Fuhrer and Thomas Hofstetter on their appointment as Adjunct Professors! Oliver is a weather/climate modeling expert from @meteoschweiz.bsky.social, and Thomas is an environmental chemistry pioneer from @eawag.bsky.social. So proud! 🎓🎓

usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even...

Water Science and Engineering Lab in Madison, WI

I have an open postdoc position in my environmental chemistry group at UW-Madison (starting summer or fall). Project focuses on applying high-resolution mass spectrometry to complex mixtures, including PFAS and dissolved organic matter. Email me directly if interested. Application deadline: May 15

Wanna see something cool?

At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.

The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

Last week I was playing around with a new "tree ring plot" to visualize daily global temperature anomalies from ERA5.

I thought it would be neat to make a version of the plot for daily global absolute temperatures (rather than anomalies):

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

📣 Check out the most popular publications from Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts from 2024 📣

All articles in the collections are now free to read and can be found here 🧪 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

The Atmospheric Chemistry GRC program is now posted (same link as below). Please consider applying to join the meeting to hear all these great talks and share your own work!

Congratulations to @kateaubrecht.bsky.social on being named a(n) AAAS Fellow!!! www.aaas.org/programs/fel...

The image is a poster featuring a picture of the author and her book, What a Rock Can Reveal. Details about the event are as follows: Reading and presentation with children's nonfiction author, Maya Wei-Haas. Saturday March 22, 11 AM, Bards Alley Bookshop, Vienna, VA. Free to attend, no RSVP required.

For anyone with kiddos interested in rocks and nature—I've got an event for you! I'll be at Bards Alley Bookshop in Vienna, VA this Saturday for an event with What a Rock Can Reveal! There will be lots of hands on activities and fun rocks and minerals to play with. I'd love to see you all there!! 🧪⚒️

Congratulations to Sebastian Doetterl on his promotion to Associate Professor of Soil Resources! 🎉

Swiss wastewater - RSV GenSpectrum is an interactive dashboard to query and analyze pathogen sequences, currently available for Influenza H5N1, RSV, SARS-CoV-2 and the West Nile virus.

We are tracking mutations of #RSV in #wastewater: genspectrum.org/swiss-wastew.... Why this matters and why you should re-tweet for visibility (a 🧵).

Universität Basel: Geschäftsführer*in Departement Umweltwissenschaften Die Universität Basel ist die älteste Universität der Schweiz und eine Hochschule von internationalem Ruf, die in Forschung und Lehre hervorragende Leistungen erbringt. Das Departement Umweltwissensch...

Anyone in my network know an excellent, German-speaking administrator who would be interested in working at the University of Basel? We are looking for a new Managing Director of the Department of Environmental Sciences jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...