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Ben Partridge

@boronchem.bsky.social

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, boron fanatic

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CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies Placing sustainability and circularity at the core of research, innovation, training and public engagement in applied science and engineering.

Several PhD positions available through the CDT for Sustainable Chemical Technologies! Opportunities to do PhD projects in a number of different areas relating to sustainability, including organic electrosynthesis, photochemistry, mechanochemistry etc. www.csct.ac.uk

16.01.2026 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register your interest! bit.ly/PrideinChem
This event is dedicated to celebrating and amplifying the voices of LGBTQIA+ chemists by providing a safe and inclusive environment to share their work research, ideas and experiences authentically.

18.11.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register now! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...

An exciting line-up of leading early career academics will deliver a series of review lectures covering a range of topics, including main group catalysis, organofluorine chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and DNA/RNA technology.

10.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am happy to provide support to suitable candidates with the aim of improving your chances of being awarded the funding.

Please get in touch if you are interested or have any questions.

28.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A PhD position is available in my group, researching the synthesis and reactivity of azetidine boronic esters.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This is part of Sheffield's EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award competition, where applicants will be interviewed and the top candidates offered a position.

28.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“’ Register now: EB offer ends 28 October! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...

An exciting line-up of leading early career academics will deliver a series of review lectures covering a range of topics, including main group catalysis, organofluorine chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and DNA/RNA technology.

27.10.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register now: EB offer ends 28 October! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...
An exciting line-up of leading early career academics will deliver a series of review lectures covering a range of topics, including main group catalysis, organofluorine chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and DNA/RNA technology.

07.10.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Call for posters! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...
If you would like to present a poster, please send an abstract of maximum one A4 page or 300 words to conferences@soci.org by Friday 24 October 2025 with the subject line β€œ31st Annual review meeting – poster submission”.

17.09.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register now! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...
An exciting line-up of leading early career academics will deliver a series of review lectures covering a range of topics, including main group catalysis, organofluorine chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and DNA/RNA technology.

23.07.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register now: Early bird offer ends 28 October! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...
An exciting line-up of leading early career academics will deliver a series of review lectures covering a range of topics, including main group catalysis, organofluorine chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and DNA/RNA technology.

27.06.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register your interest! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...

An exciting line-up of leading early career academics will deliver a series of review lectures covering a range of topics, including main group catalysis, organofluorine chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and DNA/RNA technology.

06.06.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Register Now! tinyurl.com/r66rn4wn
This event is intended for any drug hunters in academia or industry who would like to expand their understanding of computational techniques.

27.05.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Call for posters! bit.ly/31st_Annual_...

If you would like to present a poster, please send an abstract of maximum one A4 page or 300 words to conferences@soci.org by Friday 24 October 2025 with the subject line β€œ31st Annual review meeting – poster submission”.

15.05.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨PhD position in synthetic inorganic chemistry in our group.🚨 The position is joint with semiconductor company TOK and will involve trip(s) to Japan!
Please see the details below ⬇️

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

09.05.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Telma starting in front of her poster titled "enantioselective synthesis of saturated heterocyclic boronic esters"

Telma starting in front of her poster titled "enantioselective synthesis of saturated heterocyclic boronic esters"

Congratulations to PhD student Telma, who won prize for the best Chemistry poster at Sheffield's Science Graduate School Research Showcase 2025!

Telma's poster was about her work about the Enantioselective Synthesis of Saturated Heterocyclic Boronic Esters.

04.04.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

We are recruiting for a postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Chemistry to work in C-H functionalisation. Come join us Imperial! @imperialchemistry.bsky.social
3-year position. Closing: 19-March-2025. shorturl.at/uwERp
#Chempostdoc, #CHfunctionalization, #Heterocycles

19.02.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Kevin for the great talk! Fantastic to have you at the event #chemsky

12.02.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrating the International Day of #Women in Science at the YCP's Highlights in catalysis, photo- and electrochemistry conference! #ChemSky

12.02.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Catalysis and Machine Learning:Oxford Road

Interested in carrying out postdoctoral research at the interface of artificial intelligence, organic chemistry and catalysis? Join us in this collaborative project with the Bures group!!

Please follow the link below for further information:

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

04.02.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are seeking candidates with backgrounds and interests on the more chemical side or the more engineering side of chemical engineering (or both) to develop multiple aspects of this research topic. The research is a collaboration between UC Berkeley and LBNL.

01.02.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is flexibility over the start date.

Please do get in touch if you have an queries about the position.

15.01.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Associate Research Associate

I have a short-term (~5 months) Research Associate position open in my group at University of Sheffield. The project involves the synthesis of boron-containing chemical building blocks. #Chemsky #Chemjobs

jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

15.01.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations to PhD students Norah, Nada Telma and Junning on what was a great team effort!

09.01.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amination of Alkylboronic Esters This review explores methods to convert alkylboronic esters into alkyl amines, high value motifs found in bioactive molecules, materials, and catalysts. Three distinct reaction pathways are discussed...

Super pleased that our review about the Amination of Alkylboronic Esters is now online in journal format in EurJOC. #ChemSky #BoronNotBoring
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

09.01.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our OrgChem Starter Pack is growing with already 122 entries, but we will start a volume 2 if we go over the 150 limit!
go.bsky.app/NSEFPFJ

05.12.2024 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 0

And me too! Thank you

05.12.2024 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0