Jennifer MacLeod

A cat sits next to a computer screen showing SPM control software during image acquisition.

It's been too long since I've had a good Saturday scanning session. Very careful attention from my coworker today!

Well done, Xiuwen!

International Women in Mathematics Day 2025

We're hosting an early International Women in Maths Day event in Brisbane next Monday - come hang out and eat lunch. All genders welcome, but you gotta like maths and women killing it. Research talks from women, professional development discussions, free food smp.uq.edu.au/event/sessio....

Rendered molecule shown half-and-half with iridescent and non-iridescent finishes.

Highly productive morning testing atom finishes in pov-ray while watching the webinar on our new HPC. Multitasking!

The @ausphysics.bsky.social Condensed Matter & Materials Meeting was so good. Highlights:
🌟A great after-dinner talk, given by Liz Bridge, about working in industry
🌟So much excellent student work.
🌟Great conversations about how best to support/promote condensed matter in Australia.

A speaker stands at the front of classroom smiling underneath a slide that says "Welcome to Wagga Brisbane 2025" with the word "Wagga" struck through.

The @ausphysics.bsky.social Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting has kicked off at the beautiful University of Queensland, with conference Chair Ben Powell getting us underway. Day One of Wagga in Brisbane had great talks and great posters!

Photo of a slide titled "ID05 - Scanning Probe Microscopy" with a list of speakers for the sesion.

What a great set of speakers at the #APMC13 Scanning Probe Microscopy session - really nice to see the work being done using innovative approaches to scanning probe.

An infographic table from the AIP website: Percent of Astronomy Faculty Members Who Are Women, 2010 to 2022 In 2022, 17% of full professors, 37% of Associate Professors, 35% of Assistant Professors, 35% of Instructor/Adjuncts, and 18% of "other ranks" were women. Overall, this is 23% women, and down from 2020's overall of 27% (matching 2018's rates). Source: aip.org/statistics

An infographic table from the AIP. Percent of Physics Faculty Members Who Are Women, 2002-2022 In 2022, 13% of Full professors, 22% of Associate Professors, 27% of Assistant professors, 28% Instructor/adjuncts, 18% other ranks, with an overall percentage of 20%, were women. Source: aip.org/statistics.

Fun facts about physics & astronomy, according to the American Institute of Physics (AIP):

Fewer than one quarter of astronomy faculty or instructors, at any rank, are women. Fewer than one in five physics faculty or instructors, at any rank, are women.

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If you’re feeling blue
and your ion pump doesn’t run
smash and smash again

We’re close to finding 50 #vacuum surface scientists in #Scisky! Who’s still missing?

#Haikurday

go.bsky.app/LKyQJm7o

Photo of Australia's Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, standing at a podium giving a speech.

#AMST24 had so many good parts that it's hard to pick a highlight, but one of the biggest moments had to be Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley reflecting on her time in the role and the way science will continue to shape our future - insightful and inspiring!

Photo of a marina with blue sky and clouds, and hills in the distance.

It's a beautiful morning in Hobart on the second day of #AMST24 - yesterday featured an amazing collection of presentations and posters, and today will bring more of the same. @kouroshkalantar.bsky.social @xiuwenzhou.bsky.social

Should be an excellent, absolutely packed couple of days of science - really looking forward to seeing the people and the work!

It's been a real pleasure to work with Ping, Alex and Victoria over the past year on the On-Surface Synthesis Collection for Communications Chemistry. If you haven't browsed the Collection yet, it's worth a look - absolutely beautiful work from leaders in the field.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Feeling judged by the quote at the end of my Gaussian output file.

GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT
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Normal termination of Gaussian 16 at Thu Dec 5 14:12:20 2024.

#CompChemSky

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There's still time! Submit your abstract until 10th December - the Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting welcomes you. It's relaxed, it's fun, and it's chock full of interesting work.

More information here: www.aip.org.au/CMM-Conference

Text tile which reads: The 47th Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting. 4th-7th February 2025, University of Queensland. Abstract deadline 30 November.

📅Abstracts are due soon for the 2025 Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting. Join us in beautiful Brisbane to discuss recent advances in condensed matter research in a relaxed and collegial atmosphere. More details: www.aip.org.au/CMM-Conference

#Physics #Conference #Australia #UQ #QUT

Quantum and Advanced Technologies Global Talent Master of Philosophy Scholarship

Are you interested in a research Master degree with a quantum/advanced technology focus? Check out the scholarships linked below, and consider coming to beautiful Brisbane for the next step in your studies. #AcademicSky #scholarship

www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a...

Following because we're developing something similar for 2026. Do the students work in groups? Pairs?

Quantum and Advanced Technologies Global Talent Attraction Scholarship (PhD scholarship) QUT is seeking to build global talent in quantum and advanced technologies.

Are you interested in a quantum-focused project for your PhD? QUT has a Quantum and Advanced Technologies Global Talent Attraction Scholarship available, with a specific focus area in quantum phases in engineered materials systems (e.g., 1D/2D materials on surfaces.)

www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a...

Photo of a computer monitor showing scanning tunneling microscopy image acquisition of a Si(001) surface

Today's Saturday scanning is a blast from the past - starting to remember how tricky it is to prepare nice Si(100) surfaces, and how difficult it is to get uniform heating across the sample.

Exfoliation of Graphene onto Si(111)-7 × 7 under Ultrahigh Vacuum Provides Some Protection against Exposure to Air The investigation of graphene as a protective coating for different materials has been an area of active research for well over a decade. However, graphene’s ability to protect clean, reconstructed si...

Published today in Langmuir ASAP @acspublications.bsky.social - our recent work looking at whether graphene can protect the Si(111)-7x7 reconstruction from oxidation in air. The answer? Kind of. #OzChem #SurfaceScience

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A tabby cat perched next to a computer screen showing scanning probe microscopy control software in data acquisition mode.

Saturday scanning from home with my feline research assistant 🐱