@brgoch.bsky.social
Associate Prof. occupying space somewhere between chemistry and materials science using synthesis, characterization, computation, and machine learning at the University of Houston
#ukchemjobs #facultychemjobs
08.06.2025 01:08 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
βIt proved an American misstep, fueled by xenophobia, that would forever alter the global balance of power.β
Kathleen Kingsbury, the editor of Times Opinion, tells the cautionary story of a Chinese scientist who was deported from the U.S. during the Cold War.
#PhDposition in Computational #Astrobiology & #QuantumChemistry! Join us at Chalmers in πΈπͺ. Collab with NASA's JPL and @starsarecalling.bsky.social in πΊπΈ. @astrobiology.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social @bluemarblespace.bsky.social #chemsky #compchem
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π§ͺ Update: Speaker list announced!
Includes former NIH chief of staff, former NSF program officer, NIH grantee who got a termination, and experts to give a legal overview (but not legal advice).
Spots may fill up (no joke: they did last Fri), so log in early tomorrow: aaas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@robertpalgrave.bsky.social's meme game is as good as his science!
17.03.2025 20:48 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Call for papers: Frontiers in materials discovery - innovations and challenges in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Submit by 28 March 2025.
β° Not long until the submission deadline for this exciting cross-journal collection, Guest Edited by @brgoch.bsky.social, @virtualatoms.bsky.social, @molecularxtal.bsky.social, Kedar Hippalgaonkar and David Scanlon.
Full details on the scope and submission process at blogs.rsc.org/jm/2024/11/2...
Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees⦠They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay.
They tried to rig the game but you canβt fake influence!
Mustard on the [Be][At] bro.
Happy Black History Month!
Reminder: If you're newer-ish to BlueSky and want to find the accounts that a lot of the people you follow, follow, you can go here: bsky-follow-finder.theo.io. Enter your handle and have it analyze. I particularly like the "sort by proportion," which will get a lot of ppl related to your interests.
15.02.2025 21:11 β π 59 π 19 π¬ 4 π 0
RCSA has named 16 early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2025 #CottrellScholar Awards. Each awardee receives $120,000. Congratulations to this distinguished class!
12.02.2025 15:15 β π 16 π 4 π¬ 1 π 7My two most common editorial suggestions for manuscripts I handle are: (i) improve writing style by avoiding exaggerated terms, and (ii) ensure machine learning studies include a repository for reproducibility and reuse of models and data #EditorLife #ChemSky
12.02.2025 11:41 β π 35 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0I've taken a tiny step against facism by making a backup of the Department of Energy (NREL, specifically) Laboratory Analytical Procedure documents that I use periodically at work. I can't promise to track document updates or anything, but at least if these are deleted we'll have something. #ChemSky
10.02.2025 21:35 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 3 π 1
Tragic.
09.02.2025 17:49 β π 79 π 32 π¬ 3 π 1
Attn: π¨π¦ undergrads + new grads seeking hands-on experience in #AI for science w/top researchers at #UofT this summer βοΈ. Be part of a team speeding up the discovery of new materials (eg: life-saving drugs, better batteries, biodegradable plastics). Apply now π acceleration.utoronto.ca/programs/surp
05.02.2025 20:26 β π 11 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
The latest version of ππ€π₯ππ (and πΊπππππ΅π©ππππ), our defect modelling python packages, have been released!
Incl:
- Major efficiency updates
- Advanced defect/carrier thermodynamics w/custom constraints
- Auto shallow defect handling
- CC diagram generation
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Abstract submission is open for the 2025 North American Solid State Chemistry Conference (NASSCC)! The event will be held at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa on July 28-31, 2025. π©πΎβπ¬π½π¨πΌβπ¬
Check out the website for more details: group.chem.iastate.edu/Kovnir/NASSC...
#NASSCC2025 #solidstatechem
Snow days used to be fun! Prepping the lab (and home) for worst case scenarioβ¦again. We have this down to an art. #houston
20.01.2025 19:31 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Running - yes, but it has been for a while. I think LLMs etc just made it easier than GUIs already made it. But that doesnβt mean interpreting the results is any easier - and this accessibility could make it more challenging imho. I still see the most basic mistakes.
12.01.2025 18:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I made it to #BioSphere2 for the #MateriAlZwinterschool. Thank you @christinabirkel.bsky.social for the invitation. I'm excited to spend the week with talented undergrads from across the country and get to talk about Materials and Chemistry!
05.01.2025 21:17 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1#chemsky
14.12.2024 17:51 β π 15 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Added!
11.12.2024 00:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
An RSC-branded graphic "Who will you nominate for the PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship? Join in - nominate your winner by 5th April 2025"
Since PCCP doesn't have a BlueSky account just yet, I'm promoting some #PCCP content on #ChemSky
Do you know an emerging physical chemist who deserves recognition? Nominations are now open for the 2025 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship!
Nominate here: www.rsc.org/journals-boo...
Multiple PhD positions available
in our groupΒ in the field of computational and theoretical chemistry
Feel free to forward the info and please apply via
phdheidelberg@gmail.com
Start of another day of #F24MRS and thick snow on the 30th+ floor of my hotel βοΈ Energy levels are somewhat running low at this point of the week and itβs tempting to crawl back into bed and watch the snow fall, but plenty of great science still to come πͺ #KeepGoing #TravellingScientist
05.12.2024 14:50 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The critical elements include gallium, germanium, antimony and βsuperhard materialsβ such as diamond, cubic boron nitride and other related materials.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/china-b...
Heading home from #F24MRS where I saw a ton of cool new research (especially in explainable AI) and also learned Iβm not cut out for the cold anymore!
04.12.2024 22:38 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Want to work on oxides for power electronics? We have a 3.5 year DPhil (PhD) project on gallium oxide available in our group starting Oct 25 π Do get in touch if you have any questions π‘
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This was published a little while ago in @naturechemistry.bsky.social, but has just popped up in my issue e-alert. This is a delightful correspondence about fonts and chemistry; very much appealing to my inner chemistry nerd π€£ #Chemsky
03.12.2024 08:13 β π 85 π 12 π¬ 8 π 5The registration deadline for the @roysocchem.bsky.social Solid-State Chemistry Group Christmas meeting is this Sunday, the 1st of December
#chemsky #compchem
