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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP

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Professor, Materials Theory Group, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University 🇸🇬 🇳🇿 🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇰🇷 #USYDAlumni #ISTJ 🌏 www.materials-theory.group

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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The AI Agent · π Webinar with A/Prof Kaihang Shi will start very soon. If you have not registered, you can still join us via zoom: zoom.us/j/8546547933... Meeting ID: 854 6547 9331 Password: 484720 See you all online! #AIAgent #Webinar #Nanoporous #DigitalMaterials
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
重庆大学 Chongqing University [Part 3]
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
重庆大学 Chongqing University [Part 2]
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
重庆大学 Chongqing University [Part 1]
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Last week I spent a really fruitful and fantastic time at 重庆大学 Chongqing University with students and professors at the Division of Metallurgical Engineering in the College of Materials Science and Engineering.
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I also had the pleasure to also have the opportunity to meet Professor Chenguang Bai 白晨光 and Mr. Buxin Chen 陈布新 - both from Chongqing University. We spent time discussing on experiment-theory collaborations in modern metallurgical research, as well as academic exchanges to come in the near future. 👍🏻
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Over the weekend, it was truly awesome to have met my incoming PhD student (Mr. Yucen Kuang 况雨岑 from Chongqing University 重庆大学) together with other Chinese graduate students here at Yonsei. It is Yucen's first time to Korea so it was a blast for him! 👍🏻
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Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Anyone who wants to call basic scientific research “wasteful spending” should have to get past Reviewer 2. Seriously, I wish people knew how hard we work, often for less $ than could be made in industry, all because we care about helping society and mentoring the next generation.
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Volker Blum @aimsduke.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The biggest paper I was ever part of appeared on arXiV today: "Roadmap on Advancements of the FHI-aims Software Package". Over 20 years of work. Immensely grateful to the 200+ people on this paper, who pushed our ability to simulate materials forward! #chemsky #compchemsky arxiv.org/abs/2505.00125
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Roadmap on Advancements of the FHI-aims Software Package
Electronic-structure theory is the foundation of the description of materials including multiscale modeling of their properties and functions. Obviously, without sufficient accuracy at the base, relia...
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Spent a day with the School of Materials Science & Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, kindly hosted by Prof Tianquan Lin and Ms Wensha Huang. Still mesmerized by the gigantic scale of operations at SJTU! Mind blowing! 🤯 300+ faculty with > 9 buildings alone for SMSE!! Wow!
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Had a great time visiting the Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (SINANO, CAS). Fantastic "Nano Energy & X" seminar organized by Prof Xiaodong Wu and his team. Thank you so much for having us!!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/01/2025
Wanting to connect with busy senior scientists, this #PhD student took a risk and invited them to lunch. Read their story in this week's #ScienceWorkingLife: scim.ag/3EakRh3
An illustration of two individuals at a lunch meeting, having a conversation over a meal with papers, with a headline "WORKING LIFE - How I turned lunch into mentorship."
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27/01/2025
The early-career success of academic researchers is better predicted by their publication record during their postdoctoral years than by where they obtained their PhD, according to a study of 45,572 academic careers worldwide. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Scientist doing botanical field research in Estonia. Stock photo.
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Nature @nature.com · 24/01/2025
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉) "Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nature @nature.com · 14/01/2025
As the political relationship between the United States and China has frayed, the scientific ties between them have become more fragile go.nature.com/3C9NSZy
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How to sustain scientific collaboration amid worsening US–China relations
Researchers need to define ‘safe zones’ for joint work in which the benefits outweigh the political risks. Here’s how.
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Dinner meeting with the board members of Council of ASEAN Professors in Korea at Daegu. The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Life Sciences and ASEAN Development will be held at Keimyung University and very much looking forward to it! 👍🏼
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It went from "Is this real" to "ok, this is not funny" to "alright, it is hilarious". For those who did not know, last night South Korea was "momentarily" under the martial law issued by the President which was then unanimously voted down by the assembly within hours! 🤷🏻🤦🏻 Now, they want him out!
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
First snow in Seoul (city) ❄️☃️
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just returned from ENGE2024 at Jeju. Great to catch up with colleagues from City University of Hong Kong.
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Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 @chemprofcramer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
How great is it to see an article by Franklin Tao in this week's @science.org? And what an outrageous travesty it is that he has (still) no institutional affiliation. Of course, expect "research security" controls to ramp up dramatically, soon... #ChemSky #SciSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Surface restructuring and predictive design of heterogeneous catalysts
Heterogeneous catalysts, which often consist of metal nanoparticles loaded on supports such as metal oxides, can undergo several types of restructuring under reaction and catalytic conditions. Advance...
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Here is my Scholar Goggler 😂 For those who want a try, go here: scholargoggler.com 👍
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Now we have Prof Babaros Ozyilmaz from National University of Singapore telling more about advanced 2D nanomaterials.
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PalmaLab @palmalab.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We just found 10 surface scientists @🦋 #SciSky 🎉 Help us find more! #UHV #STM #XPS #UPS #ARPES #AFM #ChemPhys #PhySky #ChemSky #SurfSci #SurfaceScience go.bsky.app/LKyQJm7
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I have heard of such threats some years ago too and this is a tragedy. Really. A department of central science removed is just tragic. 😢
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Leo💙 @21leo54.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
For any other newbies here like me, this was a goldmine! You can search for whatever starter packs interest you or search by curators! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Beauty of autumn in Seoul 👍🏻
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Very nice to see lots of starter packs emerging. Not sure if we should have one for Surface and Interface Science, #SurfaceSky 😅 @jnknssj.bsky.social do you think there will be a critical mass of surface/interface scientists here?
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Volker Blum @aimsduke.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#chemsky #compchemsky The big day is here. I just received word that the final version of our 50+ coauthor "Roadmap on Methods and Softwarre for Electronic Structure Based Simulations in Chemistry and Materials" is out! Thank you to all involved! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Roadmap on methods and software for electronic structure based simulations in chemistry and materials - IOPscienceSearch
Roadmap on methods and software for electronic structure based simulations in chemistry and materials, Volker Blum, Ryoji Asahi, Jochen Autschbach, Christoph Bannwarth, Gustav Bihlmayer, Stefan Blügel, Lori A Burns, T Daniel Crawford, William Dawson, Wibe Albert de Jong, Claudia Draxl, Claudia Filippi, Luigi Genovese, Paolo Giannozzi, Niranjan Govind, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Jeff R Hammond, Benjamin Hourahine, Anubhav Jain, Yosuke Kanai, Paul R C Kent, Ask Hjorth Larsen, Susi Lehtola, Xiaosong Li, Roland Lindh, Satoshi Maeda, Nancy Makri, Jonathan Moussa, Takahito Nakajima, Jessica A Nash, Micael J T Oliveira, Pansy D Patel, Giovanni Pizzi, Geoffrey Pourtois, Benjamin P Pritchard, Eran Rabani, Markus Reiher, Lucia Reining, Xinguo Ren, Mariana Rossi, H Bernhard Schlegel, Nicola Seriani, Lyudmila V Slipchenko, Alexander Thom, Edward F Valeev, Benoit Van Troeye, Lucas Visscher, Vojtěch Vlček, Hans-Joachim Werner, David B Williams-Young, Theresa Windus
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Since 2014 I have used "Twitter" (I still insist on using this name) and kept it solely academic -- keeping in touch with the latest on research and in journals. Also it was nice catching up with various colleagues. Now in 2024, I think it is time to move on and ride the Blue wave again! 👍🏻
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Aloysius Soon, PhD CSci FRSC FInstP @aloysius-soon.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello Bluesky world 🫣
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