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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 29/09/2026

On my way to Bayreuth University to the 53rd biannual meeting of the German Colloid Society. Opening the conference with a plenary talk discussing our work on "sustainable" polymer colloids.

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for two full-time tenure stream positions in Inorganic, Polymer, and/or Materials Chemistry. To learn more, visit jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Poster advertising for a chemistry professor, with polymers in background a nd a busy lab in foreground.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 28/08/2026

Dear Joe. We are super excited you are joining us at Warwick! See you soon.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 20/07/2026

Many congratulations to Ollie O'Hara who graduated today with an MChem from the University of Warwick. Thanks for being part of our team Ollie and good luck with your future career! @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social 🥽🧪🍎

Yutong Niu (left) from BonLab and Ollie O'Hara (right) who graduated today.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 02/07/2026

Sorry to hear Abraham is no longer with you guys. A warm hug from us.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 02/07/2026

The on purpose use of the AI image provides some healthy irony. Moreover, my brain was too drained after marking the scripts with a red pen, not using any AI, for it to be used for creative sketching the above scene .

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 01/07/2026

AI is more like ay, ay, ay when I look at the results from an open book (no computer, paper only) exam on chemical reaction engineering and data analysis. AI is a black hole for the cognitive skills development of our students. Ay, ay, ay, AI. #chemsky ,🍎🧪🥽

AI sucks the cognitive skills of science students into a black hole

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 28/06/2026

Very happy with our first Julio Iglesias rose in our garden. Looks wonderful, smells amazing.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 25/06/2026

Many congratulations to Alex Fletcher for passing his PhD viva on polyester dispersions for pressure sensitive adhesives. Many thanks to the examiners profs. Joe Keddie and Dave Haddleton. Proud supervisor! 🥽🧪🍎

LTR Stefan Bon, Joe Keddie, Alex Fletcher, Dave Haddleton.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 21/06/2026

Maybe it can become global number one in the ratio of the total number of senior managers to the total number of staff? ;-)

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 20/06/2026

Makes me wonder why JLR keeps making such SUV monstrosities whilst the UK government keeps supporting their actions.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 18/06/2026

Tomorrow, 85 of our 2nd year chemistry students sit their chemical reaction engineering and data analysis exam (f-2-f open book) for the first time! I am looking forward to their results. 🥽🧪🍎@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social #chemsky

Chemical Reaction Engineering and Data Analysis, a 2nd year UG Module at the University of Warwick

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 18/06/2026

Great to see @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social doing well! 🍎🧪🥽Interested in studying with us? Join us as an UG or PG student in Chemistry and become part of our research team.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 18/06/2026

Great to see a first impact factor of 5.1 for RSC Applied Polymers. Onwards and upwards! www.rsc.org/publishing/j... 🍎🧪🥽 @rscapplied.rsc.org

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RSC Applied Polymers

The application of polymers, both natural and synthetic

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 14/06/2026

Gemini made our black and white logo colorful with pride #LGBT 🧪🥽🍎. I think we are gonna keep this one. #Chemsky

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · 08/06/2026

There’s still time to register for the #RSCAppliedSymposium: Interfaces and polymers for a sustainable future! Registration closes 22 June so sign up today to join us on 23 July in London U.K.⬇️ rsc.li/appliedsymposium2026 #ChemSky

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 09/06/2026

Great talk by Alex Fletcher from BonLab at Surfex 2026 on water-based polyester dispersions for pressure sensitive adhesives. Want to know more? Get in touch with us. 🧪🥽🍎

Alex Fletcher from BonLab giving a talk at Surfex 2026.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 08/06/2026

Alex Fletcher, research fellow in BonLab, has been invited to talk at Surfex 2026. The title is “Flip and Stick: "Polyester Latexes via Phase Inversion for Adhesive Applications”. His talk will take place in Theatre C at 14:40 on Tuesday, 9th June 2026. 🍎🥽🧪 Source: www.surfex.co.uk/seminar-prog...

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Surfex

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 04/06/2026

Yutong Niu had a great time at Covestro (The Netherlands) with his industrial collaborators. He presented the latest of his PhD research on polycondensations. He taught Warwick Chemistry's undergraduate Anjali Manoj at Covestro (The Netherlands) how to carry out a scaled up polycondensation.

Yutong Niu from BonLab with his industrial collaborators at Covestro

Yutong Niu teaching Warwick's UG Anjali Manoj a scaled up polycondensation.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 01/06/2026

We at BonLab wish everyone a happy Pride month.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 26/05/2026

Should it not be replanting biodiverse forests as the solution instead of pumping CO2 underground? In other words, how do we turn the Sahara into an Amazon?

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 25/05/2026

Exactly, let's cap salaries at 150k and see what comes out of the woodwork.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 25/05/2026

What's the AI-ratio going to be? Take 85 students on a chemical reaction engineering module. The AI-ratio is the average mark obtained in an open book exam where all notes on paper are allowed + pen, paper, calculator divided by the average mark from 5 homework sets. 🧪🥽🍎

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 21/05/2026

What cloud do they live on? Totally not enforceable. 🍎

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 21/05/2026

All ready for the 2nd 2-hour revision class (yep there are 3 of these) for our chemical reaction engineering and data analysis module at the University of Warwick. Pen, paper, basic calculator. No internet, no AI. That's all. 🧪🍎🥽

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Meryl Streep: That's All

Alt: Meryl Streep: That's All (the devil wears Prada)

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 21/05/2026

Emily Brogden from BonLab wins the 2026 University of Warwick SEM Faculty prize for best PhD thesis on innovative approaches to improve pressure-sensitive adhesive performance. Fantastic news for the team! An amazing achievement. Many congratulations to Emily who now works at Synthomer. 🥽🍎🧪

Emily Brogden from BonLab wins the 2026 University of Warwick SEM Faculty PhD thesis prize

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 20/05/2026

Mars Poxon won a best talk award at the 2026 University of Warwick Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium for their work on degradable polymers. Fantastic news for the team! Great job Mars, proud of you! 🧪🍎🥽

Mars Poxon from BonLab winning a 2026 University of Warwick best talk award.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 20/05/2026

Pending on the nature of the work, they most likely will rely on AI for the answers 😭

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 19/05/2026

Nice article. Infinite is not possible though even with something as clean as PET. It would be nice to find out the chemical recycling efficiency (a number < 100% for each building block).

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 13/05/2026

Simple. The majority is obsessed with marks. Actual understanding is not a goal for the majority that go to university anymore. Unfortunately Universities give in and serve this type of "education" using "student satisfaction" as an excuse.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 13/05/2026

Nope, many students pay for Claude. Gemini Pro, so most answers are correct.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 13/05/2026

I just wanted to show that such assessed components now have little to do with probing the students' understanding of the topic. A lot of effort on everybody's side, for nothing really....

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 13/05/2026

I mostly have been marking AI generated/enhanced answers. Now I said to the students this was fine (I knew the majority uses AI anyway).

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 13/05/2026

As part of my chemical reaction engineering at the University of Warwick, the students had to do 5 homework assignments for marks. These were numerical problem sets. Just finished marking, manually. I think everyone can guess the outcome. 🥽🍎🧪

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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 11/05/2026

BOOM 💥 There it is 😃

alex.karlsen asks:

Why does Denmark consistently rank among the happiest countries despite having some of the highest taxes in the world?

chrislundartist replies:

You guys are obsessed with the tax rate, but you ignore the Life Rate.
If you add up your taxes + health insurance + co-pays + tuition + daycare + retirement savings... you are paying way more than we are.
We just pay one bill and get everything included.
You are paying five different bills and getting nothing.
We aren't socialists; we are just better at accounting.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 07/05/2026

My colleague Dave Haddleton and I have been teaching our first year students about polymers. One of the assessments is to make a short movie on a polymer product in a specified movie category. Who will win a "Warwick University Oscar" coming Monday? Only a few days to go....

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 30/04/2026

The High Polymer Group meeting was great. It has been so nice to catch up with friends and connect with new people.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 26/04/2026

On the way! Let's hope for a sunny conference. Looking forward to catching up with people and making new connections. Oh, and let's not forget...great science. 🧪🍎🥽

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 17/04/2026

We are very happy to have contributed to this collaborative work lead by Joe Keddie at Surrey University. Biocoatings with Enhanced Bacterial Viability via Coagulant Dipping and Wet Sintering by Immersion | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Biocoatings with Enhanced Bacterial Viability via Coagulant Dipping and Wet Sintering by Immersion

Biocoatings are typically colloidal polymer films confining metabolically active, nongrowing bacteria. Depending on the species of confined bacteria, biocoatings find applications in wastewater treatm...

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 12/03/2026

Announcing the RSC Applied symposium: Interfaces & polymers for a sustainable future! Join us to explore application‑focused materials research aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, featuring advances in materials interfaces & polymers ➡️ rsc.li/appliedsymposium2026 #ChemSky

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 12/03/2026

On my way to Manchester University to do a PhD viva for one of Marloes Peeters' students. Looking forward to a good discussion on the work.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 08/03/2026

This weekend we are on our annual getaway with our research team. We travelled to Hawkshead in the Lake District. If the weather holds, it's hiking time later.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 26/02/2026

We are looking for two talented people to join us at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick as assistant professors. Permanent positions. 🧪🍎🥽 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

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Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226) - University of Warwick

Title: Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 16/02/2026

Happy Chinese New Year to everybody! We wish all a beautiful year the horse.

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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 03/12/2025

Today our MSc student felt the sensation of emulsion polymerization.

MSc Emulsion Polymerization lab crowd at the University of Warwick Dec 2025

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