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Chris Hawes

@cshchem.bsky.social
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Inorganic chemist, crystallography, spectroscopy and MOFs with occasional 3d printing. He/him, Kiwi in UK.

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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Any faculty member outsourcing the responsibility for crafting an educational experience to Claude should be embarrassed. If Claude is doing your job, why do the students need you?" Finally got around to reading this and it is spot on.
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I'm Dirt Mother Fucker @aynrandy.boontavista.com · 21/04/2026
I keep hearing that we are expecting an exponential growth in energy use due to AI like it's some phenomenon that we have no control over and it makes me so fucking angry. We don't have to do it!! We can choose not to do this and not to lose all we've gained in the clean energy transition! fuck!!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great trip to @keeleuniversity.bsky.social today to present our latest research at their Chemistry Seminar... somehow I didn't take any photos?! Thanks to Charlie Creissen for the invitation and great to see Pete Matthews, @kjhaxton.com and @cshchem.bsky.social and others.
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Really happy to see this one out in the world, top efforts by Scarlett and Corey on their final year projects (a couple of years apart mind you) with technical input from the brilliant Sian as always
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MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Structural chemistry and environment-dependent fluorescence of a tetratopic pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole ligand pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLand…
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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We have a 3-year postdoc position available, starting in October, to work on molecular capsules for catalysis. Click on the link below to apply! 👇 Happy to have informal chats about the post - send me an email. Application deadline 6 July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #chemsky
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Research Fellow - School of Chemistry - 105878 - Grade 7
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I am amused by the framing of this article because you may as well accuse me of refusing to use a flame thrower in my work. I'm not refusing, it is of no use to me because I am a non-fictition writer. That's all.
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Huh, next month it'll be 10 years since moving to this hemisphere, time sure does fly!
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Becky Greenaway @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Congratulations to Dr Ruby Morel on passing her PhD viva today 🎉 Noone is more deserving and watch this space for her papers on porous liquid crystals 🙌 Thanks to @annagslater.bsky.social and @g-craig.bsky.social for examining!
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Shao-Liang Zheng @shaoliangzheng.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
George Sheldrick will be missed🕯️🕯️🕯️#SHELX #crystallography #education
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This puts it well & it’s a point I keep making about why using AI to write is so flattening. Writing is the process of working out & refining what you think. If I write an article, I’m not just generating 1000 plausible words. I’m trying to articulate ideas with precision, & challenging myself.
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Syma Khalid @sykhalid.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Nothing so irritating in academia as the low key flex re group size. Look at my empire….🙄
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My latest 3d print and paint project was the crystal structure of a classic lanthanide dota complex (dotarem/gadoteric acid), it's a nice case study for teaching about stability constants and their relevance which I use in year 2 inorganic but mainly I just think it's a cool looking molecule
3d printed and painted crystal structure of the [Gd(dota)(H2O)] anion in classic atom colouring except for a satin gold colour for the metal ion, with a matt finish
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Colette Boskovic @coletteboskovic.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Massive congratulations to my Unimelb #InorganicChemistry colleagues Richard Robson & Paul Donnelly #OzChem #ChemSky #MOFs #BioinorganicChemistry www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...
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New Chemistry Chair honours legacy of Professor Richard Robson
New Chemistry Chair honours legacy of Professor Richard Robson
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Tim Easun @timeasun.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I see your immediate vacancy and call with one of my own! Immediately available PhD studentship (Home fees & stipend) on a MOF/polymers/neutrons/computational project with ISIS, Cardiff and the Ada Lovelace Centre. Original student unable to start so post re-advertised. #ChemSky spread the word!
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Soft & Crystalline Composite Materials: Developing Total Scattering Workflows for the Interrogation of Structure. at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Soft & Crystalline Composite Materials: Developing Total Scattering Workflows for the Interrogation of Structure. at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Not often I'm in the first 10% of something, I'll take that
One of those Bluesky user numbers, mine is 729561
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Took a break from this for a bit but back to printing and painting some crystal structure models, I'm a big fan of the flat cartoon look from matte varnish and black highlights on the bonds #chemsky
A 3d printed and hand painted molecular model - the molecule is a chelating 1,8-naphthalimide complex painted in a cartoon style
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PaulEKruger @paulekruger.bsky.social · 20/08/2024
Come and work with us in Te Kura Matū at the University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, in Christchurch New Zealand | Ōtautahi Aotearoa. #Chemsky jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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Associate Professor | Professor and Head of School, Physical and Chemical Sciences - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Been trying some new styles with these 3d printed crystal structures recently: used Blender to add infill to aromatic rings for coordinating cyclopentadienyls, and this weekend tried some matt paints for a change with black outlines on the bonds for a more cartoony style
Picture of two hand painted 3d printed crystal structures, a glossy [(Cp)Fe(CO)2]2 with coloured infill on the rings, and an alanine zwitterion painted in matt style with black highlights between the atoms and bonds
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Those'll do, I guess
Microscope image of some perfect looking blocky crystals
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Welcome to Chemsky @jamieagould.bsky.social !
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Huge week for me, I bought a 9 pack of mini kitkats for my office over 48 hours ago and there's still one left, please clap
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
I caved and bought a Kobo. Annotating on PDFs on the e-ink screen is so cool! Is this the gadget that will finally help me catch up on reading papers? No, still no.
Image of a pdf textbook open on an e-reader with some scribbles
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Martijn Zwijnenburg @zwijcompchem.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
From the x-rated site: The RoySocChem 2023 Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting #MASC2023 registration is open and the first abstract deadlines are not far off - you do knot want to miss them! mascgroup.co.uk/masc23/ #ChemSky
Photo of tweet saying: The @RoySocChem 2023 @RSC_MASCMacrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting #MASC2023 registration is open and the first abstract deadlines are not far off - you do knot want to miss them!
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now: - sorting line at a recycling plant - quantity surveyors assistant at a glaziers - handing out bus timetables - worked the till at a video rental store - sold ostensibly science themed toys and various junk in a mall
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Welcome to Chemsky @nfchilton.bsky.social !
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Hah, cool! It's got my number that's for sure
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Rob Jackson @robajackson.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
I just got set up here this evening, thanks to an invite from @cshchem.bsky.social. Hello everyone! I'll be posting on science, music and (hopefully) travel. No politics! Do follow me, and I'll follow you back.
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Its the time of year when I go over my chemistry of LCD and LED screens lecture content and have to talk myself out of buying an E-ink tablet, but they are so cool
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
Glad to see some more migrations here to Chemsky from the other place - welcome @gtwsuprachem.bsky.social and @robajackson.bsky.social #Chemsky
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Bit too organic for my blood but I'll try my best: Favourite element: Zn or Cd (or anything that diffracts good) Favourite reaction: Finkelstein Favourite het: indazole Favourite functional group: Carboxylic acid Favourite glassware: Dean-Stark Favourite natural product: quinine
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 10/09/2023
Enjoying some nature time in Wales before the thunderstorms get here
A nice quiet stream in north Wales
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Jon Beves @jonbeves.bsky.social · 08/09/2023
Wow! So exciting to find a new platform with familiar names already here! Hopefully this can turn into what chemtwitter used to be!
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Autoreply is on and feet are up, clawing back some annual leave before the madness starts up again
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Matt Fuchter @fuchtermatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
Doing some BlueSky research (🤦‍♂️) to join the science community on here. I'm a Professor of Chemistry at Imperial College with a range of interests spanning molecules, materials and medicine. Who's here? #Chemsky
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 02/09/2023
It'll cost me about the same to either get my PC up to spec for Starfield (new GPU + PSU needed at minimum) or to just buy a PS5 and play it on that, I'm torn
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Spent much of last week in Ireland for a PhD viva and other work catchups which was great, but it is also nice to be back in Stoke where food, coffee and beer costs what in comparison seems like a very reasonable amount
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Chris Hawes @cshchem.bsky.social · 26/08/2023
This site seems alright so far! Though I still have nothing much to say, hopefully the chemtwitter crowd will continue moving this way
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