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Patrick A. Robertson

@ghettsmart.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry. I blow up molecules with lasers in the vain hope that I might one day learn about their structure before they blew up. Washed-up MTG dream chaser. He/Him www.nurd.org.uk

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chifley @chifley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
deflecting all criticism of my unsorted cutlery drawer by saying 'entropy always increases in a closed system'
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Interviewer: Gap you explain this gap in your CV? Me: Yes, I am symmetric with respect to exchange and so only have even-J rotational levels. #chemsky #parity
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
could you imagine if they struck oil at ground zero and all the mourners started jumping around like cowboys. My god i want some of that oil
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
a cloak believed to belong to the shooter transformed into a dozen beautiful white doves and flew away, Authorities said,
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Nicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
(two minutes after sitting down) Oh shit dude I think that's Godot lol, see ya. (Confidently getting into wrong car
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Another very fine piece of science from the PhD thesis of Dr Dennis Milesevic is available in press. Here, we show the wavelength dependent photodissociation dynamics of a model peptide radical cation. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Ultraviolet Photodissociation of the N,N-Dimethylformamide Cation
N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) provides a useful small-molecule model for studying features of the peptide bond that forms the backbone of proteins. We report results from a comprehensive multimass veloc...
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A fully funded PhD position in my research group is available. Details on our research can be found here: www.nurd.org.uk The project would suit anyone with an MSci in chemistry or physics with an interest/experience in reaction dynamics, ultrafast laser spectroscopy, and instrument development
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
If you actually, genuinely want to house the #homeless... - just give them money. #BasicIncome in every study done ends up cheaper than the endless interventions required when people live on the street: all of the police, courts, ambulance and hospital... www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty
Led by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A fully funded PhD position in my research group is available. Details on our research can be found here: www.nurd.org.uk The project would suit anyone with an MSci in chemistry or physics with an interest/experience in reaction dynamics, ultrafast laser spectroscopy, and instrument development
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#PhDposition I have a fully funded PhD position in my research group at the University of Nottingham for the Oct 2025 academic year The project is to build a reaction microscope to study ultrafast photoionisation dynamics in the gas phase Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKQ416/f... Past it on
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship: Ultrafast Dynamics of Dissociative Ionisation at University of Nottingham
Explore the Fully Funded PhD Studentship: Ultrafast Dynamics of Dissociative Ionisation on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for higher education. Apply now.
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Leaned on the vent valve of a full speed turbo and heard the most ungodly scream that I will never forget. Luckily I closed it fast enough to avoid a crash landing and witness the full extent of the wrath of conservation of angular momentum
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Not sure if this counts: in HS, we were titrating KMnO4 and I spilled a bunch all over my lap. My gf says “if we put H2SO4 on that it will get rid of the stain”. I’m like “genius!” And allow her to dropper 6M acid on my crotch. Colour vanishes, and by lunch time so had most of the front of my jeans.
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Okay, introductions time: Favourite Book 📚 Favourite Film 🎥 Favourite Album 💿 Favourite TV show 📺
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Dan @danlikescomics.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Can I say it's wild to have a timeline that's isn't an ad every third post
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Two absolute units, all tuckered out after a big day exploring the their new house.
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I had a moment during a workshop class this week where I began to explain something before realising that it would mean that I also had to explain Coriolis coupling, so I decided to just trail off and pretend it didn’t happen.
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
After 10 lectures of Statistical Mechanics, I can proudly say that I finally understand Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Okay, fine. I’ll get off the stupid other app.
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Patrick A. Robertson @ghettsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2023
Hmmm
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