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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Theoretical Chemistry. To learn more or apply, visit: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Poster for a job ad for a Theoretical Chemistry Professor.

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Experimental Physical Chemistry. To learn more and apply for any of our faculty postings, visit www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/employment-o....

Job posting for a university professor of Experimental Physical Chemistry.

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Our search for an Assistant Professor of Inorganic, Polymer, and/or Materials Chemistry closes on Monday October 12! To learn more about this role and apply to any of our open faculty searches, visit www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/employment-o...

Job posting for an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, with a picture of a lab and a Now Hiring! Banner.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(Happy to answer brief, emailed questions as would be useful to potential applicants.)

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Folks might have noticed that our department has fully _four_ searches ongoing for (junior) research faculty this year (Exp PChem, Theory, and two lines within the Inorganic-Materials-Polymers spectrum.) Come and be part of our next generation!

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Note on that linked document that there are two postings (junior/senior) for, effectively, a single position---we are encouraging excellent candidates at both the junior and senior levels to apply, and the committee will take career stage into account as we deliberate.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am _thrilled_ to make it official that we are looking to hire a new colleague in Experimental Physical Chemistry (broadly defined) here at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We are all proud of our director, @aspuru.bsky.social. C&EN’s Trailblazers profile captures his prioneering work across chemistry, AI and robotics, but also the mentor who has welcomed hundreds of scientists to The Matter Lab. cen.acs.org/physical-che...

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Alán Aspuru-Guzik blurs the boundaries between chemistry, AI, and robotics

The 2024 Trailblazers guest editor also gives chemists the tools to accelerate their science

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, Chair of the Dept. of Chemistry will discuss “Case Studies in Chirality,” Thursday, October 08, 2026 1:00 pm Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

Announcement of a Chemistry department seminar, with a photo of a poster and a QR code leading to Chemistry Events at UofT.

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Physical Seminar Series: Dr. Travis Ferguson, Post Doctoral Researcher at the UVIC | “Glow-Up! Advances in Hadamard-Transform Fluorescence Excitation-Emission-Matrix (HT-EEM) Spectroscopy,” Tuesday, September 29, 2026 11:00 am Infohttps://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From 2022 to spring 2025, American PhD-granting universities posted an average of 289 openings in departments of chemistry and biochemistry. Starting in the fall of 2025, that number fell to 185 openings.

a graph of the normal growth rate of the Chemistry Faculty Jobs List, showing two deviations, the year during COVID (fall 2020-spring 2021) and the first year of the second Trump Administration (fall 25-spring 26)

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ha! The Theory posting is now live also! bsky.app/profile/chem...

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'll emphasize that it's (hopefully) a hire-a-palooza here at UofT Chem this year. Beyond these _two_, anticipate two more postings in 1) Theory and 2) Experimental Physical Chemistry this fall. Exact timings still TBD. Very happy to share my perspectives with prospective colleagues!

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Also I am obsessed that "fluorescence" was coined in the footnote of Stokes 1852 paper. He was like -- if opalescence can be named after opals, why not name this glowing after fluorspar? And I think that is cool royalsocietypublishing.org/rstl/article...

A screenshot from On the change of refrangibility of light by Stokes. Page 15 of the document. He says, " I confess I do not like this term (dispersive reflexion) I am almost inclined to coin a word and call the appearence fluorescence from fluor-spar, as the analagos term opalescence is derived from the name of a mineral.

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

By using molten salts and ammonia researchers have made colloidal nanocrystals of various metal nitrides, from left to right: titanium nitride, vanadium nitride, gallium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, and tantalum nitride. cen.acs.org/materials/na... #chemsky 🧪

Making these nanocrystals has stumped chemists for 30 years.
Colloidal gallium nitride and titanium nitride nanocrystals could enable printed displays and implant coatings.
by Prachi Patel.
Six glass vials hold liquids of various colors.
Credit: Nature.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As a result, ligand/device engineering needs to harmonize the optical & transport properties of the QDs _and_ the energetics at the heterointerface _and_ the crystalline morphology of the organic film! More to come!

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

[...] Samihat's spectroscopy identified an unheralded barrier: the morphology of the evaporated organic layer critically depends on the 'substrate' (here, the QD films!)

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

However, though we boosted performance with the new architecture, there is distance still to cover before technology transfer. Beyond addressing carrier traps (as was done in QD solar cells) and FRET-based backtransfer (as @dcongreve.bsky.social's team has highlighted), [...]

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Indeed, there are fundamental transport advantages vs all-excitonic bilayers—in conductive films of quantum dots (QDs), photoexcitations dissociate into carriers that diffuse independently to the interface, to re-form as spin-triplet excitons in rubrene.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Building on Lea Nienhaus & co's achievements using bulk halide-perovskites, we now demonstrate a sensitizing architecture with a clear path to the short-wave infrared.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Proud to promote Samihat Rahman & Miguel Albaladejo-Siguan's success in realizing a solid-state architecture for triplet-fusion photon upconversion sensitized by _conductive_ QD films—the type that dominates PbS QD photovoltaics. (And a longstanding quest in our lab!) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Near-Infrared–to–Visible Upconversion Sensitized by Conductive Films of PbS Quantum Dots

Photon upconversion via nanocrystal-sensitized triplet fusion is a photophysical process that converts two low-energy photons into one high-energy photon. Solid-state, near-infrared–to–visible upconve...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

💠Introducing Clari, a generative model to predict organic crystal structure in seconds, enabling virtual screening of organic molecules on the basis of solid-state properties. 📜 arxiv.org/abs/2606.03199 👩‍💻 huggingface.co/the-matter-l... 💻 github.com/aspuru-guzik... [1/4]

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Chemistry Faculty Positions in Canada @chemfacultycdn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

University of Guelph: Assistant Professor, Contractually Limited Appointment chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/202…

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Chemistry Stories interviews Nishaant Jacobus about being awarded the Governor General's Silver Medal: uoft.me/JacobusGGSil...

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University of Toronto @utoronto.ca · 07/07/2026

#UofT alum Michael Helander’s company is using simulation to speed the development of materials for electronics, energy & more 📱 uoft.me/cw4

Michael Helander. Photo courtesy of OTI Lumionics

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Day 2 of the US of Science Challenge! We started with a bang, filling all bubbles in 23 states & making major progress on some of the big states (like CA & PA). We've got 1193 more bubbles. Which region will finish first? Which state will be the dreaded last standing? 👉 givebutter.com/USS2026

a map of the united states with a blue west coast, pink middle, purple for northeast, and green southern states. Half of the bubbles are full! Wyoming inexplicably has two gritties in the bubbles

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Just in case you haven't tried, I have been _shocked_, more than once, by how easily a small piece of pocket-lint can block the proper mating of a USB-C cable to my phone. ...as in, nearly bought a new one, before the umpteenth fishing expedition with a un-bent paperclip found paydirt. (YMMV?)

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Another red alert for American science

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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DMartin @drddom.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social is paying attention. For years, successive governments have refused to properly fund research & education. Creating & funding bespoke programs don't work. Consistent funding for basic research is the best way forward. Every report has said so! Please fund research.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:

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The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America

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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wonderful to host Mark Wilson from U. Toronto. Crossed the “big pond” today hi.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Thanks Tim---I appreciated the warm welcome and good conversations at UNSW!

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Linsey Marr @linseymarr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This article has quality content about the very low risk of hantavirus leading to a pandemic. Should you be worried? No, unless you're on the cruise ship or have close interactions with someone who came off it. www.today.com/health/news/...

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Could the Hantavirus Lead to a Pandemic? Experts Explain the Risk Level

An outbreak of hantavirus has killed three on a cruise ship. Should you be worried? What to know about the Andes strain, how it spreads and symptoms.

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uchichemistry.bsky.social @uchichemistry.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The countdown is on for "MXene: The Next Horizon," the 4th International Conference hosted at the University of Chicago this August. If you want to be part of the conversation shaping the future of nanomaterials, now is the time to act, as abstract submissions close: May 15, 2026 - shorturl.at/fp1nX

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John Chodera @jchodera.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Tremendously excited to help launch the Open Source for Science Fund, led by a fantastic team with an extraordinary track record of supporting open source software for science.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/04/2026

This short film about one night in one city documents racial profiling and a host of other abuses by ICE using body cam footage. Issued as a video opinion by full editorial board of the New York Times, it is utterly bone-chilling. Gift link. Please take the time to watch it, then call your reps.

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Opinion | White Drivers Got a Warning. Latino Drivers Got Detained.

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Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Canada’s team.

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SFU Trottier Observatory @sfutrottobs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Hi Bluesky, we're the Trottier Observatory, a research and public outreach observatory based at @sfu.ca in Burnaby, BC. We're home to Canada's largest star party every clear Friday evening (last Friday of the month online). Follow us for event and weather updates. We hope to see you soon!

Image of the Simon Fraser University Trottier Observatory and Science Courtyard during a sunny day. The observatory is a concrete cylinder topped with a metal dome. In the foreground there is a long, rectangular plinth that lights up at night. SFU's iconic Academic Quadrangle building is in the background.

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

i.e. @acoyne.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... (Paywall)

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Jenny Yang @chemjen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Please RT! The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026. More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109 @uciphyssci.bsky.social

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Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

A.R. Gordon Distinguished Lecture Series: Distinguished Professor Christopher Jarzynski, University of Maryland, will speak April 15-17, in our flagship seminar series. To learn topics, read abstracts, and learn more about these outstanding lectures, visit: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/argordon

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Not sure she's on BSky, (and it'd be trans-atlantic/maple tinged), but my colleague Xiang Li is keen on this: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/direc... (I could make an introduction if useful.)

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Xiang Li

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Mark W.B. Wilson @markwbwilson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

...it's an all-time earworm, sez I. Changing to ever-higher keys...

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/04/2026

Calling all physics/astronomy science communicators! Applications are open for the 2026 #Scicomm Collider at @perimeterinstitute.ca! A great opportunity for folks doing all kinds of astro/phys engagement to meet, network, and share expertise on connecting the public with science! ⚛️🧪🔭🎢

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