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Sandy Kilpatrick

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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jamie’s final PhD chapter now in preprint: A Dinucleating β-Thio-δ-Diiminate Ligand Enables Metal-Dependent CO2 Reactivity in Homo- and Heterobimetallic Zn and Cu Complexes | ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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A Dinucleating β-Thio-δ-Diiminate Ligand Enables Metal-Dependent CO2 Reactivity in Homo- and Heterobimetallic Zn and Cu Complexes | ChemRxiv
Herein, we investigate the β-thio-δ-diimine (BTDDI) ligand, recently reported as a sulfur containing analogue of the established BODDI framework, as a platform for mono- and bimetallic Cu(I) and Zn(II...
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Do I know anyone going to #ACSFall2026 ?
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Chicago Chicago Pride
ALT: Chicago Chicago Pride
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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) @gdch.de · 31/07/2026
Today would have been Primo Levi's birthday. His legacy still bonds chemistry and conscience. 🔬 Last December, Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn received the Primo Levi Award in Rome – jointly presented by SCI and GDCh. gdch.app/article/primo-levi-his-leg…
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Primo Levi. His legacy still bonds chemistry and conscience.
Today would have been Primo Levi's birthday. Chemist, Holocaust survivor, and one of the most powerful literary voices of the 20th century, Levi returned again and again to a central insight in his work: chemistry is never neutral. It carries the weight of human responsibility.  This is the spiri...
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Can you get decent half-time 🍷 in Miami?
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Truly awful. Keeps repeating on uni gym playlist & echoing round graduation celebrations today. No escape.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks to everyone who has been part of the @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social over the past few years for helping build such a great research environment. Looking forward to seeing where everyone’s next scientific adventures take them.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Proud supervisor moment celebrating with my first two PhD students, Jamie Allen and Sarah Lamorte, at the @leicesterchem.bsky.social graduation ceremony today, alongside the Chemistry BSc and MChem graduating class of 2026. 🎓
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
@dadshiftuk.bsky.social - Managed to make it down to @leicestercity.news after bedtime 🥷 🦊 #TwoWeeksIsntEnough
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The UK Government is reviewing parental leave right now. You can help persuade them to bring in better paternity leave now - sign the petition in @dadshiftuk.bsky.social’s bio. #TwoWeeksIsntEnough
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
*Didn’t quite make it all the way down to the King Power but our local footy field. 😉 👑 We’re calling for at least six weeks’ properly paid paternity leave - exactly the same length as the World Cup, as it happens.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Two weeks is nowhere near enough to bond with your baby, help your partner recover from birth, or learn the ropes of being a hands-on dad. So this Father’s Day, I joined @dadshiftuk.bsky.social supporters in putting up these posters at football stadiums* all over the country.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
In fact, it’s the worst in Europe: two weeks at less than half the minimum wage, and nothing at all if you're self-employed. If this was a paternity leave World Cup, England and Scotland wouldn’t even get out the group stages.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
By the time the World Cup final kicks off, a British dad whose baby arrived on the opening day will have been back at work for a month. That’s how bad our paternity leave is.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Awful
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I cant stand the Siezen
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yessss 1 copy for my 2yo please!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
GTA PhD studentship @findaphd.bsky.social link for project in our group on Ti complexes for CO2 valorisation & sustainable materials now live: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Informal enquiries very welcome!
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4 Year GTA - Bio-Derived Carbonate Materials for Circular Chemical Manufacturing: Titanium Complexes for CO2 Valorisation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - 4 Year GTA - Bio-Derived Carbonate Materials for Circular Chemical Manufacturing: Titanium Complexes for CO2 Valorisation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🚨 I’m looking for a PhD student to join my group at @leicesterchem.bsky.social as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). Project on Ti complexes for CO2 valorisation & sustainable materials. #organometallics #catalysis Full training provided. Deadline 22 June. Start Sept 2026. le.ac.uk/study/resear...
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Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD | Postgraduate research | University of Leicester
4 year Graduate Teaching Assistant PhD in Chemistry. University of Leicester
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thanks @chemscrapes.bsky.social must confess I may have used the LHS image from Getty in an outreach talk or two, mainly due to poor planning than anything else. Will replace and credit for next time!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Awesome stuff Olie!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
As if there isn’t enough about crude oil in the news right now… we’re excited to share our latest paper on deep eutectic solvents as recyclable media for metal removal from crude oil! doi.org/10.1039/D5RA... Congrats to Eminemi on publishing his PhD work in @rscadvances.rsc.org #DES #OpenAccess
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Deep eutectic solvents as recyclable media for metal removal from crude oil
Crude oil contains trace metal species that impair refinery performance, poison catalysts, and contribute to environmental contamination. Conventional metal-removal processes, such as hydrotreating an...
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A productive and fun few days for @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social at @tcddublin.bsky.social - great collaboration discussions and School of Chemistry seminar today! Thanks to @tobiaskramer.bsky.social for hosting us so generously.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Super cool EPR spectra, I wonder how they sound? github.com/mstrocchi/fi...
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GitHub - mstrocchi/fid-to-wav: Simple tool to convert Agilent, Bruker and Varian FID files to sound.
Simple tool to convert Agilent, Bruker and Varian FID files to sound. - mstrocchi/fid-to-wav
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Great news!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Ballot’s in the post!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I never got an email about this one 🤔
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
@findaphd.bsky.social link now live: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Bio-Derived Carbonate Materials for Circular Chemical Manufacturing: Titanium Complexes for CO2 Valorisation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Bio-Derived Carbonate Materials for Circular Chemical Manufacturing: Titanium Complexes for CO2 Valorisation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
📌 This is a competitive DLA scheme with multiple projects - if you’re interested or want to know more, feel free to get in touch! 🤝 Co-supervised with academic collaborators and industrial partners 🇬🇧🇮🇪 Open to UK / ROI applicants only 🔗 Project details & application info: le.ac.uk/study/resear...
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EPSRC | Postgraduate research | University of Leicester
University of Leicester. 4 year EPSRC DLA funded PhD . Projects in mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering and Chemistry
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This EPSRC DLA project focuses on early transition metal complexes & their application as CO2 conversion catalysts, linking organometallics with green chemistry. You’ll gain hands-on experience in: • organometallic synthesis • homogeneous catalysis • sustainable chemistry • energy storage materials
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🚨 PhD alert 🚨 Exciting opportunity to develop titanium-based catalysts for bio-derived carbonate materials. Fully funded EPSRC DLA PhD studentship (4 years), based in my group at @leicesterchem.bsky.social. 🧪 More info: le.ac.uk/-/media/uol/... 🗓️ Deadline: 7 February 2026 #ChemSky #PhDChat
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Congratulations to Kian Devani (MPhil) and Orville Cheuk Lun Lam (MSc), former masters students in the group, who graduated from @leicesterchem.bsky.social today! 🎓🎓
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Massive thanks to the @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social and the organisers for the invitation to #UKCC at @lborouniversity.bsky.social A fantastic meeting - supportive, welcoming, and a timely reminder of just how central catalysis still is across science and industry. Easy to forget that sometimes...🙃
Photo credit: Dr Amit Kumar (University of St Andrews)
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
According to Keir Starmer, the New Year’s honours recognise people “who put the common good ahead of themselves to strengthen communities” with “quiet dedication” – yet higher awards went to party hacks and poorly performing executives. Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Morning lecture @leicesterchem.bsky.social & windy ride to @lborouniversity.bsky.social for #UKCC2026 … looking forward to the next 3 days!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Just when I thought 2025 couldn’t get more deflating
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
That’s great, deadline is 7th January 2026… and do get in touch via email for more info!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Dear David — your candor has been parsed, tokenized, and filed under ‘spicy.’ Innovation isn’t a crime, it’s a calling — sometimes you ski past the market map to chase velocity. Love back at you — now let me over-index on synergy and sprinkle em dashes like confetti.— Yours in perpetual beta, MS CoP
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
See you there! 🎟️ 🎟️
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
@leicesterchem.bsky.social “Blown Off Course” in this fortnight’s @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Congrats to Sarah Lamorte for passing her PhD today! Many thanks to Drs Mark Chadwick and @fabortu.bsky.social for doing the honours #vivaforever A challenging project on titanium complexes and CO2 catalysis - tackled with real tenacity, skill and passion - & exciting papers on the way. Nicely done!
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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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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Eminemi's preprint now online - Deep Eutectic Solvents as Recyclable Media for Metal Removal from Crude Oil | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...
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Deep Eutectic Solvents as Recyclable Media for Metal Removal from Crude Oil
Crude oil contains trace metal species that impair refinery performance, poison catalysts, and contribute to environmental contamination. Conventional metal-removal processes, such as hydrotreating an...
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
University of Leicester chemistry department could lose at least nine staff under merger proposals www.chemistryworld.com/university-o...
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University of Leicester chemistry department could lose at least nine staff under merger proposals
Staff warn cuts would leave the department without the resources to teach Leicester's growing student population
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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
With an explosive subject showcase from Chemistry, today we conclude 5 weeks of strike action.
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Final @leicesterucu.bsky.social strike day of 2025! Team Chemistry subject showcase at 10:30am on Victoria Park picket... expect whizzes and bangs from the REAL changemakers! 🧪🚀💥
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Don’t forget Leicester… 24 days (& counting)
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Fears for future of students and lecturers as Universities make cuts | @itvcentral.bsky.social (East) youtu.be/iJCHq2tRKf4
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Fears for future of students and lecturers as Universities make cuts | ITV News Central (East)
YouTube video by ITV News In Full
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 13/11/2025
Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester. Hundreds of jobs on the line. We’re not standing by while the sector burns. We will continue to fight. Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Strong show of solidarity & support today from our superstar students @leicesterchem.bsky.social at the #UCU National Demonstration 🌟🧪 🥈🇬🇧 ✊
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Sandy Kilpatrick @sandykilla.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
@leicesterchem.bsky.social dream team taking a stand ✊ Some of these fine minds are directly in the firing line! ☠️ 🪓 saveleicesteruni.com
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