Professor of Chemistry at the ANU│Deeptech Founder│Associate Editor at @RSC_MolEng │Polymers │Materials│Family│tragic fan of @CarltonFC

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Just showed the 9yo and 4yo Meatloaf's 'hot summer night' film clip. 4yo: oh my shit! 9yo: I can see why they call him meatloaf.
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Times are tough for some. One of my current PhD students is suffering more than most. Saif moved his whole family to Australia to pursue his dreams. Now he is in Sydney supporting his 4 year old daughter to fight leukemia. Please help, if you can👇 mycause.com.au/page/329721/m…
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Always great to celebrate papers coming out 🥂. Well done Moki!! Check out our water harvesting hydrogels. 💦 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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I have learnt I am allergic to holidays.. last three I have been sick!
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Not the most welcomed passenger 🕷️
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1 more hour to vote! it only takes 2 min. If you want to support sustainable plastics made from waste that is fully compostable.. follow the below
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Instructions: 1. Go to kinetic.wizer.business/ 2.Register as a community member 3. Go to the wall 4.Choose Coffeekii 5. Vote for Coffeekii (max 3 votes allowed). Votes Close 14th of June.
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Hi all, please help my students Ashwani and Brett. They are in are in the final stages of the Kinetic competition, which focuses on seeking seed funding for startup ventures. Please help them out and vote for their team (Coffeekii).
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Instructions: 1. Go to kinetic.wizer.business/ 2.Register as a community member 3. Go to the wall 4.Choose Coffeekii 5. Vote for Coffeekii (max 3 votes allowed). Votes Close 14th of June.
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Please spread the word 👇 We are looking for a fearless leader! This is a great opportunity to lead an awesome school with great research and resources, amazing students and in beautiful Canberra! My network - hit me up directly if this is of interest. jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/directo…
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Congrats @kpdhanya95!
Congratulations to PhD student Dhanya @kpdhanya95, whose latest work on second-generation ⚡️electroactive amino acids⚡️came out this morning in Org Lett @JOC_OL! A great @ARC_CIPPS and @ANUChemistry effort together with @LukeConnal! Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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I have always thought I was empathetic. I now believe true empathy is impossible - it is an illusion to think you understand what goes on in someone else's brain.
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A rant on grants: I have applied 3 times for an @arc_gov_au FF – all unsuccessful. I was confident on 2 of these, naively the first time (one of my first grants ever written). And then again when I was more senior and had a good track record.
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Today, I am extremely grateful that when I hit "Ctrl F" my name was there - I have been successful!!
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However, I feel for those who missed out. Rejection is shithouse, but, hopefully it only makes you stronger.
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Syenta out of @ourANU are revolutionising 3D printing using electrochemistry. Another Canberra startup developing game-changing technology👩🏽‍🔬👏
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It is always fun celebrating the latest output from @connalgroup congrats to Peidong! And all coauthors.
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Ever since I read about the space elevator as a undergrad I was intrigued by carbon nanotubes - this is our first publication using them. Fun work.
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