Jon Beves

Remember these guys? I tested one bottle two months ago and it was ~49% "pure". I thought that it was one-batch failure, but I was wrong. I bought second bottle myself in Calgary and tested by PXRD + TGA. Nope, apparently they have a systematic problem with quality. 1/x #chemsky #chemchat

ARC has published (inadvertently?) how many Future Fellowships & DECRAs they’ll fund (FT26 & DE27). Even though outcomes aren't out yet, these numbers & success rates are here ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/ncgp-trends-... 299 FT26s & 455 DE27s "funded". Success rate of 20% for both schemes.

Interesting article about molecular ratchets. I’m really inspired by the studies mentioned, but I can never get a student to work on such complicated problems! #chemsky www.chemistryworld.com/features/mol...

We are hiring! tinyurl.com/4nstwsr3 2 year PDRA on flow synthesis & crystallisation of organic materials. Alongside the specific project focus, we are excited to work with you on your ideas to use flow in supramolecular chemistry. Closing date 21st August.

📢 Hiring a postdoc! Join my group on an NIH-funded project developing hydrazone-based photoswitchable fluorophores for super-resolution microscopy. Looking for expertise in organic synthesis, photochemistry, spectroscopy, systems/supramolecular chemistry, and/or chemical biology. #chemjobs #chemsky

So excited to be the ISOP conference in Groningen for all things #photoswitches! My favourite meeting so I’m honoured to also be the only person from Australia (again?) #ozchem

New pre-print! We use photoswitchable ligands to assemble a metastable cage that can act as a catalyst. Work by amazing PhD student Simona Capomolla. Any feedback would be very, very welcome, so please get in touch if you have any thoughts! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Devastating news for so many people who applied. Imagine running a scheme and then once all the applications are submitted, cancelling it. What a waste of so many people’s time. #ozchem

Come and work with me! The Austron is hiring a chemistry focused beamline scientist on the MX beamlines! Get in touch if you are interested 💎🧪👩‍🔬 #ozchem careers.ansto.gov.au/job/Melbourn...

Paper published! PhD student Man Him Chak led this work in collab with the Meijer group. Photoswitches reversibly control supramolecular polymer evolution for hours after the light is off. Thanks to all our wonderful collaborators on this one! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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The ARC have said (on LinkedIn) they will release outcomes for Discovery Projects Expressions of Interest (2027) tomorrow👇

Man Him Chak submitted his PhD thesis today!! Great work Him!! #ozchem

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Truly sad news today. Emma was an inspiring Dean of Science at UNSW and always dedicated to making a real difference in the world, as well as beaming with energy and positive vibes. A pleasure to work with and an inspiring leader in times when they seem so hard to find. She’ll be sadly missed.

Fantastic news, congrats Paul!

Registration for SupraChem2026 is open! Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!

13C satellite observation with a 1D 1H-13C HSQC NMR u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2018/08/13-c... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky

PhD position available! You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026! Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste... Re-posts appreciated!

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 333 tenure-track positions and 48 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

At UNSW, we’ve been looking into sunscreens. theconversation.com/mineral-vs-c... @jonbeves.bsky.social + Anna Wang. Also thanks to Thilini Ishwara.

If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 290 tenure-track positions and 34 teaching-only positions:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcB_oy4jXVGaqenGU31KYTi2KxvryzR1wt4Oo-_OcQ8/edit?usp=sharing #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪

ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra). My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately. ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs

Fantastic to see one of my chemical heroes, Richard Robson, winning the Nobel Prize for coordination frameworks (MOFs), together with Kitagawa and Yaghi. #ozchem

Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry. www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...

Applications Scientist - NMR, Oxford Instruments, Shanghai, China jobs.oxinst.com/job/Shanghai... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

We’ve also been thinking about this a lot in recent years. Even “well mixed” solutions are really very heterogeneous, even though we synthetic chemists don’t like to admit it, and it can change reaction outcomes…. #ChemSky

Max Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung (Mülheim, Germany) has a tenure-track opening in chemistry (asst/assoc): chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/tenure-t... #facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Scaling up like this takes attention to every little detail, and a willingness to question your typical assumptions. Not everyone is capable of it!

📢pls share We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC

Love this story about the absurdity of citation metrics in @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti...

Everybody knows that LLMs suck in most science-related stuff. But maybe the are good in something that is Large (6000 entries) and Language (mostly)? Because they are Large Language Models. Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans). #minerals 🧵1/n

This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is. The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list. In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.

Today was Dr Isis Middleton's last day with us! It's been a lot of fun working with Isis for the past 2 years and she's done a fantastic job on a wide range of crazy projects. Wishing her all the best for her next adventures! #ozchem

Come be my colleague! Hope College Chemistry is hiring a tenure-track prof in General & Inorganic Chem starting Fall 2026. Great undergrad research culture, strong support, and a fantastic community. Apply by Sept 20: hope.edu/jobs #ChemJobs #facultyjobs #academicsky ⚗️🧪

on behalf of Professor James Keeler (University of Cambridge) considering the possibility of revising the text and creating a third edition : Understanding NMR Spectroscopy, James Keeler - survey concerning a possible third edition cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #NMRbooks #NMRchat #NMR 🧲