After climbing Mount Kinabalu (4095.2 m!), I’m ready for my next adventure. I’m excited to share that on Monday I’ll be starting my second postdoc in the @continiclau.bsky.social group at Imperial College London.

Just like that, #APME2025 has come to an end! It was a real pleasure to present my research on dynamic networks♻️ I’m always amazed by the number of new connections made at events like this—outstanding science in an outstanding location 🌋Hope to see you all again in Canada in two years!

I will be presenting a free live webinar tomorrow (April 30th) titled: "Unlocking the Secrets of Organoid Models in Biomedical Research", Sign up here 👉 tinyurl.com/42cz8wd8

Unlocking the Secrets of Organoid Models in Biomedical...

When THUNDER Meets Spinning DiskJoin us as we delve deeper into the world of organoids and 3D models, which are essential tools for advancing our...

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Glad to see this collaboration finally out! 🎉🧪

Bernhard Schmidt@schmidtpolylab.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out Niamh's work @uofgchem.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social about double hydrophilic block copolymer coacervates in Macromol. Rapid Commun. A great collaboration with the Becer group and @matildeconcilio.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congratulations @bonny-gao.bsky.social, such a fantastic piece of work!

Williams Group@williamsgroupox.bsky.social · last yr.

Our latest paper "High-Performance Recyclable Polyester Elastomers Through Transient Strain-Stiffening" is out now in Advanced Materials! Congrats to @bonny-gao.bsky.social, @kampoon1.bsky.social, @matildeconcilio.bsky.social, Thomas, and George! 🧪💚♻️ advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Had a fantastic time presenting my work on polyester-based reprocessable vitrimers ♻️ at #SCHEMASpring25 on Tuesday! I’m very grateful for the opportunity! You can read all about it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Thrilled to share this work on precise COOH-functionalized polyesters in reprocessable vitrimers, now online in JACS! This research highlights the role of catalysts in vitrimer chemistry and how tailored catalyst mixtures can control vitrimer properties and bond exchange pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers

Thermosets are valued for their exceptional dimensional stability, mechanical properties, and resistance to creep and chemicals. Their permanent molecular structures limit reshaping, reprocessing, and recycling. Incorporating exchangeable chemical bonds into cross-linked polymer networks provides materials with thermoset-like properties that are also reprocessable. Here, ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of unpurified, commercially available epoxides and succinic anhydride is employed to synthesize well-defined, low molecular weight polyesters with controlled functionalization. Polymer networks are then formed through the catalyzed reaction of these copolymers with the epoxy-containing cross-linker diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A. Catalyst mixtures of zinc bis(2-ethylhexanoate) and 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene are used to assess the role of the catalysts in the curing and dynamic bond exchange reactions. Varying the catalyst ratios results in polymer networks with tunable mechanical properties (90% < εb < 450%, 0.30 MPa < UTS < 24 MPa), high creep recovery (%recovery > 90% after five creep cycles), and good reprocessability.

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Last week I had the opportunity to visit Scott Bader and test some of my materials. It was an incredibly instructive experience. Learning how to prepare and test samples for industrial applications gave me valuable insights to optimise my work. I also fabricated my first composite—a proud moment! 👩🏻‍🔬🧪