Douglas Philp

@profphilp.bsky.social

Research in systems chemistry, synthetic replicators and reaction networks. University of St Andrews.

📣 Announcement 📣 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award 🏆, given in the memory of John Fossey, goes to both Simona Bianco (University of Glasgow) and Jiarong Wu @jiarongwu.bsky.social (University of St Andrews/Universität Würzburg). Congratulations both! (1/4)

Portrait of Simona BiancoPortrait of Jiarong Wu

Despite the challenges of Storm Éowyn, Laura Gravener defended her PhD thesis successfully today. Congratulations Laura! Euan and I wish you the very best for life after St Andrews. Thanks to Gordon Florence and Sarah Pike for serving as examiners.

Gordon, Laura and Sarah after the viva

Almost time for me to reprise my role as question master for this RSC Top of the Bench event this evening. Best of luck to all four schools competing in tonight’s Regional Final.

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Deeply saddened to hear yesterday about Sir Fraser Stoddart passing away. For me, from Sheffield to the streets of Chicago, across 35 years, it was always an adventure (though mostly with much less snow). Fraser was a force of nature and leaves an enormous legacy. He will be sorely missed.

Fraser Stoddart holding a model of buckminsterfullerene in a research lab at Sheffield University in 1988.Fraser Stoddart sitting in his car on a very snowy street in Chicago in 2019 shortly after his passenger had dug the car out of the snow.

As part of our initiative to strengthen and expand Organic Chemistry research in the School of Chemistry @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, we have an opening for a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry. Closing date for applications is 22nd January 2025. Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW116/l...

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry - AC2577LS at University of St Andrews

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