I occasionally give talks relating to chemistry/publishing/careers (this is a list of events I’ve done since joining NPG/Springer Nature in 2006).
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
Upcoming
2020 — Zoominars galore!
Past events
May 07, 2020 — A virtual talk at the University of Houston, USA: The nature of chemistry publishing
April 30, 2020 — A virtual talk at Georgetown University, USA: The nature of chemistry publishing
October 25, 2019 — A talk at ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain: The nature of chemistry publishing
June 05, 2019 — A talk at an evening gin-tasting event at the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (#CCCE2019) in Québec City, Canada: Getting in to sloe business
June 04, 2019 — A double act with Laura Reyes at the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (#CCCE2019) in Québec City, Canada: From jobs to gin: Social media for chemists
May 31, 2019 — A talk at McGill University, Montréal, Canada: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 30, 2019 — A talk at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 29, 2019 — A talk at the University of Toronto, Canada: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 21, 2019 — A talk at the University of St Andrews, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 02, 2019 — A talk at the Royal Society of Biology Postgraduate Poster Symposium at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK: From knots to Nature
April 10, 2019 — A talk at the University of Manchester, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
March 26, 2019 — A talk at the University of Cambridge, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
February 15, 2019 — A talk to the Cambridge University Chemical Society, Cambridge, UK: Knots to Nature
January 30, 2019 — A talk at the University of Strathclyde, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
November 02, 2018 — A talk at a chemistry careers event at UCL, UK: From knots to Nature
September 14, 2018 — A talk at AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden: The nature of chemistry publishing
September 13, 2018 — A talk at Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg, Sweden: The nature of chemistry publishing
June 08, 2018 — A talk at the Chemistry Postgraduate Conference at the University of Leeds, UK: Gin, sloes, chemistry, words & snark
May 21, 2018 — A talk at AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
March 19, 2018 — A talk at the 255th ACS Meeting in New Orleans, USA in the ‘Tales of Chemistry & Cocktails’ symposium: Getting into sloe business (Here’s a blog post with my slides and some notes).
March 18, 2018 — A short talk at the 255th ACS Meeting in New Orleans, USA as part of the ‘Social Media 101 Workshop’ followed by co-hosting (with @sciencegeist!) roundtable discussions about Twitter.
February 21, 2018 — A talk at the University of Liverpool, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
February 09, 2018 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry Careers Programme at the University of Cambridge, UK: How to successfully navigate the publishing process
November 23, 2017 — A talk at the University of Edinburgh, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
October 13, 2017 — A talk at the University of Bradford, UK: (On) the nature of chemistry publishing
June 28, 2017 — A talk at Nottingham University at the symposium celebrating 50 years of the Stoddart group: A golden age for chemistry
May 17, 2017 — A talk at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 16, 2017 — A talk at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 15, 2017 — A talk at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 14, 2017 — A talk at Tel Aviv University, Israel: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 11, 2017 — A talk at Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Israel: The nature of chemistry publishing
March 30, 2017 — A talk at ChemBio Finland trade fair as part of the chemistry programme, Helsinki: Social media and science
March 29, 2017 — A talk at ChemBio Finland trade fair in the Programmable Materials symposium, Helsinki: Social media and science
November 18, 2016 — A talk at the University of Manchester, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
October 11, 2016 — A talk at the University of Newcastle, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
September 9, 2016 — A talk at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China: The nature of chemistry publishing
August 23, 2016 — A talk at the 252nd ACS Meeting in Philadelphia, USA in the ‘Crafting Chemical Communication’ symposium: On the nature of chemistry publishing (Slides here). On a side note, this may well be the only time I start a talk with an anecdote about the execution of King Charles I…
August 21, 2016 — A talk at the 252nd ACS Meeting in Philadelphia, USA in the ‘Beyond Citations: Challenges & Opportunities in Altmetrics’ symposium: Imperfect impact
June 1, 2016 — A talk at the TransMed Student Conference at the University of Edinburgh, UK: The nature of scientific publishing
May 12, 2016 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry Careers Programme at the University of Cambridge, UK: How to successfully navigate the publishing process
April 5, 2016 — A talk at the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland: The nature of chemistry publishing
February 4, 2016 — A talk at the 2016 European Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry, Bressanone, Italy: The nature of chemistry publishing
February 1, 2016 — A talk during Materials Week at the University of Warwick: Social media and science (blog post and slides can be found here)
December 9, 2015 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge: The nature of chemistry publishing
November 12, 2015 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick: The nature of chemistry publishing
October 15, 2015 — The Kohout Lecture at Penn State (US): The nature of chemistry publishing
September 4, 2015 — A talk at the SASSYPOL Summer School in Ischia, Italy: The nature of chemistry publishing
September 2, 2015 — A talk at the Recent Appointees in Polymer Science (RAPS) meeting at the University of Birmingham, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 20, 2015 — A talk at an EPSRC Early Career Researchers event – Making Molecules to Make Materials, Leeds, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
May 18, 2015 — A talk in the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal: The nature of chemistry (and scientific) publishing
February 25, 2015 — A talk (without slides, but with pint of beer) at Cafe Scientifique in Beverley, UK about peer review and the nature of science publishing; thanks to Mark Lorch for inviting me.
February 25, 2015 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hull, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
November 13, 2014 — A talk at the Supramolecular Chemistry in Water COST Training School at the University of Padova, Italy: The nature of chemistry publishing
September 16, 2014 — A talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK: The nature of chemistry publishing
September 15, 2014 — A talk for the Postdoctoral Society Inaugural Seminar in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK: From knots to Nature. I was also part of the panel discussion that followed.
September 11, 2014 — A talk at the British Science Festival, Birmingham, UK: The future of chemistry
June 19, 2014 — A talk at KAIST, Daejeon, Korea: The nature of chemistry publishing
June 18, 2014 — A talk at POSTECH, Pohang, Korea: The nature of chemistry publishing
June 17, 2014 — A talk at EWHA Womans University, Seoul, Korea: The nature of chemistry publishing
June 3, 2014 — A talk at the conference: Chemistry, Crossway toward Interdisciplinary Science at the University of Namur, Belgium The nature of chemistry publishing
March 13, 2014 — A talk at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), United Arab Emirates: The nature of chemistry publishing
March 12, 2014 — A talk at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia: The nature of chemistry publishing
March 5, 2014 — A talk for the Careers Network at the University of Birmingham: From knots to Nature
February 19, 2014 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
November 27, 2013 — A talk in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Huddersfield: Communicating chemistry
August 23, 2013 — A talk in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
August 22, 2013 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at National University of Singapore: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
August 21, 2013 — A talk at the Editors’ Forum during the 15th Asian Chemical Congress in Singapore. You can find my slides here. I was also part of the panel discussion that followed.
August 21, 2013 — A talk in the Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
June 28, 2013 — A talk at the ‘Celebrating Chemistry at King’s’ symposium at King’s College London.
June 14, 2013 — A talk at the Joint CDT Conference 2013 at the Royal Academy of Engineering, hosted by Imperial College.
March 14, 2013 — Part of a panel on Academic & Journal Publishing organized by The Society of Young Publishers at University College London.
March 8, 2013 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at National Taiwan University: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
March 6, 2013 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
March 5, 2013 — A talk in the Genomics Research Center at Academia Sinica, Taiwan: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
February 20, 2013 — A talk for the Careers Network at the University of Birmingham: From knots to Nature
January 30, 2013 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick: Scientific publishing and communicating chemistry
December 11, 2012 — A talk at the University of Strathclyde as part of their ‘Publication Challenge’ series for faculty: Communicating chemistry
November 27, 2012 — A talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow: Communicating chemistry
September 20, 2012 — A talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester: Communicating chemistry
June 5, 2012 — A talk at the Materials Research Laboratory at UCSB: Communicating chemistry
June 4, 2012 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA: Communicating chemistry
June 1, 2012 — A talk for the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech: Communicating chemistry (I was introduced by Paul Bracher who gave me, by far, the best seminar introduction I have had to-date).
May 30, 2012 — A talk for the Center of Excellence in Nanomedicine at UCSD: Communicating chemistry
March 6, 2012 — A talk for the Science and Maths Society at Somerville College, Oxford University: Communicating chemistry
February 1, 2012 — A talk at the 2012 European Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry, Bressanone, Italy: Communicating chemistry
February 3, 2011 — A talk in the second Postdoctoral Symposium at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College: Communicating chemistry
January 18, 2011 — A talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham: Communicating chemistry
September 16, 2010 — A talk at the British Science Festival, Aston University: Communicating chemistry
October 22, 2009 — A talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham: Nurturing Nature Chemistry
July 28, 2009 — A talk in the Editors’ Session at the Chirality and Supramolecular Chemical Synthesis conference at the University of Birmingham: Nurturing Nature Chemistry
December 11, 2008 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath: Nurturing Nature Chemistry
November 13, 2008 — A talk at Winchester College: Scientific publishing — how it works and how I got into it
July 9, 2008 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Nurturing Nature Chemistry
July 7, 2008 — A talk in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University: Nurturing Nature Chemistry
November 28, 2007 — A talk for the University of Southampton Nanoforum: From knots to Nature
November 28, 2007 — A talk for postgraduate students in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southampton: The publishing process
November 8, 2006 — A talk in the School of Chemistry at the University of Reading: From knots to Nature – making interlocked molecules and the move into publishing
Last updated May 8, 2020
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