Derrick Roberts

Senior Research Scientist @JamesHardie | Former #DECRA Fellow @SydneyChemistry | @MSCActions and @Gates_Cambridge Alumnus | Opinions completely my own.

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

I've found that animating chemical reaction mechanisms is well worth the effort for helping to explain reaction mechanisms, especially to students and non-chemists. For example, I made this simplified self-immolation animation to explain our linkers from https://t.co/K0Xu8zxpbN

[IOCB Prague @IOCBPrague]

🧲 This is a real #NMRchallenge for students and #NMR geeks developed by the NMR group @IOCBPrague: practice solving structures from hundreds of NMR spectra and become an NMR guru.

https://t.co/roY6xZUtY0

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@BenSPilgrim Wonderful, brilliant news Ben!! So proud, and thoroughly well deserved! Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[Glenn Facey @uOttawaNMR]

Better 2D NMR data - more scans or more increments? https://t.co/KhKgeDIhCd #nmrchat

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@BenSPilgrim Huge congratulations Ben - thoroughly well deserved!

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@Poly_Stu Thanks Stu!

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@tristanreekie congrats Tristan!!!

[Dave Leigh @ProfDaveLeigh]

Pumped to see this out in @NatureNano! Many congrats to the brilliant @deant94 @YansongRen @SalmaKassem Dan & Ulvi🎉🥂👏 Special thanks to Anna @SciCommStudios for the cool video!😍 Free view-only link to paper: https://t.co/wnfOPn5rX2

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@BenSPilgrim @ChemistryUoN Looking great dude! Looking forward to catching up on your side of the world soon :)

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@JonBeves New features come out the very year I leave academia. It’s a sign :P

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

Academic Journals Doing Crime https://t.co/KFahVq7M1P via @YouTube

[Ben Pilgrim @BenSPilgrim]

Delighted that our Perspective article in @ChemPlusChem with @ChampnessGroup on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Metal-Organic Cages tops the list of their most accessed articles in Dec 21 and is second over the whole of 2021👇
https://t.co/i7LajMjNKs

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

Last Friday marked my last official day @SydneyChemistry and my last day in academia (at least for now). Thanks @LMacreadie for throwing together impromptu Zoom drinkies :) Thanks to all my colleagues and students for all the support and great memories!

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@JonBeves @igordownunder You need to stop buying Rolls Royce branded syringe pumps

[Jake Greenfield @JakeyLG]

An Account of our work in the area of helical metallopolymers is now online!🧬💡🔌Incl. discussion on how we entered this area, approaches to controlling the metallopolymer's structures, and an overview of their applications. @ChemCambridge @impchemistry
https://t.co/RNaWOQ2pCE

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@JakeyLG @ChemCambridge @impchemistry Beautiful work Jake! I remember the first time I saw you present this at group meeting. You’ve really made this project a huge success - well done!

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@lopez_wd @timgill924 I like it - Tinder for academic collaborations, filtered by H-index. We shall call it “H-inder”

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

Fascinating article on Australia’s descent from a developed economy to a developing one https://t.co/5y6bX0QFbu 2/2

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

“Isn’t the best way to stimulate growth to change the narrative about how we can build world class industries and businesses through innovation and R&D, rather than drive interest rates to zero or less than zero in an effort to drive savers to spend their money” 1/2

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@Borodin_O_ @fiszczyp I’d be able to still follow my passion for research while being able to build my family’s life without the disruptions that early-career academia seems to generally bring. Hopefully the situation will improve for early career academics… but I don’t think that time is right now.

[Derrick Roberts @derrick_a_rob]

@Borodin_O_ @fiszczyp 2/2 a few months ago I was recruited for a great opportunity to work in industrial R&D (ongoing contract). The alternative was having to win more fellowships to stay employed in academia (there is a paucity of ongoing jobs in Australian academia). So, I went for option A as…