Samson Lai

Scientist working on silicon nanoparticles for lithium-ion batteries. At the odd saddle point of otaku/gamer, NPR junkie, and scientist.

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Vittorio Pellegrini on the relationship between academia and industry, speaking from his own experience in transitioning from one to the other:

In academia, you are paid to create great work.
In industry, you have to create great work to be paid.

#G4Energy

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Congratulations to the State of Georgia and the whole battery community in the Southeast US. https://t.co/SaBYtwcgB5

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

A big, shiny new tool that has gotten a lot of use and interest in our lab recently. It's going to be an important stepping stone for bigger and better batteries. https://t.co/CemmeoB9jP

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

IFE spin-off ZEG Power recently raised ~$20 million USD on top of attending the EU Research and Innovation Days 2022 (#RiDaysEU) and a recent internal presentation from IFE Invest (our TTO) is just more motivation for me to randomly suggest, to a borderl…https://t.co/95SFRzxzsX

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

@MyLifeIsBees Fish head is underrated. I've eaten many, but never tuna. Cheek meat is super tender.

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

@MyLifeIsBees Those dead eyes, just screaming, "eat me".

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

@MyLifeIsBees Might just be inflation.💀

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Drinking from the firehose today and learning about the New European Innovation Agenda at #RiDaysEU : plugging the scale-up funding gap is key. In the US, there are 40 VC funds with $2 billion available. In Europe, there are only 3 such VC funds.

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

@MyLifeIsBees By plane or by train? If by plane, you should mention the carbon emissions from twice as much flying vs. a train plus hotel. 👀

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

I must be tired. I definitely accidentally read that as 1 - (2x/year) like some mathematical function for optimal lawn mowing periodicity. Yay for order of operations?

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Must be some kind of achievement to receive a decision notice about a grant proposal on the eve of another grant proposal submission deadline. #horizoneurope

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Takes at least overnight to dry and prep, an hour to build and setup, and another hour to clean, and we've failed the last two tries, but somehow I still have some kind of magic touch.

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Been a rough time at work with EU proposals, but whenever I feel down, I just peek at the data coming in from my electrochemical dilatometer and it makes me so happy it's still working beautifully.

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Wtf ... why would you do this ... It's not just harmful to Tesla, it's harmful to every EV/battery maker. Incredibly irresponsible, especially for an insurance company. https://t.co/QQ8Yb1YyRc

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

💯💯💯

[Chemjobber @Chemjobber]

Before tweeting your pic, ask:

Am I representing my organization's safety standards to the best of my ability?

#chemsafety #chemtwitter

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

Europe: we support work-life balance! No one should feel it necessary to read emails or work on vacation.

Also Europe: *puts major Horizon proposal deadlines right after common European vacation period*

[Chris Holt @Chrismholt]

The magic of colour changing in a wet etch is something I really enjoy. This transition when the chrome mask is removed from a single crystal quartz wafer is especially striking as the wafer seems to disappear. #magic #science #microfabrication #sensors

[ErrantScience @ErrantScience]

My laptop is more sticker less laptop by now #noregrets

#academicconf #science #academia #academicchatter

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

@BeijingPalmer https://t.co/viDYXzjJKN

[Janne M. Korhonen is moving to BSky & LinkedIn! @jmkorhonen]

A short explainer to the "scandal" of Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin partying, for those who don't read Finnish.

1. Someone had leaked a video of Marin dancing with her friends.

[Samson Lai @samson_lai]

@AnimeDad_ Only a month and a half? Wow, that seems fast.