Oliver Skarsetz

PhD in the Walther Group @uni_mainz 3D-printing Programmable Metamaterials and Life-Like Materials on the Macro- and Microscale

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

Thank you so much for all the great science we did together in the last 6 years! I really enjoyed the challenging projects and building the 3D printing infrastructure with the perfect mix of scientific freedom and close guidance in the right moments!

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

@Tansu_Abbasoglu @WaltherLab @SardonL This project really showed the power of collaboration from combined expertise, as we were able to finish such a great project within less than half a year during her exchange in our lab!

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

Our great collaborative project with @Tansu_Abbasoglu
between the @WaltherLab and @SardonL is finally published!
We introduced dynamic covalent chemistry into metamaterials for spatial reconfiguration triggered by Joule heating.
https://t.co/dmnBzsnD6v

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

@Tansu_Abbasoglu @WaltherLab @SardonL @Tansu_Abbasoglu brought CO2-derived monomers for non-isocyanate based polyurethanes, which we then introduced into metamaterial geometries for spatial reconfiguration using dynamic covalent chemistry, triggered by Joule heating!

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

Great collaboration with Robin, Ricarda, Moritz!
Full paper found on https://t.co/4Gmw2JVC5k

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

In our newest paper @WaltherLab and @SlesarenkoLab we show how to use controlled buckling of active beams for strain-stiffening metamaterials. Buckling is a feature - not a bug!
Short 🧵: 1/8

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

The stiffening is highly predictable and further verified by finite element simulation and with a straightforward analytical description. 8/8

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

Sharing the passion for frugal science by @PrakashLab @ManuPra18599785! The Paperfuge works great in combination with the Foldscope.

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

Had an amazing week of science at the Gordon Research Conference Robotics 2024 in Ventura, California! @GordonConf
Inspiring talks and plenty of time for discussions. Of course also making new friends and watching some whales and dolphins!

[Johann Fritzen @JFChemistry]

Thanks Andreas! We had a great session this morning, looking forward to the rest of the talks 🗒️🍿

[Brigitta Dúzs @BrigittaDuzs]

Open #postdoc position in #neuromorphic computing, #photoresponsive #hydrogels, #3Dprinting.
Exciting collaboration, great team to support you in the @WaltherLab. Join Us!
More details: https://t.co/LJaFGtxCbd
Project website: https://t.co/VIN9SlUoRX
RT=💕

[Claudius Lupfer @ClaudiusLupfer]

Happy to see this work out in @angew_chem. We introduced 'Mechano-Activated Self-Immolation of Hydrogels via Signal Amplification'
Thanks to @WaltherLab, Sebastian Seitel, Oliver @skarsetz and the @ERC_Research for funding!
#Mechanochemistry #AngewandteVIP
https://t.co/n3hNORoy3V

[Oliver Skarsetz @skarsetz]

When all 3D-printers fail, you just have to build your own!
Stay tuned for life-like µ-scale soft robotic machines... #µCOP #µfluidics

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

This is unbelievable!

Kurt Wüthrich, an 84-year-old, Swiss, male scientist, who won the Nobel Prize in 2002 claims that "as a male scientist" he has "a feeling of discrimination."

He said this during the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on a panel that had four old, male scientists including him and an old, male moderator. (It was literally a susage fest!)

When Science Magazine asked him to elaborate on the kind of discrimnation he faced, "Wüthrich said he did not feel personally discriminated against as an individual at the event but thought that all men attendees faced discrimination while women were tokenized."

Here's an example of the discrimination Kurt Wüthrich, a Nobel Prize winner, gave:

In group photos of laureates, women laureates were asked to stand in front while male scientists like him were told to stand behind them 🤦😂😭

This makes him feel "horrible" because asking women laureates to stand in front is "ridiculous, fully ridiculuous."

A young scholar countered Wüthrich's childish tantrum and the moderator tried to shut her up.

For reference, here's a comparison:

Nobel Prizes won:
By men: 892
By women: 60

Speakers invited to this year's Lindau meeting:
Men: 34
Women: 5

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A couple of observations:

1. The feeling among men that gender equality is somehow a form of discrimination against them is not limited to incels (involuntary celibates) on the internet.

Male Nobel Prize winners can feel the same way too.

2. Many young scholars and scientists are still playing the "prestige" game: do a PhD in a "prestigious" university, do a postdoc in a "prestigious" lab, go to "prestigious" meetings like Lindau.

Playing the prestige game takes a lot of toll on one's mental health and personal relationships. The worst part is make you feel extremely insecure.

No amount of external validation, not even a Nobel Prize, will help you overcome your insecurities.