Adam Hill
@adhillphd.bsky.social
Physical chemistry professor, spectroscopist, materials scientist, photographer.
Assoc. Prof., Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
https://www.adhillgroup.info/
Assoc. Prof., Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
https://www.adhillgroup.info/
We held our annual Chemis-Tree Department Holiday Party and there was, naturally, some arts-and-crafts time to make ornaments. I made an ornament to represent the abstract concept of the D3h symmetry point group (because it didn’t quite have the 6-fold symmetry I was initially aiming for…)
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We held our annual Chemis-Tree Department Holiday Party and there was, naturally, some arts-and-crafts time to make ornaments. I made an ornament to represent the abstract concept of the D3h symmetry point group (because it didn’t quite have the 6-fold symmetry I was initially aiming for…)
Happy Thanksgiving from Hartford, Connecticut!
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Hartford, Connecticut!
Too many clouds for good aurora borealis drone photography but not for good Trinity College drone photography.
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Too many clouds for good aurora borealis drone photography but not for good Trinity College drone photography.
Who says professors don't dress like we used to? (BU Associate Dean Joseph Bizup (left) and me.)
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Who says professors don't dress like we used to? (BU Associate Dean Joseph Bizup (left) and me.)
No Kings protest in Hartford, CT.
October 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No Kings protest in Hartford, CT.
Four Hill Group members presented the results of their work at Trinity College’s Summer Research Symposium. Great work, everyone!
September 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Four Hill Group members presented the results of their work at Trinity College’s Summer Research Symposium. Great work, everyone!
Up at dawn for the first day of Pony Finals and everything is quiet around the cottage. Ponies remain at Kentucky Horse Park during PF and the horses have headed back to Wisconsin after a busy Kentucky Summer Classic, so the paddocks are now empty.
August 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Up at dawn for the first day of Pony Finals and everything is quiet around the cottage. Ponies remain at Kentucky Horse Park during PF and the horses have headed back to Wisconsin after a busy Kentucky Summer Classic, so the paddocks are now empty.
X marks the (coffee) spot. My colleagues and I go for coffee at Peter B’s every morning; those walks are the perfect chance to reconnect and bounce ideas off one another.
July 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
X marks the (coffee) spot. My colleagues and I go for coffee at Peter B’s every morning; those walks are the perfect chance to reconnect and bounce ideas off one another.
My brother, mom, and I did a “Track Tapas” event at Lime Rock Park. We grew up in a family that loved driving, so it was (unsurprisingly) delightful to set our sports cars loose.
I also grew up reading “Car and Driver” and “Popular Mechanics,” so the drone got the “cliché comparison test photo”.
I also grew up reading “Car and Driver” and “Popular Mechanics,” so the drone got the “cliché comparison test photo”.
July 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My brother, mom, and I did a “Track Tapas” event at Lime Rock Park. We grew up in a family that loved driving, so it was (unsurprisingly) delightful to set our sports cars loose.
I also grew up reading “Car and Driver” and “Popular Mechanics,” so the drone got the “cliché comparison test photo”.
I also grew up reading “Car and Driver” and “Popular Mechanics,” so the drone got the “cliché comparison test photo”.
Hartford skies matched the psychedelic sounds of Khruangbin at Capitol Groove in Hartford, Connecticut.
June 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hartford skies matched the psychedelic sounds of Khruangbin at Capitol Groove in Hartford, Connecticut.
Summer nights at @trinitycollege.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Summer nights at @trinitycollege.bsky.social
The Hill Group at @trinitycollege.bsky.social, summer 2025.
We wanted to fit our transient absorption laser system in the shot, too.
We wanted to fit our transient absorption laser system in the shot, too.
June 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Hill Group at @trinitycollege.bsky.social, summer 2025.
We wanted to fit our transient absorption laser system in the shot, too.
We wanted to fit our transient absorption laser system in the shot, too.
@trinitycollege.bsky.social on a summer night.
Drone photography opens a whole new view of our campus.
Drone photography opens a whole new view of our campus.
June 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@trinitycollege.bsky.social on a summer night.
Drone photography opens a whole new view of our campus.
Drone photography opens a whole new view of our campus.
A red-tailed hawk surveys Hartford, Connecticut from the top of Trinity College’s chapel.
May 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A red-tailed hawk surveys Hartford, Connecticut from the top of Trinity College’s chapel.
Spring 2025 grades submitted!
May 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Spring 2025 grades submitted!
And a few more shots of my research students with their posters.
May 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And a few more shots of my research students with their posters.
Everyone in the Hill Group presented a poster at Trinity College’s Research Symposium—and they voted to wear their new group shirts for the event.
May 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Everyone in the Hill Group presented a poster at Trinity College’s Research Symposium—and they voted to wear their new group shirts for the event.
Great blue heron spotted during a spectacular sunset in Hartford’s Bushnell Park.
April 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Great blue heron spotted during a spectacular sunset in Hartford’s Bushnell Park.
Obvious bias aside, I think I have solid data to argue that no campus can match Trinity College’s in the spring.
April 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Obvious bias aside, I think I have solid data to argue that no campus can match Trinity College’s in the spring.
Members of the Hill Group traveled to the ACS Spring Meeting in San Diego to present our results studying photoinduced electron transfers.
April 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Members of the Hill Group traveled to the ACS Spring Meeting in San Diego to present our results studying photoinduced electron transfers.
ACS Spring 2025 let’s go!
March 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ACS Spring 2025 let’s go!
Variable-pressure SEM is up and running! We captured image of the micron-scale structure of an uncoated Thai Buddhist amulet.
March 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Variable-pressure SEM is up and running! We captured image of the micron-scale structure of an uncoated Thai Buddhist amulet.
I did some logistics support for @piperklemm.bsky.social’s Show Strides signing at the West Hartford @barnesandnoble.com this afternoon.
March 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I did some logistics support for @piperklemm.bsky.social’s Show Strides signing at the West Hartford @barnesandnoble.com this afternoon.
The Hill Group, Spring 2025
The hardest-working first-yearers, sophomores, juniors, and seniors I know. (They decided to surprise me for the group picture by coming in color-coordinated outfits.)
The hardest-working first-yearers, sophomores, juniors, and seniors I know. (They decided to surprise me for the group picture by coming in color-coordinated outfits.)
March 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Hill Group, Spring 2025
The hardest-working first-yearers, sophomores, juniors, and seniors I know. (They decided to surprise me for the group picture by coming in color-coordinated outfits.)
The hardest-working first-yearers, sophomores, juniors, and seniors I know. (They decided to surprise me for the group picture by coming in color-coordinated outfits.)
I spotted a falcon perched at the top of the steeple when I processed this image. Totally missed it in the moment.
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I spotted a falcon perched at the top of the steeple when I processed this image. Totally missed it in the moment.