Erika Keil
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Erika Keil
@e-keil.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary scientist | Following the light ☀️ through photophysical systems 🌱 | Passionate about science communication | Hauer group @ TUM
When a beer garden visit results in you & your colleagues cutting off branches 🌿 to see esculin #fluorescence

Freshly cut chestnut branches leak a milky substance that contains esculin, a colorless compound that fluoresces under UV light.
#physics ⚛️ #chemistry #chemsky #science 🧪 #scicomm
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Only love 💛 for our hollow core fiber (when it still worked … experimental #physics is 10% cool lab work, 90% fixing the laser)
#sciencesky #chemsky #science #scicomm #photonics💡 🧪 ⚛️
July 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM