Mark Elliott
@markelliottcardiff.bsky.social
Organic chemistry academic. Educator. Karateka. All views my own.
Absolutely! It’s fascinating to see how the textbook position on alkyl groups can be refined. We have a few more papers to come.
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Absolutely! It’s fascinating to see how the textbook position on alkyl groups can be refined. We have a few more papers to come.
No problem. From what i can see you clearly tick the boxes, so it’s just a case of evidencing it. With the new UKPSF, it’s a smaller document so you’ll be fine. Everyone gets overwhelmed by this.
September 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
No problem. From what i can see you clearly tick the boxes, so it’s just a case of evidencing it. With the new UKPSF, it’s a smaller document so you’ll be fine. Everyone gets overwhelmed by this.
I also found it overwhelming and struggled, but got through it and have now successfully mentored colleagues for the same. Feel free to reach out to me. Happy to help!
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I also found it overwhelming and struggled, but got through it and have now successfully mentored colleagues for the same. Feel free to reach out to me. Happy to help!
Yep. Back in the day, I even had people tell me that they did have kids, as if the space was a reward for having procreated!
July 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Yep. Back in the day, I even had people tell me that they did have kids, as if the space was a reward for having procreated!
Good job, and never be afraid to state the obvious. Students will be much more engaged if they know why they are learning something.
July 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good job, and never be afraid to state the obvious. Students will be much more engaged if they know why they are learning something.
Citations depend on so many factors, not least the ‘size’ of the area. Ultimately we will all be most motivated doing things we passionately believe in. And everything worthwhile carries risk. It is not something to be avoided
June 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Citations depend on so many factors, not least the ‘size’ of the area. Ultimately we will all be most motivated doing things we passionately believe in. And everything worthwhile carries risk. It is not something to be avoided
Can you ditch them and self publish? Even if you have a contract, I would say they are likely not keeping their promises bd of the deal. There are definite advantages to self publishing. Feel free to reach out to me as I’ve gone down that route myself
May 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Can you ditch them and self publish? Even if you have a contract, I would say they are likely not keeping their promises bd of the deal. There are definite advantages to self publishing. Feel free to reach out to me as I’ve gone down that route myself
You know, like it would be in the final published paper
May 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
You know, like it would be in the final published paper
Of course! Thanks! For me, the bigger issue is getting students to think first about moles when discussing quantities of matter
May 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Of course! Thanks! For me, the bigger issue is getting students to think first about moles when discussing quantities of matter
Is it dimensionless in a functional sense? An Mr of 100 means that 100g contains 1 mole.
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Is it dimensionless in a functional sense? An Mr of 100 means that 100g contains 1 mole.
That’s awesome. Congratulations!
May 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
That’s awesome. Congratulations!
What have you got to lose?
April 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What have you got to lose?
Well, if you tell students that methylamine is more basic than ammonia because the methyl group increases negative charge on N, and that’s simply wrong, then it does need fixing!
March 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Well, if you tell students that methylamine is more basic than ammonia because the methyl group increases negative charge on N, and that’s simply wrong, then it does need fixing!
I keep getting invitations to present my research at optometry conferences. Someone should have gone to specsavers!
March 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I keep getting invitations to present my research at optometry conferences. Someone should have gone to specsavers!
Congratulations Dani. Very much deserved!
March 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Congratulations Dani. Very much deserved!
I was also going to say 1.2-dichloroethane. You can make comparisons with difluoroethabe depending on how deep you want to go. I have a lot of the leading references to hand if you need them
February 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I was also going to say 1.2-dichloroethane. You can make comparisons with difluoroethabe depending on how deep you want to go. I have a lot of the leading references to hand if you need them
I’ve always said we need a journal of bloody good ideas that didn’t work. You know, the ones that really look like they should work, but they just don’t and no-one can see why
January 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’ve always said we need a journal of bloody good ideas that didn’t work. You know, the ones that really look like they should work, but they just don’t and no-one can see why
Mime or interpretive dance?
January 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Mime or interpretive dance?