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Micaela Matta
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#compchem | organic semiconductors | functional biomaterials | polymers | @mdanalysis core dev | made in Sardinia 🏳️‍🌈 she/her
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Really enjoying #ACOE2025 Asian Conference on Organic Electronics in Busan 😍
A series of conference banners A cube sculpture on the campus of Pukyong National University, Busan A shaded area next to the engineering building with benches and picnic tables, surrounded by pine trees
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Join us in Barcelona for #MATSUSSpring26 to talk about #sustainable, #bioinspired and #edible organic electronics! Deadline for oral contributions: November 24
@nanoge.org
#MATSUS26 Barcelona, Spain 23-27 March 2026 Symposium I2: Organic materials and devices for sustainable, bioinspired and transient electronics. Exclusive anniversary rates until December 15: 395EUR for Students, 695EUR for academics.
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Made it to @oistedu.bsky.social! Check out my new office view! 🤩
An office door sign with my name on it, waiting for me The view from my office: a constellation of buildings surrounded by greenery and the sea in the distance One of the OIST buildings: the view from the 3rd(?) floor, showing a large open space that drops to the ground floor separating the 2 sides of the building. Several glass staircases connect the different levels across the 2 sides.
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Ready to go! Heading to Naha via Shanghai ✈️
A China eastern plane parked at the gate
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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I am looking to support #PhD candidates for a project on modelling degradable conjugated polymers for biomedical imaging and photodynamic therapy - applications open soon, get in touch! @kingsnmes.bsky.social #chemsky #compchem 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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It feels real now it’s almost time to pack.. I’m excited to spend the fall visiting @luscombeoist.bsky.social @oistedu.bsky.social as a Theoretical Sciences Visiting Scholar! 🏝️🧬💻
Two books on a table, seen from above; the one to the bottom right (closed) is the Bradt guide to Okinawa. The one to the top left (open to reveal the Okinawa chapter) is the Lonely Planet Japan guide. The heading of an email sent by the Theoretical Science Visiting Program to me. Subject: “Welcome to OIST! Arrival Information”
September 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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How your email finds me 💅 #sardinia
A woman sitting at a restaurant table, holding a small fried fish to the camera View of a cove from above. A handful of people on a pebbly beach and clear water, with rocks scattered on the beach and in the water A woman enjoying the golden hour, sitting on a couch outside on a deck by the sea. In the background, the sea and a seaside walk Sunset - pink sky, view of an empty beach, showing a few recliners and umbrellas
August 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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www.grc.org/about/fundin... the Carl Storm Opportunity Fellowship when I looked into it was restricted (or I would have applied myself). Cannot verify now bc the link to apply is closed, but I found another similar fellowship for a different GRC:
Fellowship opportunities: Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowships * Participants applying for support may apply directly (they receive an email with link to apply) * Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria: o Graduate student, post doc, faculty or research scientist o Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander o U.S. Citizen or permanent resident with a "Green Card" o Currently working at a U.S. institution o Attending a GRC or GRS for the first time * Applicants must first apply to the GRC they wish to attend before applying for a Fellowship.
July 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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After 24h of travel back from Korea I managed to stay awake and not flunk my small part of this joint interview! Celebratory drinks 🥳
A pink cocktail and a green cocktail on a white table - in the background, a pedestrian street
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Speaking of seafood.. Today I ordered 🐙, & the kind restaurant lady asked “have you eaten this before?”
Me: “sure yeah I love 🐙”
Her: “this one.. moves.. a little bit”
It was the freshest I’ve ever had 😂😅
July 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Wrapping up an incredible week in #Jeju between #FPi16 shenanigans, hanging out with long-distance friends, and sharing our love of seafood 🦀 My first time in Korea was a blast 😊
A waterfall View of a bay featuring a stone pillar in the foreground, and an island in the distance 2 iced coffees and 2 pastries in a shaded courtyard. In the background, a garden Assortment of side dishes and raw seafood on a table facing directly the seaside view
July 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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After a couple of days in Hong Kong I arrived in Jeju for #fpi25 yesterday! Excited for a few days of science 🧪, food 😋 and catching up with friends
Hong Kong skyscrapers at dusk view from Victoria Peak, showing the Hong Kong harbor Spread of sashimi and various sides Korean breakfast bowl, tofu and cappuccino View of a peak in Jeju from an empty parking lot. A friend is standing in the parking lot also taking a photo
June 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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#SwiftPol can build polydisperse ensembles of polymer chains that mimic real -world polymers.
Flow chart depicting the polymer building process. Starting from target properties, SwiftPol generates an initial sequence and adds it to the system if it satisfies the blockiness and % of co-monomer targets. The accepted sequence is then built using reaction SMARTS and added to the system. This process is repeated until the total number of chains specified in the input has been reached.
June 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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In between stressful emails #chemistswhoclimb #boulderingprof
A tension board in an empty bouldering gym
June 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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I will die on this hill.
Hermione correcting Ron: "It's 'force field', not 'forcefield'
May 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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“Bring a friend to work”
A dog is laying down facing away from the camera, and towards the entrance of King’s College London
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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The group is attending the 2025 London Polymer Group Meeting - I was running late due to TfL delays but I managed to snap this photo of the canal just outside @qmul.ac.uk
view of a canal surrounded by greenery taken from above
May 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Day 2 of #S25MRS involved exciting talks at the EL15 symposium on “fundamentals of mixed conductors”, 🍹& 🍣 with@laurekayser.bsky.social
A blue-orange drink, and hand-rolled sushi seen from a bar seat at a sushi restaurant
April 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Keeping up with the food theme, Mario Caironi @iitalk.bsky.social with a call back to Gualtiero Marchesi’s risotto with gold leaf 🤓
A full conference room; the speaker is showing a picture of a risotto dish on the screen
April 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Enjoying some 🦞 rolls with the 🇮🇹 contingent in Seattle
A table of happy Italians eating lobster
April 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Excited to be in Seattle for #S25MRS! I even caught a rare sunny day 😎

@materials-mrs.bsky.social
Panorama of Seattle seafront showing Mt Rainier in the background Brewery patio in Capitol Hill Well deserved ice cream in the foreground - people relaxing and sunbathing in the background
April 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Unfortunately I cannot be there in person! I would have been a much more engaged audience than Bobbie, who immediately fell asleep here😅
black and white dog sleeping on a dog bed
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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What do geese, toasters and phone screens have in common? They all rely on #quantum effects - Emanuele Marsili from Airbus tells us all about quantum computing for quantum chemistry. Very happy to have him over as guest lecturer to my undergrad #compchem students!
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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George Malliaras is visiting us at KCL today to talk about #bioelectronic medicine 💊 ⚡️
George Malliaras standing next to a slide show
March 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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I go to the Reviewer 2 gym when I feel like eating humble pie
A list of rules at a London bouldering gym, notably: “this is not a cotton wool gym, leave your ego at the door”
February 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM