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Cardiff University.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social</link><title>@rebeccamelen.bsky.social - Rebecca Melen</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3mswvzh7j6k22</link><description>#eclipse</description><pubDate>13 Aug 2026 05:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswvzh7j6k22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3mdl7nwyehc2u</link><description>Congratulations to the team on our latest paper published in @jacs.acspublications.org @cardiffuni.bsky.social &#xA;&#xA;https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c17932</description><pubDate>29 Jan 2026 16:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdl7nwyehc2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3mbvgyyqgqk2z</link><description>Come join our team! 🧪🥼Two PhD positions available in sustainable catalysis using frustrated Lewis pairs as part of ERC funded grant. Fully funded for EU and UK students. @erc.europa.eu  @cardiffuni.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️&#xA;&#xA;https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/phd-in-chemistry-sustainable-main-group-catalysis-using-frustrated-lewis-pairs/?p193429</description><pubDate>08 Jan 2026 07:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvgyyqgqk2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3m7twmifjms2w</link><description>We’re looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join our vibrant research group. We have an opening for a PhD position to work on radical Frustrated Lewis pairs. Check out the link below for more information and contacts. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/phd-in-chemistry-single-or-double-a-radical-approach-to-catalysis-competitive-epsrc-funded-post/?p190395</description><pubDate>13 Dec 2025 06:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7twmifjms2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3m7kgzjnlqc2u</link><description>I’m deeply honoured to have been awarded an ERC consolidator to grant for the project RadicalCAT! 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Check out this article published together with the pioneer of FLPs himself (Prof. Douglas Stephan) covering some of the highlights of FLP chemistry over the last two decades. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d5sc90195b</description><pubDate>24 Sep 2025 12:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzlhu6njqk2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3lxzcuz34ts2q</link><description>Delighted to have been selected as a sub-panel member (assessment phase) for sub-panel 8 (Chemistry) for REF2029 #REF2029&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>04 Sep 2025 14:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzcuz34ts2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3lszzmwv4yc2k</link><description>Great talks at the XL BIENAL in Bilbao! It’s great to be travelling again. #BQB2025</description><pubDate>03 Jul 2025 05:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:562zbrz7kdpdwdxzvecdbjo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lszzmwv4yc2k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamelen.bsky.social/post/3lsgmja4td22h</link><description>I’m really honoured to be the 2025 winner of the RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize. 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