Astrochem Coffee

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2026.

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Samantha Scibelli co-hosts and interviews Hanga Andras-Letanovszky. Coffee chat with Alex Byrne about Science Policy.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Coffee Chat: Alex Byrne

22:29 - Advert: End-of-Summer Drinks at Starducks

23:40 - Grab & Go Papers

39:49 - Advert: LeafDelay 5000

41:19 - Single-Origin Brew: Samantha + Hanga

1:09:37 - Percolator: IRAS Teaser

1:11:36 - Chalkboard

Hanga's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.00308

Dublin PhD Position: https://marievds.github.io/jobs.html

New Zealand Postdoc: https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=2601192

AAS Workshop: https://labastro-workshop.github.io/

ACS Astrocheminar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3onTUSOZThG2rGuqSTV6wA

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of July 2026.

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Ilsa Cooke co-hosts and interviews Izaskun Jimenez-Serra.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:58 - Grab & Go Papers

17:52 - Advert: SummerSaver 9000

19:25 - Single-Origin Brew: Ilsa + Izaskun

32:01 - Percolator: Interstellar Ion-Molecule Chemistry to COVID Detection

45:14 - Chalkboard

Izaskun's Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02905-7

H&C Coffee Sign: https://maps.app.goo.gl/npeVw2ptpy3sjvsz5

Ennis Postdoc Position: https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=2601192

ALMA 15-Year Conference: https://2027alma.org/

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Chalkboard this month has save-the-dates for conferences and some online webinar and newsletter info!

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2026.

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Special guests Franciele Kruczkiewicz and Lukasz Tychoniec. The Percolator is on holiday!

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Franciele

12:43 - Advert: July Drinks at Starducks

14:01 - Grab & Go Papers

28:40 - Advert: S’moreMaster Pro

30:27 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Lukas

48:24 - Chalkboard

Lukas's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2021/11/aa40692-21/aa40692-21.html

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Chalkboard this month has save-the-dates for conferences and some online webinar and newsletter info!

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2026.

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Special guests Zak Smith and Alfred Hopkinson. The Percolator is on holiday!

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:13 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Zak

11:03 - Advert: June Drinks at Starducks

12:05 - Grab & Go Papers

26:48 - Advert: ShadeMatic

28:34 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Alfred

36:47 - Chalkboard

Alfred's Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02765-7

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Chalkboard this month has save-the-dates for conferences.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2026.

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Alex Byrne co-hosts. Special guests Jenny Bergner, Tobias Dijkhuis, and Stefanie Milam.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Jenny

8:31 - Advert: May Drinks at Starducks

9:19 - Grab & Go Papers

26:09 - Advert: GrillGuard 360

27:16 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex + Tobias

47:27 - Percolator: Brett + Stefanie

57:44 - Chalkboard

Jenny's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5961

Tobias's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01042

Stefanie's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/497123

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2026.

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Special guests Sergio Ioppolo and Ryan Fortenberry.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Sergio

10:16 - Advert: April Drinks at Starducks

11:17 - Grab & Go Papers

26:16 - Advert: BunnyBouncer 3000

27:20 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Ryan

1:02:00 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2026.

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Special guests Ken Kellerman and Miguel Sanz-Novo with co-host Alana Nisperos.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:12 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken

6:38 - Advert: March Drinks at Starducks

7:43 - Grab & Go Papers

24:08 - Advert: ForecastFooler

25:11 - Single-Origin Brew: Alana + Miguel

40:45 - Barista Bootcamp: Optical Depth

53:11 - Chalkboard

Miguel's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07365

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2026.

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Special guests Ken Kellerman and Rebecca Charbonneau.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken

7:45 - Advert: February Drinks at Starducks

8:45 - Grab & Go Papers

23:11 - Advert: HeartHelper

24:04 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Rebecca

53:41 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2025.

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Special guests Brenne Gregory and Suchitra Narayanan.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Brenne

7:42 - Advert: January Drinks at Starducks

8:44 - Grab & Go Papers

20:44 - Advert: ResolutionKeeper

21:44 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Suchitra

29:48 - Percolator: New Telescopes!

35:00 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2025. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts!

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Special guests Alana Nisperos and Elettra Piacentino.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:35 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Alana

10:30 - Advert: Hot Drinks at Starducks

11:36 - Grab & Go Papers

26:10 - Advert: TangleTamer

27:14 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi + Elettra

39:57 - Percolator: How old is astrochemistry?

52:03 - Chalkboard

Elettra's paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09797v1

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

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