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To write this article, Emily Draper and Jennifer Leigh from the International Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) network again joined forces with David Smith and asked dads working within the field of supramolecular chemistry to share experiences around parental leave.

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Fig. 1: Fathers’ experiences of parenting and parental leave.

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  1. School of Social Policy and Social Science Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Jennifer S. Leigh

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK

    David K. Smith

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

    Barry A. Blight

  4. School of Chemistry, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Gareth O. Lloyd

  5. The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

    Charlie T. McTernan

  6. Department of Chemistry, King’s College London, London, UK

    Charlie T. McTernan

  7. School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Emily R. Draper

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Leigh, J.S., Smith, D.K., Blight, B.A. et al. Listening to fathers in STEM. Nat Rev Chem 7, 67–68 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-022-00459-6

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