Acknowledgements
There are many people I must thank, without whom this would not have been
possible.
First and foremost, to my supervisors Prof. Colin R. Pulham and Dr. Carole
Morrison. I could not have asked for a better team of mentors to guide me through
my Ph.D. To Colin, who accepted my transfer into the School of Chemistry many
years ago, sent me to Siberia time and again, gave me the opportunity to pursue my
Ph.D., and introduced me to the world of energetic materials. To Carole, for
adopting me as her student when my project moved toward computational chemistry and for teaching me so much about the field. To you both for your enthusiasm
and encouragement: thank you.
My sincerest thanks to all members of the Pulham group, past and present, for
making the office feel like a family. My thanks also to Prof. Adam Cumming for his
guidance throughout the years. I am very grateful for the friendship of the
Boldyreva group (Novosibirsk, Russia) for their warm hospitality during my many
stays in Novosibirsk. A special thanks to Prof. Elena Boldyreva for her guidance
and mentorship, to Academician Prof. Vladimir Boldyrev for many stimulating
discussions, and to Prof. Andrei Arzhannikov for his hospitality and friendship.
I must also thank the EPSRC Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and
Crystallisation (CMAC) and an Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship for
funding my Ph.D. studies. Thank you to my fellow CMAC cohort and the rest of
CMAC for making these years so enjoyable.
Further thanks to Dr. Svemir Rudić (STFC ISIS) for allowing me to put
explosives on the TOSCA beamline, for his enthusiasm and for teaching me much
about inelastic neutron scattering. Thanks to Dr. Steven Hunter (University of
Edinburgh) for helping me get started in computational chemistry. Additional
thanks to Dr. David Williamson (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
for access to the BAM fall hammer.
And to everyone else who has made my years in Edinburgh so unforgettable,
my deepest thanks.
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There are many people I must thank, without whom this would not have been
possible.
First and foremost, to my supervisors Prof. Colin R. Pulham and Dr. Carole
Morrison. I could not have asked for a better team of mentors to guide me through
my Ph.D. To Colin, who accepted my transfer into the School of Chemistry many
years ago, sent me to Siberia time and again, gave me the opportunity to pursue my
Ph.D., and introduced me to the world of energetic materials. To Carole, for
adopting me as her student when my project moved toward computational chemistry and for teaching me so much about the field. To you both for your enthusiasm
and encouragement: thank you.
My sincerest thanks to all members of the Pulham group, past and present, for
making the office feel like a family. My thanks also to Prof. Adam Cumming for his
guidance throughout the years. I am very grateful for the friendship of the
Boldyreva group (Novosibirsk, Russia) for their warm hospitality during my many
stays in Novosibirsk. A special thanks to Prof. Elena Boldyreva for her guidance
and mentorship, to Academician Prof. Vladimir Boldyrev for many stimulating
discussions, and to Prof. Andrei Arzhannikov for his hospitality and friendship.
I must also thank the EPSRC Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and
Crystallisation (CMAC) and an Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship for
funding my Ph.D. studies. Thank you to my fellow CMAC cohort and the rest of
CMAC for making these years so enjoyable.
Further thanks to Dr. Svemir Rudić (STFC ISIS) for allowing me to put
explosives on the TOSCA beamline, for his enthusiasm and for teaching me much
about inelastic neutron scattering. Thanks to Dr. Steven Hunter (University of
Edinburgh) for helping me get started in computational chemistry. Additional
thanks to Dr. David Williamson (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
for access to the BAM fall hammer.
And to everyone else who has made my years in Edinburgh so unforgettable,
my deepest thanks.
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