Institute of Chemical Sciences: Final Year PhD Presentations 2015

Session One (Chair: Prof. Martin Paterson)

9:25 Prof. Ken McKendrick: Introduction

9:30 – 10:00
Maria Tesa-Serrate: Reactive Atom Scattering: A New Method for Liquid Surface Analysis

10:00 – 10:30
Kevin Carr: Computational Investigations into Acetate-Assisted C-H Activation and Functionalisation

Tea/Coffee (10:30 – 10:45)

Session Two (Chair: Dr Scott Dalgarno)

10:45 – 11:15
Sam Powley: Electronic Interactions in Substituted Carboranes

11:15 – 11:45
Nuno Almeida: Inorganic Excited States: Challenging Systems for Quantum Chemistry

Lunch (11:45 – 12:30)

Session Three (Chair: Dr Valeria Arrighi)

12:30 – 13:00
Cassandra Rusher: Inelastic Scattering of Ammonia with Small Hydrocarbons

13:00 – 13:30
Peter Repiščák: Computational Modelling of Complex Copper Systems: From CuNO, CuO2, to Copper Macrocycles

Tea/Coffee (13:30 – 13:45)

Session Four (Chair: Prof. Ken McKendrick)

13:45 – 14:15
Alexander Rosu-Finsen: Oxygen Atoms on Interstellar Dust Grains

14:15 – 14:45
Kim Johnston: Structure and Dynamics of Chain-Grafted Polymer Nanocomposites

Closing Remarks/Prizes