Current Members
Dr. Magnus Hanson-Heine (Postdoc)
Katherine Wickham (PhD Student)
Adam Fouda (PhD Student)
Stephen Mason (PhD Student)
Aleksandra Foerster (Msc - Research)
Besley and Bichoutskaia groups in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
Past Members
Postgraduate Students:
Frans Asmuruf
Thesis title: Quantum Chemical Calculations of the Spectroscopy of Core ElectronsDefended thesis: 20/09/2010
Subsequent destination: Lecturer, Cenderawasih University, Indonesia
Magnus Hanson-Heine
Thesis title: Advancing Calculations of Infrared Spectroscopy using Quantum MechanicsDefended thesis 1/05/2014
Subsequent destination: EPSRC Postdoctoral Prize holder, University of Nottingham
Olga Ershova
Thesis title: Theoretical Spectroscopy of Nitric Oxide - Rare Gas ClustersDefended thesis 2/05/2014
Subsequent destination: BPU, University of Nottingham
Jack Wadey
Thesis title: Quantum Chemical Calculations on Radical Cation Clusters and X-ray Emission SpectroscopyCompleted thesis 08/2014
Subsequent destination PhD with Dr Elena Bichoutskaia at the University of Nottingham
Edward Briggs
Thesis title: Theoretical Calculations of Excited States and Fluorescence Spectroscopy using Density Functional TheoryDefended thesis: 02/08/2016
Subsequent destination: Science teacher training
Christian Suess
Thesis title: Quantum Chemical Calculations of the Excited States of PorphyrinsDefended thesis: 13/11/2017
Subsequent destination: PDRA with Prof. Charlie Laughton (University of Nottingham)
Pritesh Tailor
Thesis title: Modelling the Vibrational Spectroscopy of Carbon NanomaterialsDefended thesis: 20/09/2018
Subsequent destination: Scientist at the Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council
Sainish Sharma
Thesis title: Reactivity of the O2+.(H2O)n and NO+.(H2O)n Cluster Ions in the D-region of IonosphereCompleted thesis 11/2018 (MSc(Research) with Merit)
Subsequent destination: Analyst DHL Air