User:Mothball

Personal This user was born on 16th Sept 1986. This user lives in Great Britain. This user is a scientist. This user is a chemist. enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

Wikipedia This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years and 6 months. This user is a participant in WikiProject Chemicals. This user participates in WikiProject Cheshire. This user repairs links to disambiguation pages. This user is a WikiOgre.

Education Dr. Cand.This user is a doctoral student in Chemistry. This user is or was a student at the University of Sheffield. This user is or was a student of the University of Warwick. MChem This user has a Master of Chemistry degree. †This user survived Catholic school!

Food & Drink This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry. This user drinks tea. This user drinks English beer and ale.

Academia This user is interested in nanotechnology. This user knows the dire side effects of dihydrogen monoxide. Do you? SIThis user uses the metric system and loves it.

Software

Gaming EVEThis user plays EVE Online. AThis user is stabbing you in the back when you least expect it with his/her assassin in Guild Wars MSThis user plays MapleStory. This user plays games from The Legend of Zelda series. MGSThis user loves the Metal Gear Solid series. RSThis user plays RuneScape.

Entertainment This user didn't expect the spanish inquisition! 7+1This user enjoys the Discworld series. This user's homeworld likes to think that it is mostly harmless, but it is, in practice, devastatingly dangerous. You just lost the Game.

Personal

I'm originally from Cheshire, England. Having graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2009, I'm currently working toward my PhD in polymer chemistry at the University of Warwick, I have an interest in almost all chemistry related topics, and a particular interest in the areas of isotopic labelling and polymer science (with emphasis on synthetic methods) as well as nanotechnology.

Outside of chemistry I have various interests, including playing airsoft and practising shotokan karate, I have a strong interest in computers and a newly discovered interest in kendo.

Contributions

Pages I have created or contributed to (not inculding redirects) include;

• Diphenylmethanol
• Haslington
• Sir Frederick Mappin Building
• Tapton Hall of Residence
• University of Sheffield
• Indigo dye
• Allura Red AC
• Xylenol Orange

Upcoming Pages

I'm considering expanding/creating the following pages when I get a break from real life;

• Nitroxide Mediated Polymerisation - I know it's not as often used as other methods (ATRP,RAFT etc.) but definitely worth a page of its own.
• N-Carboxyanhydride
• O-Carboxyanhydride
• Polyester - Needs a huge section adding regarding development and applications within biocompatible technologies (i.e. tissue grafting/drug delivery) as well as a good general cleanup.
• Ring-opening polymerization - The current article does anything but justice to this hugely diverse and useful polymerisation methodology.
• Cytisus Scoparius - Minor edit, could use a section dealing with the extraction of (-)-Sparteine (which could incluse a link-back itself).

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