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.

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This user is a native speaker of the English language.

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Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

Wikipedia

This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years and 11 months.

This user participates 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?

SI

This user uses the metric system and loves it.

Software

Gaming

EVE

This user plays EVE Online.

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This user is stabbing you in the back when you least expect it with his/her assassin in Guild Wars

MS

This user plays MapleStory.

This user plays games from The Legend of Zelda series.

MGS

This user loves the Metal Gear Solid series.

RS

This user plays RuneScape.

Entertainment

This user didn't expect the spanish inquisition!

7+1

This 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;

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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