Connor Williamson
Role
PhD Student
Room
A48
Email
Biography
Connor obtained his MSci Degree in Chemistry and Molecular Physics from the University of Nottingham in 2020. During his final year, under the supervision of Prof. Elena Besley he worked on the development of electrostatic solutions describing interactions between particles with inhomogeneous surface charge distributions. He then stayed in Professor Besley’s group at Nottingham to pursue a PhD in the further developments and applications of the electrostatic theory. In 2018, he also undertook a summer placement researching organometallic synthesis of Manganese compounds under the supervision of Professor Mike George.
Current Research Project
- The Effect of Many-Body Interactions in Charged Systems.
- Aerosol Aggregation and Cloud Fomation.
- Overlapping Dielectric Particles in Solutions.
- Nucleation in Dry Powder Inhalers
- Modelling the Casimir Effect in Novel Systems
Research Interests
- Development of Electrostatic Solutions
- Modelling Self-assembly
- Many-Body Electrostatic Interactions
- Modelling van der Waals Interactions/Casimir Effect
Awards
- Gunter Lutgens Young Scientist Award - 03/2022 Awarded for a high-quality presentation at the international conference on electrostatics (Poland), and for notable contributions to the field of industrial electrostatics.
- Dan Eley Poster Prize - 06/2024 Awarded for the best poster presentation at the Dan Eley postdoctoral research symposium, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham.
- Marten Barker Materials Talk Prize - 07/2024 Awarded for one of the best talks at the postgraduate research symposium, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham.
- EGU Training School on Atmospheric New Particle Formation - 10/2023 Awarded for the best poster and flash presentation of research into new atmospheric particle formation (EPFL, Lausanne).
- Kirsty Clode Materials Poster Prize - 07/2023 Awarded for the best poster presentation at the 2023 postgraduate research symposium, School of Chemistry, Univeristy of Nottingham.
List of Publications
1.
| The influence of surface charge on the coalescence of ice and dust particles in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Baptiste, J., Williamson, C., Fox, J., Stace, A.J., Hassah, M., Braun, S., Stamm, B., Mann, I., and Besley, E. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 21(11), 8735-8745. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8735-2021 |
2.
| Manipulating Interactions between Dielectric Particles with Electric Fields: A General Electrostatic Many-Body Framework Hassah, M., Williamson, C., Baptiste, J., Braun, S., Stace, A.J., Besley, E., and Stamm, B. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 2022, 18, 10, 6281-6296. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00008 |