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King. Not only did they give me the opportunity to work in DVCS but they also invested all their resources in terms of expertise, time, patience, motivation and financial support. They have guided me since my first encounter with this field of nuclear physics up to this point. I have worked extensively in particular with Julie Roche and I have always envied her enthusiasm, deep understanding of physics and the ease with which she disintegrates a complex problem into small units easy to deal with. I am grateful for the opportunities Julie has availed to me in terms of exposure to a large scientific community and world class experimental facilities like JLab. Through working with Julie I have gained valuable knowledge which I think no single school program can offer and I will always be indebted to her. My gratitude also goes to members of the Hall A DVCS Collaboration who have and continue to play significant roles in building me up as a scientist. I will always be grateful for the warmth with which I was welcomed into the group and the interest they always have about my work. Special thanks to Carlos Muñoz-Camacho, Charles Hyde and Alexandre Camsonne who have always followed my work and had ideas on how to I could make my work better. I would also like to thank my senior (and former) student colleague in the collaboration, Maxime Defurne for all the help and discussions concerning my work. During my thesis years, I spent a significant part of my time onsite at Jefferson Lab. During that time, I worked with and around members of the Hall A Collaboration. I would like to thank the Hall A staff and collaborators, in particular our leader Cynthia Keppel, for her warm welcome in the Hall A Collaboration and the financial support she facilitated for me during one of my extended stays at JLab.

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