Of Resonances and Radicals – Hydrate Studies for Benchmarking

Abstract

As I could not have achieved everything alone, I would like to thank a lot of people for their contributions. First, I want to thank my first supervisor Martin A. Suhm for his ideas, quick feedback, and the whole thesis committee for the fruitful discussions. I would like to thank my graduate school, BENCh (RTG 2455) for kick starting collaborations, funding my work and conference travels, as well as the PostDoc startup funding. I am also grateful that BENCh gave me the opportunity to organize a workshop in Berlin and Finn Kraft and Lukas Haseke for helping me. Gratitude is also owed to my numerous collaborators without I would not have been able to achieve all the projects. I would like to especially thank my two students, Till Wagner and Margarethe Bödecker, who did not only work for and with me, but also were good company during the pandemic. I would also like to thank my predecessor, Hannes Gottschalk, for patiently introducing me to the topic and novel gratin jet setup. Elisa Brás, Martijn Tepaske and Robin Dohmen, with whom I had the chance to share my laboratory with. My colleagues, who helped me when I had questions and provided me a lot of feedback for my numerous talks. I would also like to thank the team organizing the HyDRA blind challenge with me and all participating groups. Appreciation also belongs to my friends and family who supported me throughout my studies and PhD. Last but not least, I would like to thank the examination board and the DFG for funding and the chemistry workshops for their quick help with the experimental setup.