Dr Emma Armstrong

MPhys (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield)

Information School

Post-Doctoral Researcher

e.armstrong@sheffield.ac.uk
The Wave

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Dr Emma Armstrong
Information School
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

I obtained an integrated maters in Theoretical Physics before pursuing a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering which focused on molecular dynamics simulations studying nucleation in inorganic systems.

I am now a member of the Chemoinformatics Research Group, working on improved methods for the automated design of novel drug compounds using evolutionary optimisation techniques. 

Research interests
  • Molecular dynamics and atomistic modelling
  • Interfacial free energy methods
  • Evolutionary algorithms
  • Python programming
Publications

Conference proceedings papers