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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES CLUSTERING IN LIGHT NUCLEI WITH CONFIGURATION INTERACTION APPROACHES By KONSTANTINOS KRAVVARIS A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Physics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2018 Konstantinos Kravvaris defended this dissertation on May 11, 2018. The members of the supervisory committee were: Alexander Volya Professor Directing Dissertation David Kopriva University Representative Ingo Weidenhoever Committee Member Simon Capstick Committee Member Laura Reina Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This thesis would not have been possible without the constant encouragement of Professor Alexan- der Volya. His patience was a critical ingredient throughout the research and writing process. It was always a pleasure discussing research, administrative and general topics. I am also grateful for the committee members' guidance when necessary. I would also like to thank Professor Jorge Piekarewicz for being a great teacher and exposing me to more problems in nuclear physics. Finally, special thanks goes to Professor Efstratios Manousakis for all his help before and during my PhD studies. I would also like to thank everyone who made the non-research part of my studies enjoyable and interesting, Maria Anastasiou, Konstantinos Kountouriotis, Katerina Chatziioannou, David Fernandez, Hailey Nicol (soon to be Fernandez), and Daniel Lanford.