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+# Contributors
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+The following people have contributed to the CADET-Core software and are listed in historical order. Together they form the "CADET-Core authors" as mentioned in the copyright statements and [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.txt) file.
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+Major additions or modifications to CADET-Core are explicitly stated.
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+## Special thanks to everyone who has helped with this project
+
+* [Eric von Lieres](https://github.com/lieres) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, - Germany): Supervision, concepts, first Matlab implementation, user interface design
+* Joel Andersson (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Domain decomposition (GRM), linear solver (GRM), first C implementation
+* Sebastian Schnittert (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): First C++ implementation, first Matlab interface, first file format
+* Andreas Püttmann (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Parameter sensitivities, Jacobians via AD, AD techniques (block- & band-compression)
+* [Samuel Leweke](https://github.com/sleweke) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Complete rewrite of v3.0 from scratch, build system, code & framework design and architecture, Matlab interface, file format, frontends (MEX, CLI), domain decomposition (multi-unit systems), reactions, 2D general rate model (paid by GE Healthcare), multiple particle types (paid by GE Healthcare)
+* [William Heymann](https://github.com/immudzen) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Networks of unit operations, compiler flag optimization
+* [Salah Azzouzi](https://github.com/azzouzis)(Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Johannes Schmölder](https://github.com/schmoelder) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Jayghosh Rao](https://github.com/jayghoshter) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Jazib Hassan](https://github.com/jazib-hassan-juelich) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Jan Breuer](https://github.com/jbreue16) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Spatial DG discretizations (LRM, LRMP, GRM)
+* [Ronald Jäpel](https://github.com/ronald-jaepel) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Hannah Lanzrath](https://github.com/hannahlanzrath) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Antonia Berger](https://github.com/AntoniaBerger) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
+* [Wendi Zhang](https://github.com/WFlynnZ) (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Troy, New York, USA): Crystallization module
+
+## Funding Acknowledgement
+
+* GE Healthcare sponsored development of core-shell beads, multiple particle types, and 2D general rate model
+* Bayer AG contributed to bugfixes, initial C API, initial Python frontend
+* Johannes Schmölder has received support from the IMI2/ EU/EFPIA joint undertaking Inno4Vac (grant no. 101007799).

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-# Contributors
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-The following people have contributed to the CADET-Core software and are listed in historical order. Major additions or modifications to CADET-Core are explicitly stated.
-
-## Special thanks to everyone who has helped with this project
-
-* [Eric von Lieres](https://github.com/lieres) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, - Germany): Supervision, concepts, first Matlab implementation, user interface design
-* Joel Andersson (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Domain decomposition (GRM), linear solver (GRM), first C implementation
-* Sebastian Schnittert (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): First C++ implementation, first Matlab interface, first file format
-* Andreas Püttmann (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Parameter sensitivities, Jacobians via AD, AD techniques (block- & band-compression)
-* [Samuel Leweke](https://github.com/sleweke) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Complete rewrite of v3.0 from scratch, build system, code & framework design and architecture, Matlab interface, file format, frontends (MEX, CLI), domain decomposition (multi-unit systems), reactions, 2D general rate model (paid by GE Healthcare), multiple particle types (paid by GE Healthcare)
-* [William Heymann](https://github.com/immudzen) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Networks of unit operations, compiler flag optimization
-* [Salah Azzouzi](https://github.com/azzouzis)(Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Johannes Schmölder](https://github.com/schmoelder) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Jayghosh Rao](https://github.com/jayghoshter) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Jazib Hassan](https://github.com/jazib-hassan-juelich) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Jan Breuer](https://github.com/jbreue16) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany): Spatial DG discretizations (LRM, LRMP, GRM)
-* [Ronald Jäpel](https://github.com/ronald-jaepel) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Hannah Lanzrath](https://github.com/hannahlanzrath) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Antonia Berger](https://github.com/AntoniaBerger) (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Juelich, Germany)
-* [Wendi Zhang](https://github.com/WFlynnZ) (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Troy, New York, USA): Crystallization module
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-## Funding Acknowledgement
-
-* GE Healthcare sponsored development of core-shell beads, multiple particle types, and 2D general rate model
-* Bayer AG contributed to bugfixes, initial C API, initial Python frontend
-* Johannes Schmölder has received support from the IMI2/ EU/EFPIA joint undertaking Inno4Vac (grant no. 101007799).
-
 ## Contributing
 
-We welcome contributions! Please refer to our [Developer Guide](https://cadet.github.io/master/developer_guide/index.html) for detailed information on how to contribute, including guidelines, coding standards, and best practices.
+CADET-Core is an open-source project and we are very happy to accept contributions from the community.
+Please feel free to open issues or submit patches (preferably as pull requests) any time.
+For planned larger contributions, it is often beneficial to get in contact with us first, e.g. through the [CADET forum](https://forum.cadet-web.de/).
+
+For detailed information on how to contribute, including guidelines, coding standards, and best practices, please refer to our [Developer Guide](https://cadet.github.io/master/developer_guide/index.html).
 
-Follow the lead, become a contributor by sending a pull request or a patch.