Ph.D. Wood Science Expert Targeting: Wood Preservatives, Renewable Materials, Coatings, Adhesives and QC/QA

Expertise

• Renewable Materials Chemistry
• Wood Science
• Wood Preservatives
• QA/QC
• ISO 9001 compliance.
• Phytochemical Analysis
• Wood (Decomposition, Protection, Modification, Conversion, Composites, and adhesives)
• Microscopy (SEM, TEM, Optical)
• Separations (GC, HPLC, SFC, CE)
• Spectroscopy (FTIR, ICP, MS, SIMS, Raman)
• Formulation
• Adhesives and Coatings
• Project Management
• Experimental Design
• Data Analysis/ and interpretation
• Results Communication
• Method Development and Transfer
• Research and Development, Lab Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

Experience

LCLLC, Principal Scientist. 2022 - Present

• Provide client centered consulting and expert witness services with a primary focus of renewable materials chemistry and wood science. 

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, Senior Research Scientist. 1998 - 2022   

Senior Research Scientist 1, Research Scientist 2, Research Scientist 1 (Wood Protection Group)

• Consulting and research areas: Wood (Decomposition, Protection, Modification, Conversion, Composites, Adhesives).
• Microscopy (SEM, TEM, Optical), Separations (GC, HPLC), Spectroscopy (FTIR, ICP, MS, SIMS, Raman).
• Full cycle project management from conception to completion. Full budget responsibility.
• Principal Investigator: 125 Projects, US $3,074,898.
• Co-Principal Investigator: 367 Projects, US $9,989,427.
• Idea generation, experimental design, proposal preparation, data analysis and interpretation.
• Results communication (reports, oral presentations, publications).
• Quality system development, implementation, management (ISO 17025 Accreditation).

Instructor (M.T.U. School of Forestry and Wood Products), 1999- -2000

• Taught: Wood Physics, Wood Manufacturing and Machining.
• Co-Instructor: Wood Mechanics, , Wood Preservation and Seasoning, Wood Technology.

Alpha Chemical & Biomedical Laboratories, Petaluma, CA, Senior Chemist, 1996 -1997

• Executed services: Phytochemical analysis, method development and transfer, lab management, QA/QC, research and development.
• Separations (GC, CE, HPLC, TLC) and Spectroscopy (FTIR, MS, UV/Vis).
• Business development and educational outreach, short course development and delivery.
• Represented lab at meetings and conferences, in trade organizations and standards organizations.

PhytoScience Associates, Redondo Beach, Rohnert Park, CA, Houghton, MI, 1996 - 2003

President

• Executed services: Phytochemical analysis, method development and transfer, product/technology evaluation.
• Separations (GC, CE, HPLC, SFE, TLC) and spectroscopy (FTIR, MS, UV/Vis).
• Expert Advisor in botanical nutritional supplement and natural products for clients.
• Monograph and white paper development (botanical supplement characterization).

Botanicals International, Long Beach, CA, 1994 - 1996

Analytical Chemistry Manager

• Executed Services Phytochemical analysis, method development and transfer, QA/QC, technical support services.
• Separations (GC, CE, HPLC, TLC) and Spectroscopy (FTIR, UV/Vis).
• Proposed and implemented FTIR fingerprint library for identification of botanical raw materials.
• Proposed and implemented CE as analytical method for quantification of botanical marker compounds.
• Technical service to internal (production and warehousing) and external customers.
• Helped develop and implement quality management system (HACCP, GMP, ISO 9001) compliant.
• Represented company at meetings and conferences, in trade organizations and standards organizations.

E.E.D.E., New Westminster, BC Canada, 1993 - 1994

Co-founder and Chief Science Officer

• Provided business and product development, research and development, formulation coatings, green chemistry and processes.
• Developed and implemented system to convert hotel and restaurant waste into compost.
• Invented the "Kitchen Vermiculator” " to compost kitchen wastes.
• Formulated environmentally friendly coatings.
• Developed vertically integrated alternative crop to consumer product programs for agricultural co-ops.
• Company had been sold.

Napier International Technologies, Langley, BC, Canada, 1992 - 1993

Assistant Scientific Manager

• Products and services: Wood preservatives, coatings, formulation, lab management, regulatory affairs, and QA/QC
• Supervised research and development analytical labs.
• Technical service and troubleshooting to manufacturing and customers.
• Product claim investigations
• Developed and implemented QA/QC program to comply with ISO 9001.
• Regulatory affairs (Canada and USA)

NTT Charlotte, NC, 1988 - 1989

Co-founder and Principal Chemist

• Products and services: Dyes, natural fibers, extraction, formulation, business development, separations (TLC, column chromatography), and color analysis.
• Selection, cultivation, and extraction of dye plants.
• Developed product specifications and QA/QC procedures.
• Dying natural fibers, blending and formulation of proprietary tints.
• Sold company.

Baxter HealthCare, Marion, NC, 1987 - 1988

Quality Control Chemist

• Expertise: Raw Materials Analysis, Method Development, QA/QC.
• Separations (GC, HPLC), Spectroscopy (Fluorescence, UV/Vis).
• Proposed, developed, implemented a heparin analysis that realized cost savings of $250,000 per year.

Honors & Publications

Credentials 

Peer Reviewer of publications in the following

• Forest Products Journal
• Cellulose
• Journal of AOAC International

• American Herbal Pharmacopeia

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Forest Products Society (FPS)
• Society of Wood Science & Technology (SWST)
• American Wood Protection Association (AWPA)
• International Research Group on Wood Protection (IRG)
• International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA)

Activities

American Chemical Society (ACS)

• Upper Peninsula Local Section: Chair and Councilor
• Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division (CELL): Vice Program Chair
• Program Chair
• Committee on Ethics (ETHX): Associate and Member
• Divisional Activities Committee (DAC): Associate
• Multi-programming Planning Group (MPPG): Thematic Programing Chair and Chair-Elect

American Wood Protection Association (AWPA)

• Task groups pertinent to evaluation and analytical method standards
• Committee P-9

AOAC International

• General Referee
• General Methods Committee

Publications 

Author and Co-Author of over 30 publications, posters and presentations

Subject Areas

• Wood Composites preserving systems
• Wood Preservative Systems
• Plastic and Wood Composites Durability
• Building Panels-Mold and Decay
• Termites and home protection
• Termites Field Testing
• Extract-Grape Seed
• Climate on Wood
• Supplements and Botanicals Report
• Marketing Hemp and Innovation

Education

• Ph.D. Forest Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• M.S. Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
• B.S.. in Chemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO