Consultant in Pulp and Paper Technology, Specializing in Mechanical Puling, Pulp Bleaching, Paper and Fiber Properties, Wood Chemistry and Biomass Conversion.Evaluation of pulping and bleaching processes.Determination of pulp and paper properties.Measurement of organics and inorganics in biomass.Research and development into biomass conversion.Independent Consultant, PresentAssignments have included investigations into the development of new products from woody biomass, retention of...

Fuel oils additive and industrial lubricant expert and expert witness.Industrial lubricants: Formulation, development, testing, applications and technical sales.Industrial lubrication support: Seminars, selling, and troubleshooting.Automotive chemical formulation, development, testing and product demonstrations.Gasoline additive chemistry, formulation, lab and field testing.Industrial coatings and automotive rust protective coatings, development, testing, selling, and troubleshooting.Adobe elements 11 and lightroom 5.Field experience with metalworking fluids and hydraulic mineral and water based lubricants.Expert witness - petroleum prod...

Tobacco chemist expert with many years of experience in the tobacco industry with smoke chemistry, testing, toxicology and laboratory methods.E-liquids and e-vapor products, and aerosols produced from them, including chemistry and toxicology. Tobacco and tobacco smoke chemistry and toxicology:  Cigarettes, cigars, sisha (waterpipe), pipes, and pipe tobacco. Chemistry and toxicology of nontobacco materials in cigarettes, cigars, etc. Nontargeted (untargeted) analysis of complex tobacco and e-vapor products using GC-MS and LC. Management of analytical chemistry laboratories including LIMS. Identification of foreign matter in...

Organic Medicinal Chemist with Expertise in the Synthesis and Design of Medicinal Drug CandidatesMedicinal Chemist with a proven track record of success in the synthesis and design of medicinal drug candidates.Provide creative and innovative solutions to chemistry challenges including the safe design, conduct, interpretation and technical evaluation.Significant synthetic research experience in multi-step milligram to multigram quantities of intermediates and products, diversity design, crystallographic modeling and experience with protein-protein interactions.Molecule design in partnership with pharmacology and moving projects forward in a...

Consultant for Epoxy, Polyurethane, Acrlates and Elastomers for Formulated Adhesives and Coatings and Curing ChemistryPolymers: 25 years' experience with chemistry and characterization of polymeric materials.Polyurethanes: formulations, RIM (Reaction Injection Modeling), elastomers, foams, adhesives, coatings.Epoxy resins: chemistry of cure, formulations, thermosets, composites, adhesives and coatings.Acrlates: For the salts and esters of acrylic acid, UV, EB, electron beam curing for composites, thermosets and adhesives.Elastomers: rubber compounding.Analysis of polymers: recommend chemical, thermal and mechanical testing and locate...

Ph.D. Organic Chemist Pigment Specializing in High Performance Pigments Process Development Including Quinacridones, Isoindolinones, Condensation Azos, Quinacridones, and PerylenesHigh performance and conventional organic pigment research and development.Process and product Improvement.Plant design and start-up.Fine particle technology.Surface treatments.Literature searches.Independent Consultant, PresentOrganic pigments development for various clients in the pai...

Bench-Scale Chemistry, Process Scale-Up, Pilot Plant Operations, Process Hazard Analysis, Toll processing, Technology Transfer, Fractional Distillation (Packed and Spinning Band Columns), Molecular DiSummary  Directing chemical research and process development in fast-paced manufacturing environments. Develop processes such as; Synthesis of silane and siloxane compounds for electronic applications (chemical vapor deposition) and silicone oligomers and polymers for diverse applications including coatings and personal care products. Focused Areas Synthetic organic chemistry. Analytical chemistry GC-FID, GCMS NMR, HPLC, AA, FTIR, U...

Consultant for Polyurethane Chemistry and Process EngineeringPolyurethane chemistry, polymerization and polyurethane formulation development.20 years of experience applying polymer science, chemistry and engineering to develop products from concept through customer introduction.Expert in polymer and polymer process problem definition, laboratory scale characterization, small scale and pilot scale test method development and plant scale up polymer processing.Polyurethane process lab testing and production scale up.Instrumental in bringing experimental products to industrial scale, acting as liaison with marketing and technical service to i...

Chemical Engineer for Chemical Plant Process Design and Economic Evaluation: Polybutylene Terephthalate and ButanediolSenior Consultant with ten years of research and design experience in the Process Economics Program of SRI Consulting.Experience includes 8 PEP Reports and becoming a winner of the 1996 Monsanto "Million Dollar Research Challenge" (Competition was International).Preceded experience of over 33 years of diversified research, development, and design work with Dow Chemical, a Fortune 20 company.During this time expertise was demonstrated in creative problem solving in basic and applied research, new product and process developm...

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry Consultant Specializing in Cellulose Ether Process and Product Development and Improvement. Specific Experience in Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose (HPMC) and Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC)Hydroxyethyl cellulose product and process development.Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose process and product development.Cellulose ether chemistry.New product development and process improvements for the organic chemistry industry.Exceptional chemical research and development skills in the following expertise:Polymer synthesis, applications and productionWater soluble polymersCellulose and derivativesData managementScale-up operationsMe...