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FLAME RETARDANCY OF POLYMERS AND TEXTILES; FABRIC FLAMMABILITY. Expert has over 30 years of experience in the design, synthesis, and formulation of flame-retardant additives, reactives, monomers, and textile finishes. He invented several successful commercial products used in the field, and won an IR-100 award for an invention. As author of various reviews and encyclopedia articles, and as a research professor currently doing basic and applied work in this field, he is an internationally-recognized authority. He is the inventor or co-inventor on over 70 patents in this field.

PHOSPHORUS CHEMISTRY; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHONATES. Expert has conducted successful commercial research and development in phosphates, thiophosphates, phosphonates, phosphites, and phosphine chemicals. He has numerous patents in this field, and has consulted on design, synthesis, and manufacture. He also initiated a major family of phosphate plasticizers and functional fluids.

ORGANOSULFUR CHEMISTRY. Expert has completed successful commercial research and development in thiols, sulfides, sulfones, polysulfides, dithiocarbanates, and sulfur-containing rubber chemicals and agrochemicals. He also was an invited speaker on current progress in applied organosulfur chemistry at an international conference.

ORGANOHALOGEN CHEMISTRY; ORGANOCHLORINE CHEMISTRY. Expert developed processes for chlorination (and bromination to a lesser degree) of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. He is well-versed in purification and stabilization of halogen compounds, photochemical chlorination, and catalytic liquid and vapor-phase chlorination. He holds many patents, and has written numerous publications in the area of organochlorine chemistry, including a chapter in a leading monograph. He is well-informed on current environmental issues involving halogens.

AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; HERBICIDE. Expert holds about 100 U.S. patents in herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, soil fumigants, industrial biocides, and plant-growth regulators. In recent years, he assisted a "Fortune 500" company in developing an agrochemical screening and followup program by designed synthesis.

PATENTS. Expert is a registered patent agent who is qualified to prepare and prosecute patent applications before the U.S. Patent Office (he prefers work with a patent attorney). He is also very knowledgeable regarding patent strategy.

SPECIALTY CHEMICALS; POLYMER ADDITIVE; POLYMER STABILIZER; WATER-TREATMENT CHEMICAL. Expert has extensive knowledge of polymer additives, specialty monomers, surfactants, stabilizers, water-treatment chemicals, metal extractants and functional polymers.

RESEARCH PLANNING AND STRATEGY. As senior scientist with a leading U.S. chemical company, Expert became proficient in "market-pull" and "technology-push" project generation and planning. He performed research program and personnel evaluation and upgrading, and orientation of research to match corporate goals and capabilities (he wrote and published an authoritative article in "Research Management" on this topic). He is experienced with technical database searching and is skilled at tracking down sources of information. He also has "brainstorming" expertise.

RESEARCH STRATEGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING. Expert has experience relating research to company needs and opportunities. He held research strategy responsibilities both as a senior scientist for a large chemical company and as a consultant.


Expert has had numerous consulting visits with a wide range of large and small companies (domestic and overseas in Europe, Asia, and Australia). These visits were regarding flame retardancy, sulfur chemistry, phosphorus chemistry, agrochemicals, and textile finishes. He was instrumental in providing the solution to a problem of army
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His consulting contract was repeatedly renewed for 20 years by one of his chemical industry clients. Expert was brought in for "brainstorming" sessions several times by one client, evidencing good success in generating creative and useful ideas. He has invented patentable new products for several of his clients.