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Polymer chemistry, Organic chemistry, Analytical chemistry

ID: 735316 Texas, USA

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Qualifications in brief: Industrial experience in Emulsion Polymerization and solution polymerizations: Product & applications development, scale-up, and customer service; Organic synthesis & Scale-up; Taught senior level polymer chemistry and organic chemistry courses; Ph.D. in Organic chemistry.

• Organic and polymer synthesis: Worked on the synthesis of a wide spectrum of organic compounds; devised multi-step synthesis for cost-effective routes in scale-up. Types of compounds worked on: nucleosides, steroids, lipids, heterocyclics, dyes, chiral compounds, organometallics, labeled compounds, drug delivery intermediates, chemical & biochemical reagents, Diels-Alder adducts, specialty monomers. Worked on devising multi-step syntheses and ultimately large scale production of ultra-pure Investigational new drugs and anti-cancer agents requiring GMP. Devised polymer synthesis for electro-conductive polymers; polyurethanes, polyesters, polyamides — requiring ionic, free-radical and RAFT polymerization techniques. Addition polymerizations, condensation polymerizations, and other mechanistic variations were adopted. Industrial scale development of solution polymerization process.

• Emulsion polymerization: Developed from bench to plant, commercial grades of Polychloroprene (Baypren, neoprene) latexes, rubbers, and adhesives. Provided customer technical service for water-based adhesives, gloves, and foam, coating and construction applications. Responsibilities included quality assurance of the latex product line, production recipes, storage protocol, lab supervision, and experiment designs. Implemented production recipe modifications in the plant amounting to 20-25% savings: in terms of raw material cost, operational logistics, and consistent quality – bringing down customer complaints. Supervised lab personnel for polymerization and application methods. Worked with engineers and plant production supervisors for scale-up methods. ISO 9002, FDA, EPA, TOSCA, regulatory affairs interaction. Participated in ASTM, ACS & ASC national committees, seminar chairs and papers presented.

• Technical marketing: Succeeded in increasing the market share significantly of Baypren latex in North America through intensive customer interaction for product promotion and new application development, production cost analysis, logistics, and marketing feasibility coordination. Domestic and international traveling.

• Consulting: Was retained as a consultant (2000-2008) for latex application by Polymer latex, Inc (the subsidiary of Bayer Corp.)

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1973 Degree: Ph.D. Subject: Organic chemistry Institution: University of Houston

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: President Department:
Responsibilities:
Manage, chemical synthesis laboratory for both technical and marketing areas

President. Polyorganix is involved in the synthesis of wide varieties of novel polymers, organic drug blocks, API components, organo-metallics, fullerenes, and nano-materials. Development and scale-up.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1981 to 2000 Employer: Bayer Corp. Title: Manager, Latex Department: Rubber Div.
Responsibilities:
R&D and production of polymer latex.
Customer service for North America.

Development and scale-up of Polychloroprene (Neoprene) latex. Pilot plant work on ABS resin. Technical service for Polychloroprene, SBR, Nitrile and acrylate latex application in adhesives and dipped goods.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1979 to 1981 Employer: Polaroid Corp. Title: Sr. Scientist. R&D Department:
Responsibilities:
Organic synthetic products for image development. Monomer and Polymer developments.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1976 to 1979 Employer: Aldrich Chemical Co. Title: Research Chemist. R&D Department:
Responsibilities:
Research Chemist. R&D in cancer chemotherapeutic agents’ synthesis.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1988 to 2000 Country / Region: Germany Summary: Polymer research and development

Career Accomplishments

Awards / Recognition
Achievement: The team (led by Dr. A. Hussam, George Mason Univ.) was awarded the first prize of Grainger Challenge amounting to one million dollars. These filters (SONO filters) are being used in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal for removal of arsenic from drinking water.
Publications and Patents Summary
Papers and publications: 8

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Worked for industrial dispute for the identification of problem and performance for surfactants. Based on Gel Permeation Chromatography and HLB value determination, helped to identify and supporting resolution of performance deficiency.
Training / Seminars
Seminars on Latex
Organic synthesis
Adhesives

Education and Training :
University of Houston, Houston, Tx: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. (12/73).
University of Maine, Orono, Me: Post-doctoral work on Organic synthesis of -methylene lactones fused to steroids. (1/74 to 4/76) .
University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh: MS in Chemistry and BS with Honors in Chemistry.
Attended short course and workshop on “Emulsion Polymerization” sponsored by Lehigh University.
Marketing Experience
Customer service for latex, light emitting polymers, organic synthetic materials.
Other Relevant Experience
Teaching Experience:
• Bayer visiting professor at the University of Houston Chemistry department. 1999.
• Adjunct faculty member, Chemistry Dept, Univ. of Houston (1993-2003). Taught advanced polymer chemistry and Organic chemistry courses.
• Graduate student thesis committee member. Univ of Houston, Chemistry Dept. External member of thesis committees for polymer related Graduate level research topics. (1997-Present).

Social work with chemistry:
Scope: remediation of arsenic in drinking water from tube wells in Bangladesh.
Work: With a team of chemists, Expert participated in devising a practical effective filtration system to remove arsenic from drinking water, suitable for Bangladesh. (1996-2007). Publications.

Can troubleshoot in areas of synthetic polymers and pharmaceutical intermediates; assess customer service; legal dispute based on chemical process and analysis.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English Fluent in reading, writing and speaking
German Functional in speaking and reading
Bengali Fluent in reading, writing and speaking

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