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Semiconductors, Analytical Chemistry, Surface Analysis, Gases, Chemicals, Business Development, Nanotech, Cleanrooms, Particles, IAQ, Business Development, Failure Analysis
PhD chemistry 1983, 35 years of experience. Areas of Expertise: Semiconductors, Analytical chemistry, thin films, gases, chemicals, electronic specialty gases, cleanrooms, indoor air quality, business development, nanotech Skills: Chemistry, chemicals, R&D, analytical chemistry, materials selection, method development, hardware development, contamination…
Green and Clean Energy: Petrochemical, Refining, and Downstream Chemical and Utilities Sectors: Pre-commissioning, Commissioning, and Plant Startup
Executive summary: Expert has 17 years' experience in the petrochemical, refining, and downstream chemical and utilities sector. His experience includes pre-commissioning, commissioning, plant routine startup, shutdown, and emergency operations. His management roles include service as process trainer and process commissioning…
Catalyst Development, Molybdenum Chemistry, Process Development
Expert (prefers "Expert") worked for Climax Molydbenum company where R&D work involved the preparation and testing of many molybdenum-based catalysts. The catalyst supports included alumina, silica, charcoal, titania, and zirconia. Model processes involved reforming, HDS, and syngas conversion to hydrocarbons.…
Intellectual Property: Analysis and Strategy Development
Twenty plus years with ExxonMobil Chemical Company where Expert worked on numerous organic chemicals and their commercial applications. Inventor on 70 US patents many of which deal with said organic chemicals including chemical intermediates and polymers. Did extensive work on…
Industrial Chemical Production, Natural Gas Conversion to Liquid Fuels, Fine Chemicals, and Energy e
In general, chemical compounds that have multiple bonds (Double or Triple), they can accept addition reactions. The reaction could proceed either by nucleophilic, or electrophillic addition reactions. In some special cases, it can be controlled either thermodynamically, or kinetically. Activation…
Industrial Chemistry, Fuel Additives
Expert has over 35 years of experience with the synthesis and process development of amines based on hydrogenation of nitriles (including acrylonitrile adducts) or nitro compounds, and amination of alcohols or reductive amination of carbonyl compounds. He developed commercially used…
Olefin Polyolefins Catalysis
Expert has worked in the development of commercial Ziegler-Natta catalysts since 1972, initially at Stauffer Chemical (now Akzo), and later at Amoco Chemical. He is the principal investigator in the commercialization of the CD catalyst. He led this effort from…
Catalytic Organic Chemistry
Expert has over 30 years of experience in catalytic organic chemistry. His exceptional skills encompass basic research, product development, scale-up, manufacturing, sales and marketing, joint venture, and contract negotiating on catalytic-related issues important to the chemical, pharmaceutical, and petroleum industries.…
Compressed Gas Handling
Expert has experience creating and managing a specialty gas manufacturing facility. He has also managed the storage, transportation, purification, property analysis, and disposal of compressed gases for over 20 years. Additionally, he has served as a research and development manager,…
Polymer Selection for Food, Automotive, and Electronic Markets
Expert has an in-depth understanding of the high-pressure synthesis copolymerization of ethylene with combinations of co-monomers such as acrylates, vinyl acetate, (meth)acrylic acid, and carbon monoxide. His knowledge results from the high-pressure pilot plant work performed under his direction to…