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Biobased Materials, Silica and Sol-Gel Chemistry, Green and Sustainable Chemistry
He is an expert in all aspects of silica and sol-gel chemistry. His expertise includes silica films and coatings, silica insulators, fumed silica, spherical silica, silica supports, silica coatings for ceramics, silica in polymer composites and also hybrid silica organic…
Cost-Effective Clean Energy-Based Technologies, Small Molecules, Polymers, Nanomaterials; Quality Management
Overview: - R&D/Quality/Manufacturing Scientist/Manager with over 20 years of cumulative development/manufacturing/product launch/process scale-up/project management experience involving advanced materials/devices/technologies at chemical/optoelectronic R&D and Manufacturing facilities. - Passionate in coordinating continuous improvement efforts with cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization…
Characterization and Development of Silica/Silicate Based Materials
Expert has been responsible for characterizing and developing silica based materials, in particular silica, silicate and zeolite catalyst supports and absorbents at his two employers, PQ Corporation and W.R. Grace. He used many modern analytical instruments for characterizing these materials.…
Pulmonary Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine Including
Expert is a pulmonary specialist with board certifications in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases in both the United States and Canada. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine and Associate Attending Physician at…
Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Sol-gel Sciences, Optics, Biotechnology, Glass, Ceramics, Spectroscopy
Expert is a specialist of sol-gel chemistry. He developed a new non-aqueous method for sol-gel glass coating to obtain transparent films for integrated optics and photonics using polysiloxane materials. The aim was to obtain low-softening temperature glasses to permit facile…
Industrial Mineral FiIlers, Coupling Agents, Silanes, and Treatment Technology, Nano Metalic Oxides
Expert is presently consulting for Gelest Corporation working to promote next generation silane chemistry as well as developing new business for their State Of The Art mineral treatment facility. Nanophase Technologies developinging next generation, out of the ordinary usage of…
Catalysis and Materials Characterization, Development of Biochemical Sensors, Electrode Surfaces
Expert has over thirty years of experience in both basic and applied research. His graduate work was concerned with the development of biochemical sensors based on chemically modified thermistors and electrodes using enthalpimetric and electroanalytical techniques. He also worked on…
Organic, Polymer and Surface Chemistry, Bioapplications and Separation Technologies
Expert designed and synthesized multifunctional surface chemistries for modification of glass, porous silica gels, carbon and various polymeric substrates in form of the membranes, micro particles, porous monolithic blocks, and capillaries. The following methods have been used for surface functionalzation:…
Fuel Cell Manufacturing
Expert has been developing chemical process technology for industrial materials and chemical firms for over 14 years. He has developed several novel chemical processes, including those for synthesis of advanced ceramic powders, pigments, and a wide range of inorganic materials.…
Sol-Gel Processing
The overall focus of Expert's activities is the synthesis and processing of ceramics and glasses using the sol-gel process. She edited the first volume on the applications of this process, which established the technological basis for further developments. She also…