Expert Details
Coatings, Plastics, Polymers, Paints, Formulations, Rubber, Personal Care, Corrosion, Water Treatment, Biomedical Device, Sensors, and Analytical Chemistry
ID: 733664
Ohio, USA
Provided seminar and talks, Consulting to create projects and file provisional patents, Expert Witness, Provided reports and experimental results.
RESEARCH:
Design, synthesis, and characterization of polymers and nanostructured materials capable of controlled-assembly, tethering, and self-organization in ultrathin films. This includes functional macromolecules, coordination polymerization, polymerization on surfaces, electropolymerization, and preparation of nanoparticles and hybrid materials. Properties include: smart coatings, electrically conducting, photoluminescent, electroluminescent, energy harvesting, optically active, and biocompatible.
Surface sensitive spectroscopy and microscopy is systematically utilized to probe materials properties and biological phenomena. We are also involved in investigating nanoparticles, nanostructured surfaces, and nanocomposite materials for sensor and bioapplications. Other applied studies include fluids, proppants, additives, packaging, coatings, biomaterials, plastics, and process development.
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:
• Consulting and Project Collaboration, PPG Industries, Covestro, Rhodia, Dow Corning, Exxon Mobil, Avery-Dennison Inc., Nalco Energy Services, Nanotex Inc., Roche Diagnostics, Zeon Nippon, Fuji Films, Lintec Inc., Agilent Technologies, INMAT Technologies, Lawter Inc., Shell, Dai Nippon Printing, Chemrez Technologies, Michelman, San Miguel Corporation Yamamura Packaging, ICL, Energy Development Corporation, Kuraray America.
• Short and long-term industrial projects, analysis, synthesis, product development, engineering solutions, monitoring, collaborative proposals, litigation, and tutorials.
• Head of the Polymers for Oil and Gas and Sustainability Engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1994 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: University of Florida |
| Year: 1996 | Degree: Post-Doc | Subject: Polymers | Institution: Max Planck Institue |
| Year: 1997 | Degree: Post-Doc | Subject: Polymers | Institution: Stanford University |
| Year: 1987 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: The University of the Philippines, Institute of Chemistry |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Macromolecular Science and Engineering |
Responsibilities:Faculty |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2011 | Employer: University of Houston | Title: Professor | Department: Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2007 | Employer: University of Houston | Title: Associate Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Joint Appointment |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2007 | Employer: University of Houston | Title: Associate Professor | Department: Department of Chemistry |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2002 | Employer: University of Alabama at Birmingham | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Department of Chemistry |
Responsibilities:Tri-Campus Materials Program Faculty and Adjunct Prof. with Department of Materials Eng. and Dept. of Biomedical Eng |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1997 | Employer: Stanford University | Title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | Department: Department of Chemical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1995 to 1996 | Employer: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | Title: Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellow | Department: |
Responsibilities:Mainz, Germany |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 1993 | Employer: Institut Charles Sadron and IPCMS- Group Materiaux Organique, CNRS | Title: Visiting Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Strasbourg, France |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1993 | Employer: University of Florida | Title: Teaching Assistant | Department: Department of Chemistry |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Chemical Society, FELLOW, Chair, Polymer Division, FELLOW of POLY and PMSE Division IUPAC Committee Member Materials Research Society Editor PAASE, President of the Society Membership: American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, Philippine-American Academy of Sciences and Engineering. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Professor, Case Western Reserve University |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| ACS Fellow, Poly Fellow, PMSE Fellow Mark Scholar Award, POLY Doolittle Award, PMSE World Economic Forum, Council Member |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Total publications lifetime: 465 and 13 Patents |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Subjects; Coatings, rubbers, oil and gas. Consultant to various companies including: Dow Corning, Agilent, Maxtek, Lintec, Kraton Polymers |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Preparation of project plans, technology scouting, seminar and internal workshops. Others: • Developed and taught courses in organic chemistry, polymer science, nanotechnology, biotechnology. • Mentoring of undergraduate, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers (To date, he has mentored within his group a total of (past and current): 27 high school students, 45 undergraduate students, 2 Masters students, 30 Ph.D. students, 12 Postdoctoral scholars, 23 visiting foreign scholars, and 2 high school teachers). Outreach activities to high school students and teachers (K12 education): AMP, REU, Project SEED, and Welch Foundation. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | All Aspects |
| French | Conversational |
| German | Conversational |
| Spanish | Conversational |