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Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Pharmacokinetics
Expert has strong knowledge in asymmetric multi-step organic synthesis, scaffold design and library development with ability to solve challenging chemistry problems and have authored peer-reviewed articles and patents. Expert is a synthetic and medicinal chemist with over 13 years of…
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.…
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…
Chemistry and Materials-Based New Product Development, Polymers, Catalysis, Fuel Cells, etc.
He has spent more than 10 years working on aspects of Ziegler-Natta polymerization of olefins, including work on catalysts, cocatalysts, metallocene catalysis, polymerization processes and polymer properties. He combines BS, MS and PhD degrees in inorganic chemistry with 10 +…
Water and Wastewater Treatment, Nanofiber and Nanotube synthesis, Waste To Energy
Has 16 issued patents in the field of water and wastewater treatment, including membrane, electrochemistry, ion exchange, softening, adsorption, zero discharge, chromatographic separation of mixed metal wastes. Also has multiple pending patents in emerging water technologies including Forward Osmosis, Low…
Polymer Synthesis and Properties, Catalysis, Physical-Organic Chemistry, and Molecular Modeling
Expert R. Expert has over 30 years R&D experience with major chemical companies in designing new organic polymers, developing and improving polymerization processes, and inventing new polymerization catalysts. His primary focus has been on exploratory research for new product and…
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.…
Bionewable Conversion Processes, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Adsorbents
The catalyst synthesis technology developed by expert and his associates is directly applied to the catalysis of petroleum and chemical reactions. Therefore, the insight that he has in the catalyst technology allows him to solve many problems relating to the…
Catalysis, Surface Chemistry
Expert has spent most of his research addressing problems related to catalysis by transition metals and transition metal oxides. His model studies have examined the basic catalytic chemistry of ammonia synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch chemistry, catalytic oxidation, and hydrogen desulfurization chemistry. In…
Chemical Engineering
Expert has taught a course in air pollution control at BYU about a dozen times in the past 22 years, a course which he organized. He has general experience in the design of air pollution control systems and has specific…