Polymer Scientist (R&D Manager)

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Education: 6

Experience: 14 years

Relocation: Yes - Internationally

Industry Experience
14 years		R & D Scientist
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Career Objective

A research Scientist position where I can use my 14 years of industrial and academic research experience in leading team to develop new product, process and applications, manage R&D programs and create intellectual property for the organization.

Professional Experience

Shell Group
Shell India Markets Limited, India January 2015 - Current
Process Researcher, Shell Technology Centre
Job Description: Activity lead for polyol technology development
• Responsible for a technology platform (including sustainable polyols) of a polyol technology
• Promote new market driven research activities for the new businesses development team
• Competitive intelligence and monitor patent activity within polyol technology platform
• Actively collaborate with the Marketing and Technical services team for development of new polyols and with technologists for implementation of process research and development ideas

BASF Group (2006 – 2014)
BASF South East Asia Private Limited, Singapore Sep 2014 –Dec 2014
Research Scientist (Manager), Global Research Center Singapore.
BASF SE, Germany June 2011 –August 2014
Technology and IP Manager, Global Technology, Performance Chemicals
BASF South East Asia Private Limited, Singapore 2006 –2011
Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist (Manager), Global Research Center Singapore.
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Eductation

Academic Experience

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz, DFG Postdoctoral Fellow, Germany

Academic Credentials
• Ph.D. (Chemistry) Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (2002)
• M. Sc. (Chemistry) Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India (1996)
• B. Sc. (Chemistry) Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India (1994)

Additional Information

Achievements
• Introduced new market development product for high resilience polyurethane foam application
• Launched a new antimicrobial coatings product for architectural coatings business (Acronol® Plus 7045)
• Improved corrosion resistance properties (by 3 times) of a commercial product for the coil coatings
• Optimized patent portfolio that significantly contributed to the annual cost savings of business
• Developed the first chiral-at-the-metal center catalysts for the synthesis of chiral isotactic polystyrene oligomers (VIP Publication. subsequently highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007)

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