Antonis Gitsas Email & Phone Number

Linz, Austria

Working in the Polyolefin Compounds & Recyclates group on product development. Performing research providing the key understanding and the tools for designing novel, value added polymer materials. Wider responsibility acting as an interface between R&D and various partners and customers.•Responsible for research, technology and application development in the area of polypropylene and polyethylene Structure-Property-Processing.•Planning of technical aspects of R&D tasks and leading of project tasks and implementation.•Member of project teams with own area of responsibility, applying competences and application of best practices.•Assessing intellectual property rights (IPR) related issues e.g. patent filling, patent opposition and competitor follow-up. •Participating in research projects with universities or other partners, as well as international fora and conferences representing Borealis. •Translating technical concepts into value-added products for the customers.•Training and supporting junior colleagues.2013- Trainer at the Borealis Business Academy.2018- Agile software development experience (Product Owner)

Linz, Austria

Responsible for research, technology and application development in line with our innovation objectives in the area of polypropylene structure-property-processing relationships.

Vienna, Austria

Organization, performance, and analysis of experiments in the field of optical waveguide spectroscopy/surface plasmon resonance (OWS/SPR) for biosensing.Dissemination of results.Cooperation with international partners.Invited seminar at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Athens, Greece (9/2010).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

Activities and Societies: Invited seminar at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague (8/2007). Specialist in Temperature.

Bsc Physics, Physics

Diploma work: “Structure and dynamics of rigid-rod polymers with intrinsic orientational order”