Robin Padilla, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

London, GB

Berlin, Berlin, DE

• Director of Product Management for Digital Life Science Solutions, a suite of products supporting experimental R&D work in the life sciences-Owning the commercial & technology strategy and vision of Springer Nature.

Berlin, Berlin, DE

• A product manager for SpringerMaterials, the world’s largest curated materials science database.
• Product Development-Accelerated database functionality enhancements by guiding Agile-based developers & UX designers with subject matter expertise, user case studies, competitive analyses, and exhaustive feature.
• Business Development-Contributed to revenue growth & enlarging subscriber base by supporting North & Latin American sales teams with extensive market intelligence, sales prospect lists, technical presentations, on-site.

Hoboken, NJ, US

• Managed editorial operations of a prominent materials science journal portfolio.-Titles included the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Polymer Science A: Polymer Chemistry, Journal of Polymer Science B.
• Product development-Oversaw successful transition of the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, to fully digital (online-only) format.-Coordinated journal editorial system migration (from ScholarOne to Editorial.

70469, DE

70469, DE

• Editorial & Publishing
• Edited “Science of Synthesis”, a prestigious, multivolume encyclopedia and database of organic chemistry methods.-Edited manuscripts for linguistic/scientific accuracy; engaged extensively with authors to significantly.
• Volume Coordinator for individual 3 volumes:-Strategized and coordinated manuscript submissions and deadlines; mediated relations between contributing authors, editorial staff, and production team.
• Editor on the following Science of Synthesis Volumes:-Cross-Coupling and Heck-Type Reactions, Vols. 1-3.-Multicomponent Reactions, Vols. 1-2.-C-1 Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis, Vols. 1-2.-Science of Synthesis.
• Represented Thieme Chemistry at 2 international chemistry conferences:-ORCHEM 2012; Weimar, Germany. Sept. 24–27 2012.-14th Tetrahedron Symposium; Vienna, Austria. June 25–28 2013.-Increased Thieme Chemistry brand.
• In a cross-functional team project, conducted market research by selecting and interviewing customers about academic publishing; data used in a strategic analysis done by an independent publishing consultant.

Ludwigshafen, DE

• Catalysis Research Laboratory, co-sponsored by BASF and the University of Heidelberg:
• Collaborated with the Polymer and Basic Chemical Research Divisions of BASF’s global research headquarters to develop catalysts for new chemical processes.
• Prepared, studied, and optimized new, ruthenium-based, olefin metathesis catalysts and platinum-based, hydroamination catalysts.
• Co-authored 3 publications on the olefin metathesis work and 2 publications on the hydroamination work (see "Publications").
• Presented results at 3 international chemistry conferences:-22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Detroit, USA. June 6–11, 2011 (Poster P-Tu-6).-Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis, Heidelberg, Germany..

Ph.D., Chemistry

B.S., Chemistry