Solmaz Pirouz, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

• Technical experience in interfacing directly with customers in the Coatings and Civil Engineering market segments• Professional experience in research, product development, and commercialization of functionalized oil additives to support internal and external customers• Strong technical knowledge of synthesis, modification, characterization, and manufacturing of polymeric materials • Strong knowledge of polymer modification in solution and through reactive extrusion• Experience in product formulations and running standard and non-standard tests for product qualification• Successful project leadership record from innovation (lab scale) to commercialization in matrix organization• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and capable of working both in groups and independently Skills:• Broad set of organic and polymer synthesis knowledge from laboratory to pilot scale with various analytical techniques including FTIR, NMR, UV-Vis, HPLC, SEC/GPC, DSC, TGA, TEM, DLS, fluorescence spectroscopy, glove box, centrifuge, rheological equipment, and coating.• Working knowledge of SAP, Accolade, LIMS, Minitab, Polymath, Matlab, DesignExpert, C++, Microsoft Office Interested in: • New Product Development• Research and Development• Project Management