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• Develop diesel engine oil formulations for new industry specifications (API C categories) and OEM-specific products.o Manage a multi-million dollar technical project portfolio.o Leverage DOE to determine engine test appetites while limiting technical costs and time to commercialization.o Collaborate with customers, product managers, product stewards, and operations to deliver high performing and cost-competitive products.• Manage strategic chemical introduction programs with impacts across all lubricant products. o Develop testing plans that demonstrate differentiated performance while limiting technical spend.o Coordinate MOC activities, registrations, and customer communications with chemistry that addresses regulatory restrictions.• Help direct technical competitive intelligence and drive intellectual property staking.

• Manage a multi-million-dollar portfolio focusing on new chemical development and strategic formulating projects.• Develop and commercialize new components to deliver performance and savings.• Lead formulating projects to address strategic performance and regulatory challenges:o Responsible for engine oil formulating projects to improve antioxidancy.o Investigate total formulations’ effects on fuel economy.o Upgrade lubricant products to deliver superior wear performance.• Provide technical expertise for Lubrizol’s chemical portfolio including identifying performance off-sets, aiding in raw material evaluations, and developing long-term strategies for chemical classes.

• Develop oil-soluble, inorganic nanoparticle detergents from the initial lab scale to deck volumes.• Lead synthetic efforts investigating new, high temperature antioxidants for engine oil formulations• Explore process intensification for Lubrizol’s small molecule additive portfolio.• Coordinate and plan projects for technicians and chemists within the group.• Generate and examine the effects of detergents and small molecules on lubricant formulations in various performance tests.• Troubleshoot process and production issues for various detergent product lines.

• Managed a research lab developing organometallic catalysts for light mediated material synthesis and functionalization.• Re-developed the college’s Organic Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry courses from the ground-up.

Research focus: Development of nanoparticle strategies that can overcome the challenges associated with triggering a robust abscopal effect against metastatic melanoma

Research Focus: Development of cobalamin-fluorophore conjugates for the light mediated formation of tissue scaffolds and release of chemotherapies.