Kingsport,
TN 37664
423-367-7136 (mobile)
OBJECTIVES:
1. Facilitate student understanding of the importance and applicability of chemistry in their daily lives regardless of their fields of endeavor;
2.
Leverage industrial experience to establish a viable and fundable
interface to support knowledge
transfer between academia and business.
Date of
Availability:
Negotiable
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
Lecturer
(full-time in 5th year)
Chemistry Department
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Organic
chemistry lecture and labs (CHEM 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021)
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General
chemistry (CHEM 1110 and 1030)
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Integrated
lab for advanced students (CHEM 3611)
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Special
Topics (Polymer Chemistry (CHEM 4957) – Spring 2008
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Yasoo
Health, Johnson City, TN (current)
Director
of Formulation Technology – responsible for development and evaluation of
efficacious nutrient formulations for at-risk children, especially those
products with enhanced bioavailability.
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Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN
Senior
Team Leader with supervisory and multi-disciplinary team leadership
responsibilities.
Conceptualization, development, and commercialization of new technology and
products.
Experiences:
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Awarded 28 patents with others pending
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Multitude of technical presentations to
customers, members of management, students, and technical communities
o
Custom synthesis of chemicals and
polymers at bench, pilot plant, and commercial scales of manufacture
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Development of novel drug delivery
applications utilizing enteric coatings, fibers,
and cellulose esters
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Cellulose and cellulose ester
technology for use in a variety of coating applications (wood, automotive,
industrial) and cosmetic products
o
Controlled and sustained release of
actives for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and agricultural applications
o
Design and development of unique
polymers for hair and nail care
o
Design and manufacture of polymers for
uv-curable coatings
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Process development for manufacture of
textile and photographic dyes
o
Conceptualization and development of a
novel process to make branched polyesters for biodegradable chewing gum base
o
Development of novel ingredients for
food and beverage applications
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Development of formulations for a
variety of nutrition-oriented products utilizing water-dispersible vitamin E as
multi-functional emulsifier.
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Development of HSE-acceptable polymers
and unusual ingredients not normally intended for beverage and food use.
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Extensive customer interactions
(technical, marketing, management)
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Well-honed presentation skills
applicable to wide variety of audiences
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Knowledge and use of statistically
designed experimentation
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Owens Corning Fiberglas
Technical Center, Granville, OH
Senior
Chemist
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Develop novel low-density polyurethane/carbodiimide
foamed products to compete with urea-formaldehyde foam for home insulation
applications. I also did an extensive amount of problem solving and
troubleshooting relating to use of urethane/fiberglass core-board in commercial
built-up roofing systems.
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United States Air Force USA
SSgt
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Medical lab technologist responsible
for testing program in all areas of clinical lab supporting 55-bed hospital at
Tyndall AFB (FL). This included hematology, microbiology, blood-banking,
chemistry, and serology. I also worked on weekends as a medical lab technologist
at a local hospital.
EDUCATION:
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Ph.D. (synthetic organic chemistry)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
My dissertation was directed towards development of a generalized method to
prepare large carbocyclic rings containing chiral centers and to introduce such
chirality in a controllable and predictable manner.
The approach involved investigation of photochemical annelation of
substituted small rings (C5/C6) followed by disruption of
the intervening cyclobutane bonds to release the macrocycle. Several articles
have been published and presentations made at American Chemical Society
meetings.
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BS in Chemistry
Marshall
University, Huntington, WV
American Chemical Society- approved "BS in Chemistry" degree
(54 semester hours of chemistry).
Summer research resulted in two publications.
SKILLS:
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Creative, innovative, pragmatic, and
appreciative of good science
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Excellent teaching skills
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Coordination of multi-disciplinary team
efforts
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Well-versed in project management
software and techniques
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On-going conceptualization of new
technology and improvement of existing
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Synthetic development and large scale
manufacture of chemicals/polymers
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Fundamental understanding of uv-cure
processes and coatings technology
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Well-grounded in technology for
sustained and controlled release of actives
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Strong background in formulation of
nutritional supplements.
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Well-versed in principles of emulsion
and colloid chemistry
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Working knowledge of and conversant in
beverage and cosmetics technologies
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Mentoring of young employees and
students (routinely recruit summer
students to work in my lab – undergraduate and M.S./Ph.D.-program students
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Technical recruiting at all educational
levels (technician to Ph.D. candidates)
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Solid working knowledge of patenting
and trademark processes
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Computer literate (Mac and PC software)
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Knowledge of and experience with
statistically designed experimentation
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
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American Chemical Society
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International Society of Beverage
Technologists
REFERENCES:
Available upon request
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Phillip Cook, Ph.D.
Director, Formulation
Technology
Yasoo Health, Inc.
2109 West Market Street, Suite
164
Johnson City, TN
37604-6024
423-218-4523
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Lecturer
Chemistry Department
Brown 342
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
37614-0695
423-439-4088 |
