Expertise

• Chemical synthesis of insecticides, pesticides and small functional organic molecules.
• Herbicide synthesis, scale up and herbicide screening.
• Agrichemical process improvements.
• Insecticide and nematicide lab testing and field testing.
• Patent liaison with researchers and attorneys.
• Group leader in patent division: patent analysis of agricultural chemicals and agricultural pesticides.

Experience

Independent Consultant, 1991 - Present

E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc. 1956 - 1991

DuPont Agricultural Products Department (and Predecessors)

Honors & Publications

• Over ten U. S. Patents
• Many equivalent foreign patents

Education

• B. S., Organic Chemistry, University of New Hampshire
• M. S., Organic Chemistry, University of New Hampshire
• Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Ohio State University