Experience

Consultant
• United States
• Advertising Services
• Personal and Home Care

  • 2018 - Present


Ashland

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Hair Product Science Consultant

  • 2014 - 2017

  Consultant for hair care product science, in vitro and in vivo sensory test design ¥ Lyotropic Liquid Crystal shampoos for damaged repair hair, color protection, enhanced silicone/ fragrance/ surfactant soluble benefit active delivery ¥ Multifunctional polymer technology(s), delivering Style and Conditioning benefits from rinse-off hair product formats ¥ Rheology modifier technology(s) for lamellar gel conditioner formula Consultant for hair care product science, in vitro and in vivo sensory test design ¥ Lyotropic Liquid Crystal shampoos for damaged repair hair, color protection, enhanced silicone/ fragrance/ surfactant soluble benefit active delivery ¥ Multifunctional polymer technology(s), delivering Style and Conditioning benefits from rinse-off hair product formats ¥ Rheology modifier technology(s) for lamellar gel conditioner formula



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Product Scientist for Wash and Care Formulation Design

  • 2002 - 2012

  Led the development of shampoo and conditioner chassis to deliver novel generation benefit actives from rinse off wash and care hair products● Responsible for understanding consumer needs for winning platforms and translation into technical plan● Responsible for designing lead routes and suggesting principles and materials to meet consumer requirements● Responsible for leading formulation team and coordinating work for technical evaluation and processing teams to create and test new technologies in lead country consumer panels Responsible for delivery of care technologies to Unilever Hair Category toolbox● Responsible for IP protection, and regulatory of technologies developed within technology areaLed the Deposition Science & Technology Platform.● responsible for definition and implementation of strategy for development of the understanding of key benefit active deposition across hair category● responsible for coordinating the work plans of all members of the category who work on deposition● define and manage external research and build partnerships with key externals in field of deposition science● responsible for the development of deposition skills across the category¥ Multifunctional polymer technology(s), delivering Style and Conditioning benefits ¥ Conditioning shampoos: Anionic Cationic Lamellar Gel Shampoo design with and without silicone ¥ Sensory design for antidandruff shampoos with no/low negatives in conditioning and clean feel¥ Rinse-off conditioners. Cleansing conditioners. Anionic conditioners. Silicone free conditioners. Concentrated conditioners. Novel product format: transparent and aerated conditioners¥ Rheology modifier technology(s) for lamellar gel conditioner formula¥ Leave-on soft styling: leave-on creams, sprays and gels. Ultra-low solid creams. Gel phase free leave on creams. Progressive straightening, Long lasting curl with shape-conditioning balance and optimised sensory properties Show less

• Colloid and Material Science Project Manager

  • 1999 - 2002

  Led the Colloid & Interface –Household team to establish formulation design rules for delivery ofnew technology hard surface Cleaning with Long Lasting Perfume, Home Care



Post-doctoral Marie-Curie Fellow

• Research Scientist , Material Sciences Centre

  • 1998 - 1999

  Development of electrically pumped polymer laser diodes, a personal two-year Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship, CEE “Training and Mobility of Researchers” program Development of electrically pumped polymer laser diodes, a personal two-year Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship, CEE “Training and Mobility of Researchers” program



University of Groningen

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Polymer Chemistry Department

  • 1997 - 1998

  Delivery of Biologically and Optically Engineered Materials for Immunosensors, European project -Groningen University (The Netherlands), Demokritos Institute (Greece), Nunc A/S (Denmark), Zeneca Agrochemicals (Great Britain), Hopital Neuro-Cardiologique (France). Development of organic light emitting devices: Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), Netherlands Foundation Delivery of Biologically and Optically Engineered Materials for Immunosensors, European project -Groningen University (The Netherlands), Demokritos Institute (Greece), Nunc A/S (Denmark), Zeneca Agrochemicals (Great Britain), Hopital Neuro-Cardiologique (France). Development of organic light emitting devices: Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), Netherlands Foundation