Experience

Makevale Group Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior R&D Scientist

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Responsible for managing and leading R&D projects mainly based on acrylic polymer chemistry in the Dental, Medical & Industrial sectors.Engaged in developing specialist products for specific customer applicationsResponsible for supervising a small team of R&D chemists



University of Central Lancashire

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Technician

  • Apr 2016 - Nov 2020

  Technical lead and primary contact for the coordination and running of laboratory facilitiesProviding leadership to specific technical projects as required by the businessAssisting staff undertaking research, exhibitions and knowledge transfer and income generating activitiesUndertaking installation, maintenance and development of equipment and resources.Budgetary responsibilityIOSH managing safelyRegistered Scientist accreditedLine management responsibility for a team of technicians



Victrex Manufacturing Ltd

• Senior Scientist / Patent Manager

  • Mar 2011 - Apr 2016

  Providing polymer chemistry and materials science expertise and assistance to external firm of patent attorneys during preparation of patent applicationsCarrying out research and development work to support patent applicationsIdentifying and assessing technical and commercial threats from competitors' patents and recommending appropriate actionInvestigative analysis of competitor productsDelivering in-house training course on introduction to patentsLine management responsibilityResponsible for 250K patent budget

• Senior Development Chemist / IP Officer

  • Sep 2007 - Mar 2011

  Designing and leading experimental projects and conducting research to deliver new polymer products and processesDeveloping and coordinating a range of in-house and external analytical testing services to evaluate monomer and polymer properties using techniques such as GC, GC-MS and LC-MSResponsible for summarizing and communicating results of chemistry and technology projects verbally and in written reportsResponsible for devising, implementing and evaluating search strategies using online databases to acquire specialist knowledge of polymers and to keep the business informed on developments in the field of high performance polymers

• Development Chemist

  • Jan 2003 - Sep 2007

  Responsible for designing, planning and performing experiments on a laboratory scale and carrying out pilot plant scale trials to develop new product recipes, improve product quality and process efficiencyDeveloping and implementing new test methods for the evaluation of product purity and quality using HPLC, GC-MS and FT-IRCharacterisation of polymeric materials using techniques such as DSC, TGA and SEM Evaluation and sampling of new raw materials to determine suitability for manufacturing processes

• Polymer Chemist

  • Oct 2000 - Jan 2003



Oxley Developments Co Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Armed Forces
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Control Technician

  • Oct 1990 - Sep 1992

  Testing of ceramic based electronic components for the aerospace industry