ROBERT LU
R&D General Manager & Chief Scientist at Whealthfields Lohmann Group- Claim this Profile
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Whealthfields Lohmann 威莱日化
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Singapore
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Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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R&D General Manager & Chief Scientist
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Jul 2013 - Present
• Established strategic partnership with Chinese Woman and Children Healthcare Association, and elected as the standing committee member of its Healthcare Industry Branch. • Managed a large-scale project with Chinese CDC for three years in Beijing, Shanghai and Xiantao/HuBei (Investigation the effects of disinfectant products on reducing infectious diseases with children). • Led company to achieve titles of Technology Center and Engineering Technology Center for Guangzhou city and Guangdong province. • Led R&D team to apply goverment funding on techincal and innovative projects. • Responsible for company’s IP work including publication of patent and technical papers. Show less
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Tiens Group
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Tianjin Suburb, China
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Vice President & Head of Life Science and Technology Academy
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May 2012 - Apr 2013
• Led R&D's product development projects on health-care, nutritional food, cosmetics, detergent, and apparatus products. • Optimized R&D’s domestic and global organizational structures. • Established ODM projects with national leading firms for healthcare apparatus. • Managed regulation group for product registration. • Built up scientific relations with Tiens University to train young instructors and research fellows. • Led R&D's product development projects on health-care, nutritional food, cosmetics, detergent, and apparatus products. • Optimized R&D’s domestic and global organizational structures. • Established ODM projects with national leading firms for healthcare apparatus. • Managed regulation group for product registration. • Built up scientific relations with Tiens University to train young instructors and research fellows.
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Whealthfields Lohmann Group
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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Senior R&D Director & Chief Scientist
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Dec 2009 - Apr 2012
• Managed R&D for product development and improvement, technical support, and process optimization on disinfectant, laundry, surface cleaning, and personal care products. • Led company to achieve National High Tech Enterprice title which promoted business image and recuded annual tax burden. • Established strategic partnership with Chinese Medical Doctor Association which named the company “Enterprise with Best Social Responsibility in Healthcare Industries”. • Managed R&D for product development and improvement, technical support, and process optimization on disinfectant, laundry, surface cleaning, and personal care products. • Led company to achieve National High Tech Enterprice title which promoted business image and recuded annual tax burden. • Established strategic partnership with Chinese Medical Doctor Association which named the company “Enterprise with Best Social Responsibility in Healthcare Industries”.
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Reckitt
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United Kingdom
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager
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Sep 1993 - Aug 2009
• Led new product development for Harpic brand cleaners for Europe and South America from 2006 to 2008; a new lavatory care product achieved 6% of UK market and its annual global sales reached €20 million in the first year. • Managed a major cross-functional project in development of an innovative cleaning device with US R&D, French marketing, Australian design firm, and Chinese OEM in 2005. • Invented new formulation technologies for dual chamber and dual phase cleaning applications to deliver synergistic performance from 2002 to 2004. • Played a strong leadership role in cost savings for Dettol brand cleaners for Hongkong, Malaysia, India, and the Middle East in 2002, increasing gross margin by 10% across all regions. • Developed several all purpose cleaner, floor cleaner, and bathroom cleaner under Lysol, Mop & Glo, or SaniGel brands for North America from 1994 to 2000, and each achieved annual sales over $15 million. Show less
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Union Carbide
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Chemical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Engineer
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Jul 1991 - Jul 1993
• Investigated structure-function correlations for global leading brands of TRITON AND TERGITOL nonionic surfactants. • Studied emulsion and adsorption properties for metal and laundry I&I cleaning applications. • Investigated structure-function correlations for global leading brands of TRITON AND TERGITOL nonionic surfactants. • Studied emulsion and adsorption properties for metal and laundry I&I cleaning applications.
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Education
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Business -
University of Rochester
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering -
Clarkson University
Master's degree, Chemical Engineering -
Tsinghua University
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering