Valery Khabashesku, PhD, DSc / Professor

Adjunct Professor at Rice University
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Houston, Texas, United States, US
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Russian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency
  • Romanian Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Professor Dr. Science in Organic Chemistry
    N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences
    Jun, 1998
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Rice University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Adjunct Professor
      • Jul 2014 - Present

      Teaching graduate course on Industrial Nanotechnology. Advising/co-advising students and postdocs in the Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering (MSNE) on their research projects, secured funding and driving the university industrial collaboration through sponsored research projects with Prof. Ajayan team at MSNE and received individual funding support from start-ups, giving and organizing technical seminars/webinars, facilitating joint IP and publications, serving on the MSNE department's Industrial Board, Show less

  • Baker Hughes
    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Technology Advisor
      • Jul 2016 - Apr 2020

      Advised nanoscience and materials chemistry enabled R&D projects across Baker Hughes organization involving Enterprise Research team and different product lines; initiated and managed projects on development of new generation PDC, ultra high conductivity CNT cable, nanoengineered scintillation materials for downhole detection of ionizing radiation, 2D nanomaterials for energy storage and thermal management. Received 2 Best Research Project Awards for 2016: Amine detection by SERS, and Development of Shasta PDC. Served as an organizing committee member and invited speaker at petroleum engineering, materials and nanotechnology international meetings. Show less

    • Senior R&D Manager - Head of Nanotechnology Center of Excellence
      • Mar 2012 - Jun 2016

      Baker Hughes' Nanotechnology Center of Excellence head, responsible for $5 mln budget, team building, new employees selection and hiring, initiation and management of large R&D projects portfolio, driving collaborations and consortia with local universities and academic institutes and companies overseas, delivering invited presentations at technical meetings domestically and abroad, knowledge sharing through launch and chairing of Baker Hughes Nanotechnology Community of Practice and organizing yearly Nanotechnology Symposia, expanding the IP portfolio and publications list. Show less

  • Unversity of Houston, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
    • Houston, Texas, United States
    • Research Professor
      • Aug 2008 - Mar 2012

      Directed as Principal Investigator the research programs on advanced polymer and ceramic composites and diamond materials sponsored by defense agencies (Navy and Air Force), US Civilian Research and Development Foundation, and industry (Total Petrochemicals, MER Corporation, PipeWrap and Clarkson Aerospace). Mentored summer internships and PhD students. Directed as Principal Investigator the research programs on advanced polymer and ceramic composites and diamond materials sponsored by defense agencies (Navy and Air Force), US Civilian Research and Development Foundation, and industry (Total Petrochemicals, MER Corporation, PipeWrap and Clarkson Aerospace). Mentored summer internships and PhD students.

  • Rice University Department of Chemistry
    • Houston, Texas, United States
    • Faculty Fellow
      • Jun 2000 - Jul 2008

      Created internationally recognized research program on ceramic nanocomposites and coatings, carbon nanomaterials and polymers at Rice University Enabled close cooperation between academia and industry by writing successful proposals and obtaining independent funding from industry, defense agencies (DOD, AFOSR, ONR, ARO) and NASA (Glenn, Ames and JRC). Project Director/Principal Investigator for independent projects and cross-functional research teams. New product concepts design, proof of concept experiments , technology development and optimization scale up and commercialization through technology transfer to industry. Mentorship in PhD and MSc level research in chemistry, applied physics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and materials science; advising postdoctoral fellows /international scholars. Delivered presentations and lectures as invited speaker, taught academic and industrial workshops in US, Mexico, Portugal and Japan and served as a panelist at international meetings on aerospace and biomedical nanotechnology research. Show less

Education

  • Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
    D.Sc. / Professor Dr., Organic and Organometallic Chemistry
  • Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
    Master's Degree, Chemistry

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