A Ph.D.-level industrial chemist and expert witness with more than 40 years of experience, this expert specializes in industrial chemical consulting involving surfactants, surface treatments, and cleaning formulations. The expert’s work includes formulation development, analytical evaluation, reformulation of existing products, and troubleshooting of specialty chemical systems used in household, institutional, and industrial applications. Areas of technical work include household and institutional cleaners, personal care formulations, metal treatment chemistries, and specialty industrial cleaning products.

Litigation-related experience includes chemical forensics, incident analysis, identification of foreign materials in foods, specialty chemical analysis, chemical microscopy, trace evidence identification, laboratory testing practices, and microphotography. With more than 25 years of expert witness experience, the expert has provided consultation as well as deposition and courtroom testimony in matters involving chemical composition, product performance, and laboratory analysis.

His experience includes leadership of an industrial chemical consulting practice focused on surfactant chemistry, specialty chemical formulation, and product development. Prior roles include service as Chief Chemist responsible for research and development programs involving surfactants and high-expansion foam technologies, as well as laboratory research, specialty analysis, and technical consulting related to industrial chemical applications. The expert holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, an M.Ed., and a B.A. in Chemistry, and is certified as a Certified Professional Chemist. Professional affiliations include the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemists, the American Association of Clinical Chemistry, the American Society for Neurochemistry, and the Association of Chemistry Teachers of Texas.