Technical Marketing

Dr. Lawrence J. Karas

Missouri City, TX *****

281-***-**** ********.*****@*******.***

SENIOR CHEMIST

Business focused senior chemist with experience in crudes and fuels and a proven track record of developing new creative chemical solutions to meet complex customer needs. Able to work independently or part of a multi-disciplinary team on simultaneous technical issues while interfacing directly with customers. Possess broad experience in purification and isolation of reaction products and intermediates. Developed strong safety awareness and advanced analytical skills and hands-on experimentation in conjunction with established Fuels-ASTM methodology. Technical skills include expertise in:

•Commercial H2S scavenging, O2 scavenging, organic and aqueous, triazine, non-amine

•Expertise in heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis for petrochemicals / refinery

•Formulation experience to develop new commercial products

•Field and Laboratory work on commercial Ultra-Fab methodology

•Preparation of monomers and surfactants via transition-metal catalysis

•Emulsion breaking studies on Canadian Oil-Sands froth and Mining intermediates

EXPERIENCE

Nalco Champion, Houston, TX 2012 - 2019

Senior Staff Scientist – H2S and Oxygen Scavenging Processes (Lab plus Field)

Managed areas in upstream applications.

•Designed and constructed state of the art high pressure H2S testing facility.

•Worked with marketing and downstream groups for new opportunities.

•Developed patented new methodology for economical solids free H2S scavenging.

Aqua Process Inc., Houston, TX 2010 - 2012

Technical Director – Finished Fuels / Hydrocarbon Processes / Refinery Operations

Initiated commercial field H2S scavenging processes using liquid scavengers

Developed new patented technology to clean ethylene & propylene furnaces (de-coke)

GE Water & Process Technologies, The Woodlands, TX 2007 - 2010

Senior Technologist

•Led research for Transportation Fuels Laboratory (ULSD, gasoline, kerosene & Bio-Fuels). Developed strong technical expertise on commercial H2S scavenging for crude oil and all downstream refined hydrocarbon products, Naphtha to Asphalt.

•Conducted corrosion studies on fuels and distilled components from 650oF to ambient as needed.

•Developed a new commercial CFPP additive and a new PP additive for ULSD.

ABB Lummus Global, Inc., Bloomfield, NJ 2006 - 2007

Principal Researcher

Developed new petrochemical and refining catalytic processes in support of Lummus’ technology portfolio.

•Developed an improved process to prepare butadiene from 1& 2-butenes via oxidative dehydrogenation.

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•Provided expertise to business groups, partnerships and clients in area of new catalysis projects including reactor design, catalyst development, optimization, and troubleshooting.

•Collaborated with the synthesis and formulation effort on new catalysis.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Principal Researcher IV, Lyondell Chem. Co., R & D, Newtown Square, PA

EDUCATION

Doctorate (PhD), Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Northwestern University

Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Received over 26 U.S. Patents (+2 new filings) and numerous publications in scientific journals.

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