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Expert in Dye Stuff and Environmental
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DYESTUFF SYNTHESIS; DIRECT DYE; ACID DYE; NEUTRAL DYE. Expert has over 35 years of experience in the dyestuff industry working for an international chemical corporation. He has done R&D and helped manufacture the following classes of dyes for textiles, paper and leather: acid, direct, mordant, neutral, solvent, reactive, disperse, metallized, and basic. DISPERSE DYES. Expert has developed 25 disperse dyes for the hydrophobic fibers polyester, nylon, and acetate. Some of the large volume dyes he developed and helped manufacture were disperse blue 79, 281, disperse orange 30, 41, 44, and disperse red 167. He holds worldwide patents in this area. DYE INTERMEDIATES. Expert has developed a number of dye intermediates for dyestuffs, especially disperse dyes. His work has involved acylations, nitrations, reductions, oxidations, cyanoethyations, ethoxylations, and condensations. IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETITIVE DYES. To keep abreast of dyes in commercial use, Expert determined the chemical structure of competitive dyes. He used thin layer chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry. DYE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; DYE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT. Expert is an expert in many aspects of dye wastewater treatment. He has used biological, physical, and chemical methods, such as adsorption, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, coagulation, flocculation, reduction, and oxidation. CARBON ADSORPTION. Expert has conducted numerous lab studies dealing with carbon adsorption on the different classes of dyes crucial to the design of new dye waste treatment facilities. POLLUTION PREVENTION. Expert has successfully implemented pollution prevention, source reduction, and waste minimization procedures in the synthesis and manufacture of organic intermediates, dyes, and pigments. LEGAL PATENTING OF DYES. Expert has kept abreast of US and international patents involving dyes for over 35 years. He is an expert at evaluating the validity, infringement, and possible circumvention of patents on dyes.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Bridgeport, Connecticut;
Stamford, Connecticut;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
and Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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1956
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Graduate Studies
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Ohio State University
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1953
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BS
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Chemistry
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City College of New York
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1989 to
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Independent Consultant
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1989 to
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Consultant
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1986 to 1989
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Environmental Task Force Process Development Associate
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1983 to 1985
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(Undisclosed)
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Plant Support Group Senior Development Chemist
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1961 to 1983
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(Undisclosed)
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Research & Development Senior Chemist
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1961 to 1983
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Plant Production Chemist
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1957 to 1961
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(Undisclosed)
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Plant Production Chemist
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Associations/Societies
He is a member of Sigma Xi, American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, and American Chemical Society. He was formerly Chair of the Toms River Subsection of the Philadelphia Section of the ACS.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert holds several worldwide patents in the area of dyestuffs and their manufacture. In 1994, he obtained a patent for an environmentally friendly method for producing lightfast black shades on natural and synthetic substrates (U.S. Patent No. 5,376,151). He is the author of numerous papers, several of which he has presented at professional conferences.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Textile Chemist and Colorist
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- AATCC International Conference.
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- Textile Research Journal
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of dyes and intermediates for dye manufacture. He has access to printed material
and personal contacts.
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