Christopher Robertson
Principal Consultant at Polymer Technology Services LLC | 20 years of materials R&D experience in the tire and rubber industry | Ph.D. polymer scientist/engineer
- Role
- Editor-in-chief, Rubber Chemistry and Technology Journal at Rubber Division, Acs
- Location
- Akron, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christopher Robertson
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY 20 years of experience as a materials scientist/engineer and manager in tire, synthetic rubber, rubber additives, and plastics industries 9 years R&D experience at tire manufacturers (Bridgestone; Cooper Tire) and 4 years at raw material suppliers to tire, rubber, and plastics industries (Eastman Chemical; ExxonMobil) International background includes: two years in Saudi Arabia as Deputy Director of an elastomer technical college; short-term visiting scientist positions in Germany and Turkey; and key roles in multi-site projects with corporate technical centers and manufacturing plants in Asia and Europe Areas of Expertise: polymer science, viscoelasticity / rheology, R&D, technical workforce training, intellectual property, technical management, technical sales and marketing, rubber, tire materials, plastics, rubber compounding for performance, predictive material test development, structure-property-processing relationships, material characterization Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (polymer materials focus) from Virginia Tech and two-year postdoctoral fellowship in polymer physics at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Experience
Editor-in-chief, Rubber Chemistry and Technology Journal
Jul 2020 — Present · Akron, OH, US
Education
Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering (Polymer Science with Prof. Garth Wilkes)
1995 — 1999
Virginia Tech
M.S., Chemical Engineering (Polymer Processing & Rheology with Prof. Donald Baird)
1993 — 1995
Virginia Tech
B.S., Chemical Engineering (Minors in Economics and Chemistry)
1989 — 1993
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