Gregory Kuzmanich

About Gregory Kuzmanich

Principal R&D scientist with 12 years of experience working in R&D setting across a broad range of petrochemical and refining applications including both catalyst development and process projects. Four years of managerial experience leading a variety of teams within a Research organization. Proven track record of quickly scaling concept to commercial adoption for several petrochemical processes and experience leading teams of greater than fifty people with multimillion-dollar budgets. Strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles.

Experience

1. Principal Scientist and Group Leader of Exploratory

   Honeywell Technologies

   Nov 2021 — Present

   In this hybrid managerial/individual contributor role, led several platforms within Exploratory research such as CCUS, focusing primarily on DAC, bio-chemicals, and broadly supporting the M&A team in a variety of fields as well as managing a team of five scientists while supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce.Led the development of exploratory techno-economic, third-party analysis, and M&A tools within the exploratory group. Deployment of these tools led to an increase in productivity of over 50% from prior year with continuing productivity improvements of 5% YoY.Led bio-chemicals platform space, providing routine strategic analysis to CEO and CTO, including identifying both organic and inorganic opportunities for HUOP to take advantage of. For the organic plays, developed four novel technologies in this space that are planned for development as favorable market conditions emerge. Protected technologies with robust IP strategy. Actively overseeing an average of five organic projects in space.For two years, led Exploratory platforms CCUS initiative, which included working with regional labs across the globe. With peers, developed variety of models to economically evaluate the DAC space and made inorganic and organic recommendations based on internally developed DAC models. Supported the launch of projects in PFAS remediation and biofuels spaces by providing early stage technoeconomic analysis to help guide the experimental laboratory work. These projects are anticipated to be commercialized in the next two years.

Education

• UCLA

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

  2006 — 2011

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Physical Organic Chemistry
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• Reaction Kinetics
• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Zeolites
• Photochemistry