Qingling Zhang
Technical Manager, R&D, at BASF, Ph.D and EMBA
- Role
- Technical Manager, R & d at BASF
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Qingling Zhang
A strong technology visionary with project, people and portfolio management skills as well as business acumen from EMBA strives to increase company top and bottom lines through customer-centered technology innovation.
Experience
Technical Manager, R & d
Jan 2019 — Present · Southfield, MI, US
Work with BASF global marketing and technology leaders to steer automotive coatings global technology portfolio to meet global market needs.Manage R&D portfolio (including clearcoat, basecoat, primer, and pigment) for $600 MM BASF North America automotive OEM coatings business with $6 MM R&D budget annuallyIdentify unmet market needs and launch new projects/products to meet customer’s needs by collaborating with marketing, sales, operations, and upstream/supply chainCollaborate with external partners (customers, universities, government agencies, startups) to identify innovative colors and coatings technologies (Microsoft Word - Cypris BASF Collaboration Press Release.docx (cyprismaterials.com))Generate innovation sales from new products launched within the last five years of ~$100MM/yearManage $6 million budget/year with 23 full time employees.
Education
Michigan State University
Executive MBA
Zhejiang University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry
1993 — 1997
University of Arkansas
Master of Science (M.S.), Biopolymer and Food Science
2000 — 2002
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Polymer physics and block copolymers
1997 — 2000
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ph.D., Polymer Science & Engineering
2002 — 2007
Skills
- Coatings
- Rheology
- Design of Experiments
- Polymer Science
- Uv/Vis
- Ip Landscape and Management
- Formulation
- Organic Synthesis
- Organic Chemistry
- Project Management
- Catalysis
- Characterization
- Spectroscopy
- Chemistry
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Surface Chemistry
- Composites
- Nanotechnology
- Materials Science
- R&D
- Product Development
- Adhesives
- Hplc
- Polymers
- Polymer Chemistry
- Powder X-Ray Diffraction
- New Product Development
- Tga
- Nanoparticles
- Polymer Characterization
- Nanomaterials
- Materials
- Electrochemistry
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