Career summary for Dr Edmund Fowles, CChem, MRSC
- Independent consultant since 2006
- Associated Octel (now Innospec) Performance Chemicals Division 2002-2006. Technical Manager in charge of new product development and technical service for all UK products including cosmetic ingredients, coatings additives, surfactants, foam control agents and chelating agents. Work included R&D, formulation development, performance evaluation, market summaries, and regulatory compliance and testing.
- Associated Octel (now Innospec) Performance Chemicals Division 2000-2002. Section Head foam-control agents and coatings additives
- Laporte Industries (now Rockwood Industries) 1991-2000. Senior Chemist clay and alumina-based catalysts, then Section Manager iron oxide pigments - process development, new product development and plant optimisation. This period involved developing new processes and products, performance evaluation and full-scale plant trials and optimisation.
- California Institute of Technology 1988-1990. Postdoctoral research in alumina-based catalysts and methane oxidation
- Leeds University 1985-1988. PhD in platinum group metal complexes and C-H activation
- Amersham International 1984-1985. Research scientist
- Cambridge University 1981-1984. BA in Natural Sciences (majoring in chemistry)
Telephone 01244-351644 (UK) or email edmund@efchemicalconsulting.co.uk for further information.