Professional experience -medical device industry R&D and Regulatory ISO 13485

1/2005 – 5/2013

R&D scientific worker/ product application manager, Antimicrobial polymer formulation development, Testing (mechanical properties, chemical analysis) and processing and development of new formulation , biological testing, technical support to marketing,
Trouble shooting , Technical documentation

Analytische Chemie, Forschung & Entwicklung, Prüftechnik (allg.), Technische Dokumentation, Technischer Support

3/2002 – 12/2004

Responsibilities: Research on the development of silver based antimicrobial biomaterial composites using various types of silver biocides, Quantitation (inverse voltammetry) of silver ion release from polymer composites produced from metallic silver and silver filled additives (glass, ceramic, zeolite based) and polymers (Polyamide, Poly Ethylene, Polypropylene and elastomers). writing project reports for submission to the European Union. Optimization of processing conditions, antimicrobial properties, testing and characterization (Infra Red spectrum, DSC, DMTA, TGA, SEM, SEM-EDS, UTM (Universal Testing Machine for mechanical properties), Electrochemical analysis. Correlation of electrochemical kinetics data with biological efficacy.
Compilation of half yearly project reports to European Union and work progress presentation in semi-annual project meetings.

Supervising guide: Responsible for practicals for engineering students and supervised project thesis for students (Materials science and Engineering)

Analytische Chemie, Forschung & Entwicklung, Projektleitung / Teamleitung (IT), Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik, Werkstoffprüfung

1/2001 – 12/2001

Project related to Polymer recycling . developed Processing sstrategies for polymer recycling, Rubber Technology, developed novel Polymer Composites. Recycling of ground tire rubber and polyurethane wastes as potential fillers in thermoplastics and elastomers. Structure property relationship. Rubber compounding and plastic extrusion.
As a postdoctoral research fellow in IVW gained a lot of research experience in analytical methods, testing and characterisation (e.g. UTM, DSC, TGA, SEM, AFM, DMTA, Plate/plate rheometry.

Kunststoffverfahrenstechnik, Naturwissenschaft, Recycling / Abfallverwertung