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Working knowledge of French and German

Professional EXPERIENCE

SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY 2001- Present

Assistant Professor – Department of Physical Sciences, Chemistry Division

Cedar City, UT

Dead Sea Bromine – Eurobrom B.V 1998 - 2001

Business Manager -Fine Chemicals and Biocides

Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Responsible for developing the marketing, business and organizational structure for a new fine chemical business, sales and marketing management of current products and new product development as well as administrative management within a 4-member management team.

Albemarle S.A 1996 - 1998

Global Product and Market Manager – Bromine & Pharmaceutical Intermediates

Brussels, Belgium

Responsible for asset utilization, pricing and distribution of all fine chemical intermediates produced in a multipurpose unit in France, as well as marketing of established products and new product development for the pharmaceutical industry.

Albemarle Corporation, USA 1993 - 1996

Senior R&D Specialist

Baton Rouge, LA

Titles and Research Projects:

Team Leader - Amine Derivatives; Customer Applications R&D

-Led multi-functional research teams on surfactant, disinfectant, biocidal and cleaning applications for specific market and customer focused projects

Ethyl Corporation, USA 1987 - 1993

Senior Research Scientist

Baton Rouge, LA

Senior R&D Specialist - Customer Applications and Technical Service

-Developed new quaternary biocides for specific applications, including TB disinfectants and low foaming water treatment, the research for which led to several patents

Senior R&D Specialist - Petroleum Additives Research and Development

-Developed company’s understanding of detergents and dispersants for lube additives and developed next generation products currently being used as a benchmark for the industry

Senior R&D Specialist - High-Performance-Materials (EYMYD Resin / Ceramics)

-Technical team leader of chemists and engineers, whose primary responsibility was the scale-up from bench-top to production

R&D Specialist - High-Performance-Materials (EYMYD Resin / Ceramics)

-Developed the processes for commercial production of polysilazanes and other preceramic polymers

Research Chemist - Materials and Applications

-Researched and developed new preceramic polymers, technology for which continues to be held under National Secrecy Agreements, yet has generated several patents

Patents, publications and Presentations

Glyphosate Herbicidal and Plant Growth Regulant Compositions and Their Use.

US Patent 5,858,921 Jan. 12, 1999

Herbicidal and Plant Growth Regulant Compositions and Their Use.

US Patent 5,783,516 Jul. 21, 1998

Glyphosate Composition Comprising Hydrocarbyl Dimethyl Amine Oxide and Quaternary Ammonium Halide.

US Patent 5,710,103 Jan. 20, 1998

Process for Preparing Quaternary Ammonium Compounds.

US Patent 5,599,990 Feb. 4, 1997

Silicon Nitride Precursor Polymer.

US Patent 5,132,354 Jul. 21, 1992

Roles of Bridging Ligand Pi-Acidity in Determining the Nature of the Lowest Excited-States of Binuclear Complexes of Nickel(0)-Ligand-Centered (M₂-m-LCT), Metal-Centered (m-L-M₂CT), and Intraligand (IL) Lowest Excited-States for the Series of Complexes Ni₂(m-L)(CNME)₂(PPh₂CH₂PPh₂)₂ (L=CNR, CNMe(R)⁺, NO⁺); Ratliff, K.S., DeLaet, D.L., Gao, J, Fanwick, P.W., Kubiak, C.P.; Inorganic Chemistry 29: (20) 4022-4027, Oct. 3, 1990.

Photochemical Activation of CO₂- Transient Absorbance Kinetic-Studies of the Addition of CO₂ to a Metal-to-Bridging Ligand Charge-Transfer State of a Binuclear Ni(0); Complex Lemke, F.R., DeLaet, D.L., Gao, J.L., Kubiak, C.P.; Journal of the American Chemical Society 110: (20) 6904-6906, Sep. 28, 1988.

Carbon-Dioxide Chemistry and Electrochemistry of a Binuclear Cradle Complex of Ni(0), Ni2(m-CNMe)(CNME)₂(PPh₂CH₂PPh₂)₂; DeLaet, D.L., DelRosario, R. Fanwick, P.W., Kubiak, C.P., Journal of the American Chemical Society 109: (3) 754-758, Feb. 4, 1987.

Carbon-Dioxide Induced Metathesis of C=N and C=O triple bonds of Methyl Isocyanide and Carbon-Monoxide; Delaet, D.L., Fanwick, P.E., Kubiak, C.P. Journal of the Chemical Society-Chemical Communications (18) 1412-1413, Sep. 15, 1987.

Binuclear Complexes of Nickel(0) - Comparison of a Bridging Methyl Isocyanide and a Bridging (Methylamino) Carbyne Lingand; DeLaet, D.L., Fanwick, P.E., Kubiak, C.P. Organometallics 5: (9) 1807-1811, Sep. 1986.

Nickel-Nickel Dimers-The Synthesis and Novel Structure of [Ni₂(m-CNMe)(CNMe)₃(PPh₂CH₂PPh₂)₂][PF₆]₂; DeLaet, D.L., Powell, D.R., Kubiak, C.P. Organometallics 4: (5) 954-957, 1985

The Structure Activity Relationships of Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants and Biocides Multidimensional Analysis of Single Component and Formulated Products for a Variety of Diverse Industrial Applications. DeLaet, D.L., Albemarle Corporate Archives. 200p. 1996.

The Inverse Micelle - Detergent and Surfactant use in Lubricant /Formulations DeLaet, D.L. Ethyl Corporate Archives. 350p. 1993.

In addition to three presentations and two posters give at regional ACS meetings and two given at consecutive (Indiana University/Purdue University/Notre Dame University) Symposiums all related to Binuclear Nickel Chemistry the following was presented at the 192^nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Binuclear Complexes of Nickel(0) - Comparison of a Bridging Methyl Isocyanide and a Bridging (Methylamino) Carbyne Lingand; DeLaet, D.L