- Yale, 1970, BS, Engineering & Applied Sciences: Carnegie Mellon University, 1970 -1977, MS & PhD , Chemical Engineering
- 40+ years of experience in petroleum refining, petrochemical processing, operations, refinery reliability and optimization
- Corporate Refinery consultant for Sunoco, Amoco, BP and Marathon Petroleum Company for 20 years. 16 years of R&D at Exxon, Engelhard and DuPont.
- 5 US and 8 foreign patents and over 40 publications and numerous presentations
- Experience in feasibility studies, capital projects, catalytic processes, oil refining technologies, optimization and reliability improvement of oil refining processes and precious metals management.
- Experienced in land and water pollution remediation in oil production and oil refining.
- Expert witness in oil refining history and oil refining processes