Ron A. Masters, PhD
Career:
Research Associate, Stepan Company, Northfield, Illinois, USA, 2008-Present; Chemist, Crane Composites, Florence, Kentucky, USA, 2006-2008;
Director of Instruction, KemperSports AllGolf, Maineville, Ohio, USA, 1997-2008;
Senior Research Scientist, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1988-1997
Patents:
28 granted US patents from 5.3MM to 9.4MM;
Seminal co-inventor of Controlled Fluid Absorbency Cleaning Implement, US 5,960,508, (Swiffer Wet Jet)
Education:
PhD, Analytical Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1988; BS, Chemistry with Honors, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1983; Valedictorian, Sparks High School, Sparks, Nevada, 1979
Industry Activities:
Invited Presenter: 2016 AOCS, 2015 CSPA, 2015 SATA, and 2015 AOCS-SCC National Meetings;
Invited Author, October Inform Open Article; Instructor, 2013 CSPA Intermediate Formulation Course, Manual Dishwashing, Chicago, Illinois;
Co-Presenter, 2011 AOCS Surfactants and Detergents Division, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Co-Chair, 2011 AOCS Surfactants and Detergents Division, Cincinnati, Ohio; Member, American Chemical Society, 1983-Present;
Member, AOCS 2009-Present
Other:
James S. Kemper Jr. National Award, KemperSports AllGolf, 2002; Astrophotographer;
FCC Amateur Radio Licensee, N8NIX