Dr. Ed Derderian has broad R&D experience in the chemical industry, having worked with Union Carbide, Witco, and Crompton in areas including new solvents, surfactants, and polymer development. His areas of specialty include polyurethane technology, structure-property relationships of polymers, fuel and lubricating oil additives, micro-emulsions, interfacial chemistry and physics. At MATRIC he leads innovative development projects and their commercialization efforts.