Jason Poulton

A native of Newark, Ohio, Jason Poulton received a BS in Chemistry from The Ohio State University in 1988.  He moved to Indiana University where he completed a Ph.D in Chemistry in 1993 under the direction of Professor Ken Caulton.  His thesis work focused on reactivity of transition metal hydrides.  Poulton joined Bridgestone Firestone research in 1993 as a Research Scientist and worked on various polymers for tire applications.  He left Bridgestone Firestone Research in 1995 to join Ansell Healthcare as a Senior Development Chemist.  This role involved a great deal of manufacturing support work at production facilities in Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, China and Sri Lanka.  He was promoted to Manager-Science and Technology Projects in 1998.  In 2001, Poulton returned to Bridgestone Firestone Research as Section Manager-Polymer Synthesis.  In addition to management responsibilities, Poulton played an active role in scale up support of new polybutadiene products.  In 2006, Poulton was promoted to Manager-Polymer Development.  He assumed his current role as Director-Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology in March of 2009.   Poulton and his wife Lynne live in the Firestone Park neighborhood which allows him to walk to work.  He enjoys golf and exercise in his spare time as well as being a dad to Nicholas (age 14) and Emily (age 12).

Larry G. Sneddon

Larry Sneddon received his undergraduate education at Centenary College of Louisiana before carrying out his graduate studies in boron hydride chemistry with Professor Riley Schaeffer at Indiana University.  After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1971, he held postdoctoral appointments with Professor Russell Grimes at the University of Virginia and Professor Richard Lagow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  In 1974 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania where he is presently the Blanchard Professor of Chemistry.
His research program at Penn has encompassed both inorganic chemistry and materials science, and has included the syntheses and properties of organometallic and main-group compounds; inorganic polymers and solid state materials; organometallic and inorganic catalysis; the design, syntheses, and applications of chemical precursors to advanced ceramic materials; nanostructured ceramics; ultra high temperature materials for aerospace applications; and, most recently, the development of new methods for hydrogen storage.

Brian Kraft

Brian Kraft is the Technology Manager, Physical Sciences and Engineering at Washington State University / Washington State University Research Foundation in Pullman, Washington.
Brian Kraft holds undergraduate degrees from Central Washington University in Biology and Chemistry, and obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry (inorganic and analytical specializations) from Indiana University under the direction of Jeffrey Zaleski.  His thesis work principally focused on the mechanistic evaluation and design of photochemically reactive metal-ligand complexes.  After graduate school, Brian conducted his postdoctoral studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory.  There he utilized advanced imaging techniques along with classical microbiological methods to investigate: 1) soil microbial community structure and energy flux 2) mechanistic aspects of the antimicrobial activity of biocidal polymers and 3) characterization of molecular soil-actinide interactions.  Seeking to leverage this broad scientific background for a career in technology development Brian took his current position as a Technology Manager at the Washington State University Research Foundation.  In this role he is responsible for the management of the physical science intellectual property portfolio and related business development activities for Washington State University.

Lori Watson

Lori A. Watson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Earlahm College in Richmond, Indiana.

Dr. Watson obtained her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at Indiana University in 2004 under the advisorship of Professor Kenneth G. Caulton. She earned a B.S. in Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude, Honors in CHemistry, Honors in Honors Program) at the University of Kentucky in 1999 under Professor Robert Toreki. Working in the lab of Professor Caulton at Indiana University, Dr. Watson's dissertation work focused on the synthesis, reactivity, and computational study of a variety of unsaturated transition metal complexes, including a 14 electron (PNP)RuCl species.

She joined the faculty of Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana in 2004 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Convener of the Chemistry Department.

Scott Haubrich

Scott Thomas Haubrich is the R&D Manager at Cabot Security Materials in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dr. Haubrich worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, CA, 1997-1998, and at the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, 1995-1997. He also worked as a visiting postdoctoral fellow at the Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands, July 1996-October 1996. He earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry with a minor in Physical Chemistry at Indiana University under the direction of Professor Malcolm H. Chisholm in 1995. He received his B.S. in Chemistry (minor Physics) at the University of Arizona in 1990.

Before going to work for Cabot Security Materials, Dr. Haubrich was a Senior Scientist at 3D Technology Laboratories in Sunnyvale, Ca, 1999-2000; Technology Acquisitions Senior Scientist and Product Development Scientist II at Clorox Services Company in Pleasanton, CA, 1998-1999 and 2000-2001; Organometallic Chemist at Kovio in Redwood City, CA, 2001-2003; and Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Company's Imaging and Printing Department in Palo ALto, CA, 2003-2004. He joined Cabot Corporation as the Program Leader in the Platform Development Group and Optical Security in 2004 and accepted the position as R&D Manager at Cabot Security Materials in April of 2006. As R&D Manager, he directs the research effrots for developing new materials and inks for the security market, manages a portfolio of research projects, and is a member of Cabot Corporation's Research Council.

Eval Barash

Mr. Barash is a Principal with Aptuit Consulting on a half-time basis, contributing the other half of his time as Chief Patent Counsel to Aptuit, Inc. In his role as a consultant, Mr. Barash provides project management expertise to law firms and pharmaceutical companies alike in pharmaceutical patent litigation. As a Principal in Aptuit Consulting, Mr. Barash does not provide legal advice. Mr. Barash has been invited to deliver lectures throughout the world on solid form patents, Hatch-Waxman law, and pharmaceutical patent strategies. Mr. Barash is also frequently invited to provide such presentations in-house to Aptuit and Aptuit Consulting clients.

Prior to accepting a position with Aptuit and Aptuit Consulting, Mr. Barash was general counsel to SSCI, Inc. Before that, he worked in the Washington, D.C. office of a major international patent law firm where he focused his practice on pharmaceutical patent litigation and prosecution.. Mr. Barash holds a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, an M.S. in Physical Chemistry from University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S. in Chemistry and B.A. in History from Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the American Bar Association.

Eduardo Libby

Dr. Libby did a postdoctoral stint at the University of Virginia under the direction of Professor Bruce Averill from 1990 to 1991. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry (synthetics) at Indiana University under the advisorship of Professor George Christou. He earned his Licenciate in chemistry at the University of Costa Rica under the research advisory of Dr. Carlos Murillo. His thesis was Preparation and evaluation of new starting materials for the synthesis of vanadium(II) and chromium(II) complexes.

He then returned home (Costa Rica) and started teaching Inorganic and Bioniorganic Chemistry and back to doing synthetic bioinorganic chemistry at the Universidad de Costa Rica. His work is now focused on metal-bound low oxidation-state nitrogen oxospecies relevant to the nitrogen cycle.