Dr. Mikhail Rodkin
Lead Advisor on Research, Development and Innovation
Vice President (retired), BASF Corporation
Senior Research and Development executive with extensive global academic and industrial experience. Most recent responsibilities at BASF included the research and development in the area of fluidized catalytic cracking as well as catalyst characterization.
Previously, Dr. Rodkin was responsible for the research and development of adsorbents and heterogeneous catalysts for chemical transformations such as hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, isomerization, and Zeigler-Natta polymerization. Prior to that, he was in charge of R&D in the area of catalysis for the abatement of harmful emissions from mobile sources including automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles and other gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles.
His industrial affiliations prior to BASF include Delphi Automotive and Monsanto/Solutia.
Dr. Rodkin served as a Board Member of Research and Development Council of New Jersey in 2016-2020.
Currently, Dr. Rodkin is a member of Scientific Advisory Committee at Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (Harvard), and is actively involved with numerous academic institutions.
PhD in Organic Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia