I am a goal-oriented, dependable and experienced professional chemist, with a wide array of skills and deep knowledge to tackle difficult chemistry projects. I provide well planned and executed, R&D projects that support the company's objectives. I design unique, simple to complex, experimental setups, and judged by a keen sense of "what works and what doesn't." The findings and results are analyzed through the eyes of a seasoned researcher, to deliver high quality and timely technical reports that meet and exceed the customer needs. I have 35 years of scientific experience in both academia, private research laboratories and industry. Specialties: Explosives Contamination & Detection, ETD T&E, Low-Temp Explosive Degradation Kinetics, Combustion, Spectroscopy, Laser Diagnostics