Christopher Derstine

Experience

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  Union Carbide Corporation

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2002

  Senior Chemist

  Process and applications development for new solvents and monomers. Chemistry included alkoxylations for glycol ethers and surfactants and hydroformylation and hydrogenation for new diols. Built and operated continuous hydrogenation units and scaled the projects up at toll manufacturers and at internal UCC assets.

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  The Dow Chemical Company

  Sept 2005 - Jun 2009

  Technical Manager Process Research

  Combination role running group of 17 people plus managing several smaller projects in the area of renewable research. Research projects centered around derivatives of natural oils and various applications.

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  The Dow Chemical Company

  Jun 2010 - Feb 2017

  Added role of mega project lead in the area of lightweighting. Managing internal project in addition to several government funding initiatives from MEDC and DOE in support of the project. Technical Manager for a Corporate Process Development Group. The group handles everything from small (Liter scale) to large batch processes (500 gallon) for DowAgrosciences, continuous processes for high pressure hydrogenations, hydroformylations, reductive aminations and alkoxylations.

  • Mega Project Leader

    May 2011 - Feb 2017

  • R&D Director I

    Jun 2010 - Feb 2017
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  Dow Agroscience

  Mar 2017 - Nov 2018

  Global Ag Production Support Leader
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  Corteva Agriscience

  Nov 2018 - now

  GAPTEC is a part of the Manufacturing Science And Technology organization in Corteva. It supports the manufacturing of Corteva Active Ingredients globally, and includes many of the necessary engineering and chemistry disciplines required to do this effectively. The organization also includes several pilot plant operations and the reactive chemicals program.

  • Director, Process Sciences and Technology

    Feb 2022 - now

  • GAPTEC Global Leader

    Nov 2018 - Feb 2022