Dr. Darius Paul Kranz

Experience

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  Uniwersytet Warszawski

  Feb 2007 - Jul 2007

  Research Fellow

  Synthesis of carboxylic acid as novel chiral resolving agents

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  University of Cologne

  Nov 2008 - Feb 2015

  ReseacherResearch topic: Photochromic Transduction Layers in Organic Memory Elements, Synthesis of new building blocks for memory devices using state of the arts methodologies in organic and physical chemistry ResearcherGraduate Teaching AssistantResearch topic:Analytical and computational support of SusChemSys funded projects ResearcherExercise Instructor (Organic Chemistry For Advanced students)Graduate Teaching AssistantResearch topics:Synthesis of B-Ring-modified Steroids through BF3-Promoted Rearrangement/Substitution of 6β-Hydroxy-5,19-cyclo-steroidsMolecular Oxygen as a Redox-Catalyst in Intramolecular Coumarin Photocycloadditions

  • Post-Doc

    Feb 2013 - Feb 2015

  • Post-Doc

    Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Ph.D. Student

    Nov 2008 - Oct 2012
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  Chalmers University of Technology

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Research Fellow

  Seminar on Computational Chemistry“ with Prof. Dr. P.- O. Norrby

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  ATV GmbH

  Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

  Professional development as certified Project Manager (Project - and Process Development)

  Business administrative learning contents:- Cost management, marketing-strategies, risk assessment- Projektmanagement, critical path planning, process economy- Interpretation of business related data

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  Saltigo

  Sept 2015 - now

  Continuous improvement of existing productions based on the Lean Six Sigma concept. Plant management in the area of the high-pressure gas miniplant pilot plants (hydrogenations, chlorinations, fluorinations, aminations, alkylations, pressure distillations etc.), project business in fine chemicals

  • Consultant Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

    May 2021 - now

  • Process Manager - Process Development & Analytics PPE-PD&A

    Sept 2015 - now
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  Argon & Co

  Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

  Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

  Identification of variants and subsequent cycle time reduction in a chemical production process exceeding 1500 tons.