Experienced Consulting and Testifying Forensic Litigation Expert Witness. Products Liability and Personal Injury. Plaintiff or Defense; Federal and State. Incident Reconstruction, Complex Litigation, Early case consultation, International Experience.

25 years Industrial Experience. Consumer & industrial product development. Evaluation of hazardous chemicals & safety issues; Chief Scientific Advisor and Director of Technical & Regulatory Symposia for HBA (Health & Beauty, America),

Academic Experience: Adjunct Professor Fire Science (15 years); Fire and Explosion Investigator (E-CFEI); Advanced Training (CFEI).

Member: National Fire Protection Association, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Contributing Expert for ASTM Standards- Making Committees (American Society of Testing Materials), Peer Reviewer Professional Journals, Member: Center for Dermal Research, Rutgers University.

Fellow: American College of Forensic Examiners,
Fellow: American Institute of Chemists,
Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry (London)

Over 20 patents

Editor-in-Chief: EuroCosmetics Magazine (Germany),
Editor-in-Chief: Harrys Cosmeticology, 9th ed., (http://www.chemical-publishing.com/category_s/44.htm)

Book Series Editor: Elsevier Publishing- “Personal Care and Cosmetic Technology Series”, Editor ,"Delivery System Handbook for Cosmetics,
Co-author of Rheology Modifer Handbook, Peer Reviewer Scientific Journals, Technical Writer & Journalist

Specialties

• Products Liability
• Fire

Subpecialties

• Fires
• Explosions
• hazardous chemicals
• Chemical burns
• Toxic exposures
• chemistry
• chemical engineering
• consumer products
• industrial products
• industrial accidents
• materials science
• cosmetics
• hair relaxers
• warnings & instructions
• OSHA Codes
• Standards
• SDS
• Patent Infringement
• Trade Secrets