Dr. Lukas Dössel

> Building a sustainable global product portfolio, aligned with regulatory guidelines and the global decarbonization strategy > Evaluating recycling technologies, sustainability certifications, partnerships and software tools to create value from post-industrial and post-consumer waste; developing business cases for R&D and CAPEX projects in Röhm’s decarbonization roadmap > Founded European PMMA Recycling Alliance with strategic partners to enable closed-loop recycling and business growth

> Commercial responsibility for PMMA Molding Compounds sales at Roehm America LLC in Parsippany (USA) into Lighting/Extrusion and Optical applications for North-America, plus managed the distribution channel for all segments incl. Automotive and Medical > Managed US$ XXm in turnover with a team of 4 direct reports and 2 indirect reports > Grew the business significantly by entering new submarkets, winning new customers and regaining lost business while positioning Roehm as the leading premium supplier

> Global Product Management and Business Development for PLEXIMID(C) / ACRYMID(C) product family > Performed detailed global market analysis as well as evaluation of customer needs and new markets to identify growth opportunities outside existing applications > Resulting growth strategy, portfolio optimization, pricing strategy and strategic investment proposition were developed with a cross-functional team and successfully implemented > EBITDA was doubled from 2016 to 2017

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Head of a laboratory for emulsion polymerization with personnel responsibility for a team of scientists and laboratory assistants. In charge of R&D projects, including scale-up and production support, coordination of external tolling and process optimizations. Keywords: Emulsion polymerization, molding compounds, nano technology, core-shell particles, impact modification, impact modifiers, (meth)acrylates, thermoplastic polymers, PLEXIGLAS, dispersions, acrylic films

Dr. rer. nat., Polymer Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen, "Nanographenes as Funktional Materials and Synthetic Challenge"

Diploma thesis, Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen, "Phase-forming Hexa-peri-Hexanbenzocoronenes with Complex Electronic Functions"

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Doctoral studies at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) Mainz, Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen, Titel of thesis: "Nanographenes as Funktional Materials and Synthetic Challenge", Magna cum laude

Research project under supervision of Prof. Dr. P. Lemstra, topic „Cholesteric Humidity Sensors“ (liquid crystals)

Focus on Makromolekular Chemistry / Polymer chemistry, Diploma thesis at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) Mainz, Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen, Titel of thesis: "Phase-forming Hexa-peri-Hexanbenzocoronenes with Complex Electronic Functions"