Benjamin Burcher

Business Developer Chemical Industry Sector @ Revtech Process Systems

About

Driven by innovative and disruptive positive impact solutions, I like to work as part of a team to solve technical issues. As well attracted by fundamental understanding, I also like to take a step back and look at the bigger picture of a process. Promoting and reporting the progresses of the company is also part of my motivation

Country

France

City

Loriol-sur-Drôme

Industry

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

Skill

Hydrogen industry, Process engineering, Recherche et développement (R et D), Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Materials Science, Chimie organique, Catalysis, polymer process development, scale up, Catalyse, Macromolecular chemistry, Process design

Experience

Business Developer Chemical Industry Sector

Revtech Process Systems

2022-3 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

R&D Project Manager

HSL Technologies (HySiLabs)

2020-7 - 2022-3 · 1 yr 9 mos

Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

Chemical research engineer strongly involved in all R&D projects of the company. I am in charge of: - All aspects regarding chemistry in R&D projects (decision making, follow-up, relations with partners...etc) - Managing our laboratory (safety, practical aspects, set-ups technical conception and validation) - Managing a lab technician on a daily basis - Following-up and supporting technical progresses of 3 scientists (PhD) and 1 process engineer Also involved in: - The follow-up of the financing projects of the company (European projects in consortium for e.g.) - Reporting technical progresses during project-tracking meetings - Responsible for producing the deliverables required by the different projects

Chemical Research Engineer

HSL Technologies (HySiLabs)

2018-3 - 2020-7 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Région de Aix-En-Provence, France

Chemical research engineer focused on transport and storage of Hydrogen (H2) and energy via a liquid carrier. Missions : - Process design, pre-industrialisation studies (mass balance flowsheets, energy and costs evaluation) - Fundamental and applied chemistry R&D. - Design, set-up and running of a pilot demonstrator - Set-up of a chemistry lab from scratch - Follow-up of projects with suppliers, sub-contractors and industrial partners. - IP strategy, patentability, FTO studies. Patents writing. - REACH registration, CLP, ICPE classification - Close collaboration with business department

R&D engineer (fixed-term position)

ACTIVATION / Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes lab (C2P2)

2017-1 - 2018-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Région de Lyon, France

Scale-up of olefin polymerization processes : kg-scale Grignard syntheses and polymerizations in solution - Fundamental research on telechelic polyethylenes and silicones. - Handling of pyrophoric materials (e.g. alkylaluminum compounds). - Polymer characterization : 1H, 13C, 29Si NMR; SEC... - Technical supervision of a PhD student - Collaboration with technicians.

PhD student

IFP Energies nouvelles

2013-10 - 2016-9 · 3 yrs

Solaize

Synthesis of novel low-valent Fe complexes for ethylene oligomerization - Highly air sensitive organometallic chemistry : schlenk techniques - Application to ethylene oligomerization and reactivity towards unsaturated substrates (catalytic tests under pressure). - Multiple characterisation techniques (solution and solid-state 1H, 13C, 31P, 29Si NMR ; GC ; GC-MS ; HR-MS ; FT-IR ; elemental analysis ; single-cristal XRD).