EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Innovative and application oriented R&D scientist, project manager / principal investigator, and technologist skilled in addressing complex scientific challenges. Proven track record in combining rigorous analytical skills with strong communication ability to innovate, develop and market products. Core competencies include product development and characterization in the fields of nanotechnology, catalysis, corrosion, coatings and advanced materials.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEI Corporation, Somerset, NJ February 2011 – Present
Manager – Electrochemical Systems
• Generate revenue through federal funding and commercially sponsored projects for exclusive product development and innovation.
• Manage federally funded programs developing novel, self– healing, anti– corrosion coatings.
• Perform cutting edge materials characterization to understand the functioning mechanism of nanoadditives in protective coatings.
• Manage commercial projects and conduct trials following standard test protocols.
• Author journal articles, technical reports, press releases, patents, proposals, and prepare grant applications.
Headwaters Technology Innovation (HTI), Lawrenceville, NJ July 2007 – January 2011
Research Scientist
• Developed and characterized HTI’s patented carbon nanospheres using electron microscopy (SEM, TEM), X– ray Diffraction (XRD), X– ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), bulk and surface electrical conductivity measurements.
• Led commercialization of HTI’s carbon nanospheres for Lithium ion batteries and for nanocomposites for reinforced rubber applications.
• Tailored Naphtha Reforming catalyst for higher yields by utilizing CO adsorbed IR spectroscopy and electron microscopy.
Princeton University, Department of Chemistry, NJ August 2003 – July 2007
Graduate Assistant
• Validated the nature of “native” surface film on iron using HR– XPS and TEM.
• Established the mechanism of Fe – Inhibitor interaction in neutral medium using complex EIS, Potentiodynamic polarization, HR – XPS and electron microscopy.
• Ascertained the surface chemistry of inhibitor molecules on iron in CO2 saturated aqueous environments.
• Published these projects in leading chemistry and materials science journals.
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, NJ July – September 2005
Summer Intern
• Conducted a comprehensive microscopic study on metal dusting corrosion of Nickel based alloys in carbon rich environments.
• Published the findings in leading electrochemistry journals.
Oxford University, Princeton – Oxford Summer School, UK June 2004
• Presented the benefits of using X– ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy in surface chemical analysis, on behalf of department of Chemistry, Princeton University
Invited Panelist and Organizer
Panelist
• Department of Defense’s 6th PERSH Workshop – DoD Corrosion Policy, Guiding Science and Technology (February 2015): Corrosion Metrics to Measure Risk or Assess Impact in Science and Technology and Transition
• “Many Minds, Many Stripes” – A Princeton University Conference for Graduate Alumni (October, 2013)
Symposium Organizer
240th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA August 2010
• Principal organizer for the two day symposium titled, “Surface Science of Catalysis”. Co-Organizer: Prof. Eric Altman, Yale University
EDUCATION
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 2003 – 2007
MS and PhD, Chemistry and Materials Science
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India 1999 – 2003
Bachelor of Technology, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
SPECIALIZED SKILLS
• Surface studies: Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) High Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HR-XPS), ASTM test methods: B-117, D-4541, D-3359, G31, G48
• Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Potentiodynamic polarization techniques, Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR) and Cyclic Voltammetry (CV)
• Materials characterization: X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Optical microscopy
PATENTS, PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Patents
• G. Bhargava, F. M. Allen, P. Hornish, G. Skandan, and M. Jain, “Chemical conversion coating for protecting magnesium alloys from corrosion” – allowed in September, 2015
• C. Zhang, G. Bhargava, and B. Zhou, “Dispersible Carbon Nanospheres and Methods for making same”, US Patent number 2010/0240900 A1.
• R. Ou, G. Bhargava, G. Skandan, S. Mhatre, and K. Eberts, “Intermediate Self-Healing Coating Layer to Enable Enhanced Corrosion Protection”, application submitted to USPTO in 2015.
• R. Ou, G. Bhargava, S. Mhatre, G. Skandan and K. Eberts, “Chromate-Free Self-Healing Coating (SHC) System for Repaired and Restored Aluminum Alloy Surfaces”, application submitted to USPTO in 2014.
• J. Liu, G. Bhargava, “Magnesium Article with Enhanced Corrosion Resistance Having a Double Layer Clear Coating and Method of Making the same”, application submitted to USPTO in 2013.
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