Dr. Oscar Kelly
BYK Additives Ltd., UK
Biography
Dr Oscar Kelly completed his PhD in the thermoreversible gelation of aqueous cellulose ethers from the University of Sheffield. He then worked for three years as a research scientist at FUJIFILM (Manchester, UK) developing polymeric dispersants for pigments. Since he has been working at BYK Additives Ltd. (Widnes, UK), firstly as a development chemist in the R&D department overseeing projects to produce new synthetic inorganic additives and acid activated montmorillonite clay catalysts. More recently he has been working as the End Use Clay Catalyst Lab Manager appluication testing clay catalysts in different reactions and developing new business.
Abstract
Abstract : Smectitic clays as clean and cost effective heterogeneous catalysts