Biotechnology company, Arizona Chemical, has announced that Ramachandra Shastry, Ph.D. has been appointed technology manager for the specialty products group.
His responsibilities include leading the technology assessment and development of specialty polymeric gellants for personal care applications and providing consultative solutions to support customer formulation development. Dr Shastry joins Arizona Chemical following successful tenures as the director of R&D at Accupac, and Medicia. His prior experiences include positions as manager at the Natural Dentist and as senior scientist at Gillette and Colgate Palmolive Co. His expertise includes formulation, product and process development in skin care, hair care and oral care applications. Dr Shastry received his doctorate in Materials Science/Solid State Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
