Expert has over 35 years of industrial and academic of experience in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering. He has consulted with hundreds of corporations involved in the development, optimization, technical marketing and quality control of new and existing consumer and industrial products. The expert also has advanced training as a nationally certified fire and explosion investigator and is skilled at determining the origin and cause of fires and explosions relating to flammable liquids, aerosol cans, gases and clothing fires. He is also experienced in products liability issues and complex litigation relative to safety in design, formulation, packaging and handling, warnings and instructions and labels. The expert has been involved in over 400 forensic litigation cases as well as intellectual property litigation matters. He is a patent holder and published expert.