Dr. Colin Li Pi Shan
Dow, U.S.A.
ICPC Co-founder
Dr. Colin joined DOW in 2002 and is a development specialist in the field of polyolefin elastomers supporting Plastics Research and Development. Colin's responsibilities include being a subject matter expert for polyolefin microstructure analysis to support resin and product development, production, and intellectual asset needs. Colin received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Prof Joao Soares.
Dr. Rongjuan Cong
National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy (NICE), CHN Energy, China
Joined the Committee in 2024
Dr. Cong received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. She worked for The Dow Chemical Company, USA ~20 years in the R&D organization as Principal Scientist, with a field of expertise in the characterization of polyolefins. She was the key inventor for various polyolefin characterization technologies, such as HT-TGIC. She joined NICE as Sr. Principal Engineer in 2024. Her current responsibility in NICE is to lead comprehensive polyolefin characterization to support new polyolefin catalyst and product development.
Dr. Alberto Ortin
Polymer Char, Spain
Joined the Committee in 2024
Alberto Ortin received a Master's Degree in Electronics Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, and a Master's Degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Valencia. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the same University of Valencia in 2014. He is now a Senior scientist at Polymer Char, where he has over 25 years of experience in the development of instruments, software and detectors for different polyolefin characterization techniques, including GPC, TREF and cross-fractionation.
Dr. Thipphaya Pathaweeisariyakul
Thai Polyethylene Co. Ltd.
Joined the Committee in 2024
Thipphaya Pathaweeisariyakul is a polymer characterization research and development manager at Thai Polyethylene Co.,Ltd (SCG Chemicals) Thailand. Her research focuses on developing and exploring techniques for polyolefin microstructure characterization, particularly based on high-temperature separation techniques. She leads the polyolefin characterization research and development department, providing solutions and driving success for new products and polyolefin technology development at SCG Chemicals. Thipphaya received a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University in 2000 and a Master degree in Polymer Science from the Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, in 2002. She conducted her doctoral research in Physics at interfaces group at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany, and received her doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.