Steven Manning

Steven Manning, Ph.D., serves as the Senior Business Director for Engineering Plastics at Ascend Performance Materials, where prior roles included Technology Director. Before joining Ascend Performance Materials, Steven held positions at Bayer MaterialScience, including Technology Manager for Semi-crystalline Polymers and Technology Manager for Thermoplastic Polyurethanes. Steven earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Polymer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi between 1993 and 1998 and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Polymer Science from the same institution from 1991 to 1993.