Narayan Bhandari

Narayan Bhandari is a highly experienced Research Scientist at Baker Hughes since March 2023, and has also been serving as Lead Chemist and Principal Chemist at ChampionX since March 2020. With a strong background in chemical research and development, Narayan has successfully designed and developed experimental setups for testing scale formation and has identified new chemistries for field trials related to FeS scale control. Narayan's previous roles include Principal Chemist at Nalco Champion and Post Doctoral Research Associate at Rice University, where significant advancements in corrosion and mineral scaling methodologies were achieved. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Temple University and an M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Tribhuvan University.