Thomas Cuthbert

Thomas Cuthbert is a Principal Researcher at Braskem, where responsibilities include developing and supporting a variety of polymer technologies. Prior roles at Braskem include Lead Process Engineer, managing process improvements and optimization for key manufacturing assets, and Senior Process Engineer, focusing on the transfer of product designs and capital project management. Previously, Thomas served as a Sr. Process Research Specialist and Process Research Specialist at The Dow Chemical Company, contributing to the scaling and transfer of polypropylene products and overseeing the installation of automated polymerization reactors. Thomas began the career as a Research Engineer at Union Carbide, managing work programs for polypropylene catalyst pilot plants. Thomas holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University.