Charles Heaps (Chad)

Charles (Chad) Heaps is a Data Engineer at NewMarket Corporation since June 2018, with extensive experience in computational chemistry and research. Previously, Chad served as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the chemistry department at Northwestern University, focusing on simulating plasmon-enhanced super-resolution microscopy experiments. Chad's earlier roles include Research Scholar Intern at RDMChem LLC, where foundational work on a commercial computational chemistry package was done, and Graduate Researcher at Northwestern University, where innovative algorithms for wave function propagation were developed. Chad's career began as a Chemist at Afton Chemical, investigating lubricants' performance. Chad holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and a BS in Chemistry from Washington and Lee University.