Nikhil Verghese

KAUST Research Conference 2023

November 4-8, 2023

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Nikhil Verghese

Vice-Chair, Corporate Fellow at SABIC’s Corporate Technology and Innovation (T&I) Division, SABIC

Biography

Dr. Nikhil is a Corporate Fellow in SABIC’s Corporate Technology and Innovation (T&I) division. He is currently located in KSA and reports to the Executive Vice President of T&I. He is responsible for their polymer-related activities that include incubating new platforms and products, assessing key industrial partnerships and potential acquisitions, establishing relationships with universities (especially in Saudi Arabia) and mentoring T&I talent pipeline. He joined SABIC in 2012 after spending 12 years at The Dow Chemical Company, creating and launching FORTEGRA^TM (rubber-toughened epoxy and epoxy vinylester resins) and VORAFORCE^TM (formulated epoxy and polyurethane based systems) for composite manufacturers. At SABIC, he helped establish the Advanced Composites Center of Excellence in Geelen, The Netherlands (2015-2018), and to develop continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic tapes (UDMAX^TM) and hybrid composites.

He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Material Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1999 specializing in carbon fiber composites. He has published 48 journal papers, co-authored some 90 conference presentations, chapters in 4 books, and contributed to 50 patents (filed and granted). He is currently serving as an adjunct professor at Rice University’s Department of Material Science and NanoEngineering since 2020, and is a member of the technical Industry Advisory Board of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute at Virginia Tech and Department of Material Science and NanoEngineering of Rice University.

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