Dr. Lobodin has both MBA and PhD degrees and over a 20-year experience working in industrial, academic and government settings. He possesses strong mentoring and leadership skills, has supervised and mentored lab personnel, and actively participated in their training and employee development programs. Dr. Lobodin’s professional research activity includes blue/green/brown hydrogen, circular economy, plastics upcycling, clean energy, CO2 capture/conversion/ utilization/storage, production and utilization of renewable fuels, understanding of fuel chemistry changes from catalytic upgrading of chemicals to fungible fuels for transportation, mass spectrometry, chemical analysis, characterization of the compatibility of fuels with infrastructure materials. He worked in close collaboration with R&D, Manufacturing, Registration, Regulatory, Field, Marketing, and Sales departments on a wide variety of tasks and applications.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Authored over forty scientific publications in top peer-reviewed journals, two book chapters, gave over sixty conference presentations and over twenty invited talks and lectures. • Author of a patented invention • Developer of software for chemical analysis • Recipient of Glenn Award from the American Chemical Society in 2013
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Participated in educational outreach programs: National lab open houses, NSF REU program, tours for diverse groups, etc. My intention always is to increase public understanding of the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math education to build a more diverse pipeline to these fields by reaching out to underrepresented and underserved populations from early career scientists to the general public.
SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES • Strategic Planning & Visioning • Product Development & Launch • Infrastructure Development • Digitalization Implementation • Leadership & Mentoring • Growth Strategies • Operations Leadership • Mergers & Acquisitions • Negotiations • Business Development • Budgeting & Forecasting • Quality Assurance • Supply Chain • Lean System and Six Sigma
