Abstract:
Dr. Roland Goetz ( BASF - Germany) will present an overview of process development at BASF in the context of Crop Protection products using several case studies. He will highlight some strategies for safety and sustainability evaluations of chemical processes developed by his group over the years. The talk will also describe the role of the Mumbai-BASF facilities in process development and opportunities for students in process development careers.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Roland Goetz is currently Vice President - Process Development at BASF, Ludwigshafen Germany. His work focuses on Crop Protection products and he has had 25+ years of experience working in various functions at BASF globally such as QC, QA and EHS. Dr Roland has a PhD in chemistry from the Julius Maximilians University at Würzburg, Germany. Presently he directs a process development group at BASFs innovation campus in Mumbai and is closely involved with BASF crop protection projects in India.