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Cathy A. Fleischer, Ph.D., joined NaturalNano as Chief Technology Officer in July 2006, and was promoted to President in November 2006. She is a highly recognized scientist and manager with extensive experience leading diverse technical organizations and teams to delivering research, business and manufacturing. During the last five years, Fleischer led organizations that delivered highly innovative products and over 200 patents. Dr. Fleischer holds eleven patents individually and has numerous publications in the fields of polymer materials science, composites, adhesion and surface science. During the period of 1992 to 2006, Dr. Fleischer held a variety of leadership positions at Kodak, including that of Program Manager for LCD optical films and Laboratory Head for flexible substrates. In recent leadership roles, she was responsible for the research, vision and strategy of joint development projects with international corporations including project leadership and patent portfolio development as well as developing technology roadmaps and business cases for new products.
From 1984 to 1990, Dr. Fleischer served as Senior Development Engineer at Rogers Corporation, a specialty polymers and high-technology company based in Connecticut.
Dr. Fleischer received a doctorate degree in Polymer Science from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her undergraduate degree in Bioengineering/Material Science was received at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Kodak, Fleischer completed the executive development program at the Smith College Consortium. | 