Anthony J. Dias is a retired ExxonMobil materials scientist known for scientific contributions in polyolefins and elastomers which led to commercialized products.
Education
Dias earned a B.S. in chemistry from Kean College in 1982. He earned a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1987 under Prof. Thomas J. McCarthy.
Career
Dias joined ExxonMobil Chemical Company in 1988 and has held both research and management responsibilities. His most cited scientific work concerned the development of metallocene catalysts on a nonreacting polystrene support to replace reactive silica supports. Dias retired in June 2021 as Chief Scientist.
Awards and recognition
- 1998 - Sparks–Thomas award from the ACS Rubber Division
- 2015 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
- 2018 - Division Fellow, Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering
References
- "2018 PMSE Fellows Announced". pmsedivision.org. ACS. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- "McCarthy Research Group". pse.umass.edu. U Massachusetts. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- "Industry Matters Newsletter". acs.org. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- Roscoe, S.B.; Frechet, JMJ; Walzer, JF; Dias, AJ (10 April 1998). "Polyolefin Spheres from Metallocenes Supported on Noninteracting Polystyrene". Science. 280 (5361): 270–273. Bibcode:1998Sci...280..270R. doi:10.1126/science.280.5361.270. PMID 9535653.
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