Pavel Kriz
About Pavel Kriz
Pavel Kriz is the Principal Asphalt Product Engineer at ExxonMobil, with extensive experience in asphalt research and technical leadership.
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Pavel Kriz is currently serving as the Principal Asphalt Product Engineer at ExxonMobil.
Current Role at ExxonMobil
Since 2021, Pavel Kriz has been working as the Principal Asphalt Product Engineer at ExxonMobil, based in Prague, Czechia. He provides leadership and mentoring to the company's Global Asphalt business and plays a pivotal role in offering technical expertise to the global asphalt sector.
Past Experience at ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil
Before his current role, Pavel Kriz was the Americas Asphalt Technical Leader at ExxonMobil from 2017 to 2021, located in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Prior to that, he worked at Imperial Oil as the Asphalt Research Team Lead from 2013 to 2017 and as Lead Researcher from 2009 to 2013, also in Sarnia.
Academic and Early Career Background
Pavel Kriz earned his PhD in Engineering from the University of Calgary, where he also served as a PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant from 2005 to 2009. He has a Visiting MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, and an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague. Earlier in his career, he worked as an Assistant Researcher at the Technical University of Denmark from 2003 to 2004.
Education and Expertise
Pavel Kriz's strong academic background includes an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague (1998-2003), a Visiting MSc from the Technical University of Denmark (2001-2002), and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Calgary (2005-2009). His expertise spans numerous roles in asphalt research and technical leadership at major industrial companies.