Ranjan Tripathy
About Ranjan Tripathy
Ranjan Tripathy is a Senior Staff Engineer at ExxonMobil with extensive expertise in polymer science and chemistry.
Current Position at ExxonMobil
Ranjan Tripathy has been serving as a Senior Staff Engineer at ExxonMobil since 2012. Based in Baytown, Texas, United States, he has significantly contributed to the company's engineering projects. His role involves extensive expertise in polymer science and engineering, leveraging his background to drive developments in cationic polymerization and macromonomer synthesis.
Previous Experience
Before joining ExxonMobil, Ranjan Tripathy worked as a Summer Intern at Exxon Chemical in 2011. He also served as a Graduate student at the University of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2012. Earlier in his career, he was a Chemist at ICI Paints from 2005 to 2006 and undertook a Masters Project at Jubilant Organosys from 2004 to 2005.
Educational Background
Ranjan holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where he studied from 2007 to 2012. He earned his Master of Technology (MTech) in Polymer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, between 2003 and 2005. Additionally, he achieved a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Chemical Engineering from IGIT, where he studied from 1999 to 2003.
Expertise in Polymer Science
Ranjan has extensive expertise in the development of new initiators for cationic polymerization. His skills include the maintenance, troubleshooting, and characterization of linear and star polymers using GPC/SEC-MALLS with triple detection. He has significant experience in synthesizing macromonomers with reactive functional groups, which helps in the development of polymer architectures and block copolymers.
Advanced Research Techniques
Ranjan utilizes radical and cationic photo-polymerization techniques to study macromers and their kinetics using optical pyrometer. His work focuses on understanding the structure/property relationship of polymer networks, essential for developing biocompatible materials.