News Center - Dr. Andrew Trapani

Dr. Trapani received his B.S degree in chemistry from the California State University, Northridge in 1983. Thereafter, he pursued his graduate studies in physical chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1988, Dr. Trapani joined the Industrial Coatings Research Department at the central research laboratory of the Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, PA, USA). In January of 1992, Dr. Trapani relocated to the Rohm and Haas European Region Laboratory (Valbonne, France) where he occupied positions of increasing responsibility in the management of various technical and sales service departments. In 2000, Dr. Trapani moved to Rohm and Haas Italy and was the technical manager of the company's dispersion polymer plant outside of Milano. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Trapani was based in Paris and had responsibilities as Sales and Marketing Director for different parts of Rohm and Haas' European dispersion polymer business. The beginning of 2007 saw Dr. Trapani's return to the laboratory in the role of Technical Director for Rohm and Haas' Paint and Coatings Materials business in Europe. As of April 2009, Dr. Trapani is the technical director for Dow Coating Materials, in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, based in Valbonne, France.