Name:
Dharma Rao Kodali
Country:
USA
City:
Plymouth
State/Province:
MN
ACS Member:
Member
Local Section:
L513,Minnesota
International Chapter:
Technical Division Membership:
Technical Division Membership Emeritus:
Subdivision Member:
ACS Activities:
Company/Institution Name:
Career Stage:
Professional
Research and Special Interests:
Experience:
I held leadership positions in R&D at Cargill Inc. and General Mills. I worked as Assistant Professor of Biophysics at Boston University and currently working as an adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at University of Minnesota. My solid experience include:
Problem Solving and Product improvements
Process Optimization and Scale-up
Synthesis, Physical Properties and Molecular Packing of Lipids.
Deriving Molecular Structure-Property-Functionality Relationships.
Developed New Products from Concept to Commercialization: Food Applications -;
High stability oils, trans fat alternatives; Industrial Applications -; lubricants and coatings.
Preventing Oxidative Deterioration of Fats and Oils
Accomplishments:
My extensive experience helped to develop both a big picture vision to find business opportunities in new product development and a knack to tackle technical & commercial hurdles early on for commercialization.
Invented and Commercialized New Products:
Food Applications - Odyssey-500, high stability oils and trans fat alternatives
Non-food Industrial Applications - Dilulin, a reactive diluent for paints and coatings
Moldlube-NS, a metal casting lubricant; Agri-Pure and Agri-Sperse families of lubricants.
Problem Solving and Value Creation:
Championed and created a new business line of products with $100 million potential
Contributed to a biotechnology strategy team that created > $100 million Intellectual Property.
Provided a process solution resulting in $ 2.6 million savings per year.
Patents and Publications:
18 patents and >60 publications.
Awards Received:
Cargill"s Chairman"s Innovation Award
American Chemical Society Regional Industrial Innovation Award
AOCS TL Mounts Award and others.
Area of Expertise:
I have expertise in the following areas:
• Identification and contract synthesis of Alternate Raw Materials, Processes or Products.
• Problem Solving, Product Development or Process Improvement
• Expert Advice on Technical Issues in Lipids on Patent Matters or GRAS applications.
• Feasibility and Experimental Validation of Concepts and Ideas.
• Critical Literature Reviews and Identification of New Product Opportunities
• Executive Summaries and Report Writing; Customer/Mgmt. Presentations
• Supporting Information to Sell the Ideas for Funding
• Research Project Planning, Execution and Assessment
• High Throughput Screening to Select Commercially Viable Products
• New Product Specifications, Benefits / Advantages and Comparison to Competition
Years of Expertise:
26 or more