Dr. Richard Schlosberg
Schlosberg Consulting, LLC
144 Whistler Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
Phone:
(847) 433-7546
Cell:
(848) 702-1921
E-mail: rschlosberg144@comcast.net or
schlosberghome@yahoo.com
Dr Richard Schlosberg is an expert in chemical and petroleum processes.

Dr. Richard Schlosberg
- Career Stage: Senior Consultant
- Hydrocarbon chemistry for the petroleum and chemical industries
- Expertise in new product development and introduction.
- Intellectual property portfolio analysis, strategy generation and execution.
- Expert in competitive analysis and strategic planning.
- Guide clients in process chemistry as directed toward sustainable and environmentally advantaged routes to existing and new products.
Field of specialization
- Professional Background
- Dr. Schlosberg is principal in Schlosberg Consulting LLC.
- Prior to setting up his consulting firm, Dr. Schlosberg was involved in Breakthrough Programs for ExxonMobil Chemical Co. He also was responsible for multiple IP areas and was chairman of the Worldwide Chemical Research Committee.
- Postdoctoral Fellow from Case Western Reserve University where he worked with Nobel Laureate George Olah, Ph. D. in Chemistry Michigan State University.
- Holds 72 US patents and has published >70 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
- Environmentally related patents including: US 5674950, 7145029, 6774356, 6181049, 6506243, 6280519, 6468319, 6458176, 6447558, 6447557, 5674590, 7241930
- Solvents and Separations related patents including: US 6994799, 5453561, 5034154, 4299691, 4256568
- Numerous presentations at national and international technical meetings.
Work Experience
- As consultant:
- Advisor to Start-up Companies (Palo Alto, CA, Shanghai, China, Central NJ) providing: Materials research technical direction including high throughput experimentation
- Intellectual property strategies and execution
- – Patent and IP Portfolio valuation
- Advisor to major company in M&A activity
- Fischer-Tropsch related expertise
- Advisor in area of fuel and lube additives
- Advisor in upstream chemicals area
- Advisor in separations and purification areas
- Advisor to biofuels companies
- – New routes to fuels
- – New routes to chemicals
- Advisor to major international chemical companies
- Advisor to major international petroleum company
- Advisor to Major University Biomedical Engineering Department
- Senior advisor to intellectual property law firms
- With ExxonMobil Chemical Company was Sr. Research Associate and Breakthrough Program Leader.
- Group Leader, New Product Development and Introduction, Technical Advisor, New Product Process and held a Sr. Technical Position, New Solvents/Fluids. Leader of team that developed new process technology leading to new investment at Baton Rouge Chem Plant.
- Fuel and lube additives for PCMO’s, diesels, aircraft
- Research Associate, Solvents Technology Division Exxon Chemical Co.
- With Exxon Research and Engineering led efforts in Heavy Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Conversion
- Member of the American Chemical Society
- Community Involvement
- Member Energy Committee of the AJC
- University and Professional Organization Speaker on:
- – Topics related to increasing American energy security
- – The Future of the Chemical Industry in the US
