05.23.17
The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), America Group, announced that Dr. Melinda H. Keefe of The Dow Chemical Company will be awarded the 14th annual SCI Gordon E. Moore Medal.
SCI established the Gordon E. Moore Medal to recognize early-career success in innovation, as reflected both in market impact and improvement to quality of life. Dr. Keefe will be presented the award at a luncheon in her honor during Innovation Day hosted jointly by SCI and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) on September 12, 2017 at CHF headquarters in Philadelphia.
Dr. Keefe has successfully combined her passion for art and chemistry into an exceptional career encompassing the multi-faceted area of coating science. Currently a Senior R&D Manager for Architectural Coatings with The Dow Chemical Company, Keefe and her co-workers were responsible for the development of the remarkable EVOQUE Pre-Composite Polymer platform which facilitates higher performing and more sustainable paints. Over the last 10 years Dr. Keefe has also led a technical collaboration between Dow and the art conservation science community. In this skill-based volunteerism effort, Dr. Keefe and her colleagues have successfully leveraged Dow’s coating, analytical, solvent, and formulation science ability and resources to specific challenges in the art conservation field. This includes a collaboration between Dow and the Tate Gallery in London which resulted in the successful restoration of Mark Rothko’s painting Black on Maroon, 1958.
“Dr. Keefe’s influence on the world of paint is remarkable,” said Christopher D. Pappas, President and CEO of Trinseo and Chair of SCI America. “She is in the unique position to not only have a positive ecological influence on the commercial paint market but her developments in the field of art conservation science are equally impactful. I can’t think of another scientist whose skills translate in such a singular and specific way.”
“Dr. Keefe is a scientist with a passion,” said Dr. Sarah Eckersley, Global R&D Director, Dow Coating Materials. “In a short period of time she has pursued and achieved a career’s worth of accomplishments. On behalf of Dow, we join SCI in celebrating Dr. Keefe for her contributions to coatings innovation, to the conservation of precious art, and to science.”
SCI established the Gordon E. Moore Medal to recognize early-career success in innovation, as reflected both in market impact and improvement to quality of life. Dr. Keefe will be presented the award at a luncheon in her honor during Innovation Day hosted jointly by SCI and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) on September 12, 2017 at CHF headquarters in Philadelphia.
Dr. Keefe has successfully combined her passion for art and chemistry into an exceptional career encompassing the multi-faceted area of coating science. Currently a Senior R&D Manager for Architectural Coatings with The Dow Chemical Company, Keefe and her co-workers were responsible for the development of the remarkable EVOQUE Pre-Composite Polymer platform which facilitates higher performing and more sustainable paints. Over the last 10 years Dr. Keefe has also led a technical collaboration between Dow and the art conservation science community. In this skill-based volunteerism effort, Dr. Keefe and her colleagues have successfully leveraged Dow’s coating, analytical, solvent, and formulation science ability and resources to specific challenges in the art conservation field. This includes a collaboration between Dow and the Tate Gallery in London which resulted in the successful restoration of Mark Rothko’s painting Black on Maroon, 1958.
“Dr. Keefe’s influence on the world of paint is remarkable,” said Christopher D. Pappas, President and CEO of Trinseo and Chair of SCI America. “She is in the unique position to not only have a positive ecological influence on the commercial paint market but her developments in the field of art conservation science are equally impactful. I can’t think of another scientist whose skills translate in such a singular and specific way.”
“Dr. Keefe is a scientist with a passion,” said Dr. Sarah Eckersley, Global R&D Director, Dow Coating Materials. “In a short period of time she has pursued and achieved a career’s worth of accomplishments. On behalf of Dow, we join SCI in celebrating Dr. Keefe for her contributions to coatings innovation, to the conservation of precious art, and to science.”
