Dr. David Fairhurst is Corporate Research Fellow emeritus at Particle Sciences Inc. He earned his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1968 from Liverpool Polytechnic, UK, where he was also a lecturer (in Physical Chemistry) for 4 years. He spent 2 years as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Center for
Surface and Coatings Research at Lehigh University and subsequently held senior research positions with the UK Chemical Defense Establishment, Porton Down and with Union Carbide Corporation, USA. The work encompassed exploratory and basic research, product formulation, product development and technical services. He has spent the last 40 years using colloid and surface science to solve problems in industrial and pharmaceutical applications and has published more than 200 technical papers, scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Fairhurst is an internationally recognized authority on dispersion and emulsion technology and in particle characterization and methods to assess particle size and zeta potential.
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