Lori Watson

Lori A. Watson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Earlahm College in Richmond, Indiana.

Dr. Watson obtained her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at Indiana University in 2004 under the advisorship of Professor Kenneth G. Caulton. She earned a B.S. in Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude, Honors in CHemistry, Honors in Honors Program) at the University of Kentucky in 1999 under Professor Robert Toreki. Working in the lab of Professor Caulton at Indiana University, Dr. Watson's dissertation work focused on the synthesis, reactivity, and computational study of a variety of unsaturated transition metal complexes, including a 14 electron (PNP)RuCl species.

She joined the faculty of Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana in 2004 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Convener of the Chemistry Department.

Scott Haubrich

Scott Thomas Haubrich is the R&D Manager at Cabot Security Materials in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dr. Haubrich worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, CA, 1997-1998, and at the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, 1995-1997. He also worked as a visiting postdoctoral fellow at the Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands, July 1996-October 1996. He earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry with a minor in Physical Chemistry at Indiana University under the direction of Professor Malcolm H. Chisholm in 1995. He received his B.S. in Chemistry (minor Physics) at the University of Arizona in 1990.

Before going to work for Cabot Security Materials, Dr. Haubrich was a Senior Scientist at 3D Technology Laboratories in Sunnyvale, Ca, 1999-2000; Technology Acquisitions Senior Scientist and Product Development Scientist II at Clorox Services Company in Pleasanton, CA, 1998-1999 and 2000-2001; Organometallic Chemist at Kovio in Redwood City, CA, 2001-2003; and Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Company's Imaging and Printing Department in Palo ALto, CA, 2003-2004. He joined Cabot Corporation as the Program Leader in the Platform Development Group and Optical Security in 2004 and accepted the position as R&D Manager at Cabot Security Materials in April of 2006. As R&D Manager, he directs the research effrots for developing new materials and inks for the security market, manages a portfolio of research projects, and is a member of Cabot Corporation's Research Council.

Eval Barash

Mr. Barash is a Principal with Aptuit Consulting on a half-time basis, contributing the other half of his time as Chief Patent Counsel to Aptuit, Inc. In his role as a consultant, Mr. Barash provides project management expertise to law firms and pharmaceutical companies alike in pharmaceutical patent litigation. As a Principal in Aptuit Consulting, Mr. Barash does not provide legal advice. Mr. Barash has been invited to deliver lectures throughout the world on solid form patents, Hatch-Waxman law, and pharmaceutical patent strategies. Mr. Barash is also frequently invited to provide such presentations in-house to Aptuit and Aptuit Consulting clients.

Prior to accepting a position with Aptuit and Aptuit Consulting, Mr. Barash was general counsel to SSCI, Inc. Before that, he worked in the Washington, D.C. office of a major international patent law firm where he focused his practice on pharmaceutical patent litigation and prosecution.. Mr. Barash holds a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, an M.S. in Physical Chemistry from University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S. in Chemistry and B.A. in History from Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the American Bar Association.

Eduardo Libby

Dr. Libby did a postdoctoral stint at the University of Virginia under the direction of Professor Bruce Averill from 1990 to 1991. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry (synthetics) at Indiana University under the advisorship of Professor George Christou. He earned his Licenciate in chemistry at the University of Costa Rica under the research advisory of Dr. Carlos Murillo. His thesis was Preparation and evaluation of new starting materials for the synthesis of vanadium(II) and chromium(II) complexes.

He then returned home (Costa Rica) and started teaching Inorganic and Bioniorganic Chemistry and back to doing synthetic bioinorganic chemistry at the Universidad de Costa Rica. His work is now focused on metal-bound low oxidation-state nitrogen oxospecies relevant to the nitrogen cycle.