Carlos Villa

Carlos Villa is R&D Fellow at Dow Chemical. Villa began his Dow career in 2000, supporting the scale up of polymer manufacturing processes through a combination of modeling and experimental work. This work has focused primarily on two technologies: olefin polymerization and alkoxylation.  Throughout his Dow career, he has collaborated with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, and Georgia Tech. Before joining Dow, Villa spent 12 years at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, first as a graduate student and later as a Research Associate.  During this period, he developed his expertise in electrochemical engineering and in polymer reaction engineering, working under the guidance of Professors Thomas Chapman and Harmon Ray, respectively.  He is currently exploring the potential use of more sustainable, electrochemical manufacturing technology at Dow.