Dr. Cai Yu, BSc, PhD

Dr. Cai Yu is a Technical Services and Development Manager at Dow Coating Materials (DCM) of the Dow Chemical Company. He has extensive experience in developing formulations for customers, troubleshooting customer issues and application development in various resin types and application fields in industrial coatings. He is primary author or co-author of over 15 international patent applications. He has presented as an invited speaker at different industrial technical conferences. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in the U.S. in 2008, and worked as a research associate at Stony Brook University in the U.S. During the period, he has developed his profound knowledge in polymer chemistry and physics, polymer self-assembly behavior in aqueous phase, organic chemistry and structure-property relationship. He presented and published over 10 journal and conference papers. He received his B.S. degree from Nankai University in 1999.