Kyle Hart, Ph.D.
Research and Development Program Director, Dow
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Kyle Hart is a program director in Core R&D for the Packaging, Specialty Plastics and Hydrocarbons business. He is responsible for the alignment of corporate research portfolio for Dow’s ethylene envelope and identifying new disruptive technology innovations in the area of packaging, industrial, consumer, and transportation plastic products, hydrocarbons and energy, digital technologies, and sustainability.
Kyle was previously in the Packaging and Specialty Plastics Polyethylene Product R&D group. As a research scientist and platform leader he led the global platform research and development project team to develop and launch several new innovative products. Then as the Senior R&D Leader, he lead the LDPE product development team focused on growing the product innovation portfolio. Also, he was the focal point for R&D in PE product sustainability, recycling, and circular polymer initiatives that resulted in the launching and commercialization of the REVOLOOP™ product line, which was awarded Edison Gold Award and R&D100 Award for materials innovation.
Prior to joining Dow, Kyle completed a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at the Penn State where his dissertation focused on computational evaluations of carbon sequestration polymer membranes.