en Raúl Quijada Ph. D. in Chemistry (Manchester, UK, 1974) M.Sc. (University of Manchester, UK, 1972) Full Professor at the Universidad de Chile since 1994. Responsible for R&D at PPH, Brasil (1988-1993) and at Petrobras, Brasil (1976-1988). Invited Professor at the Macromolecular Institute- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro-Brasil (1976-1988) Invited Professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre-Brasil(1988-2003) 88 ISI Publications and 12 Patents (USA, Europe, Mexico, Brasil, Chile). Over 180 presentations in International Symposiums. Invited Lecture to more than 60 International Congress. Has been PI of one FONDEF project, one FONDECYT project, and Industrial projects with Argentina , Brasil. and Chile Companies. Has directed 10 Ph.D. and 22 Master Science Thesis, in Chile and Brasil. Has been PI for several International Collaboration Projects. Has been Consultant of Petrochemical Companies like: Repsol-Spain, Petrobras- Brasil, IMP-Mexico Main Research Areas. Development of new Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization. Process Optimization for Polyolefins. Development of New Materials based on Polyolefins: Membranes, Composites, Nanocomposites and Blends raquijad@ing.uchile.cl

CIMAT, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile. Av. Blanco Encalada 2008, piso zócalo, and Chemistry Department, Beauchef 861, Santiago, Chile.

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