Jennifer S. Granados, Ph.D., has joined Orion Engineered Carbons, Kingwood, Texas, USA, as marketing manager, coatings, printing systems, and specialty applications, Americas Region. She is responsible for addressing customer needs, monitoring market trends for specialty carbon black applications in the Americas, and for product pricing.

Before joining Orion, Dr. Granados served as technical service manager for TPC Group, where she supported customer quality investigations, new applications, and product qualifications. In an earlier role as global technical service leader at Sekisui Specialty Chemicals, she developed and managed a technical service department and worked with product development and quality assurance teams to meet customers’ needs.

Dr. Granados is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Materials Research Society, the National Textile Center, the Fiber Society, and the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films. She earned her B.S. degree in chemistry and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.