Anthony Thurston

Macedonia, Ohio 44056

Ph: 216-801-5673
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonythurston
Summary
Experienced Chemist with contributions in both Research and Production environments. Expertise is in
transition metal oxide chemistry, synthesis and new product development. Successfully designed, installed
and managed pilot plant operations for lithium chemicals, pigments, cathode powders, and toxic materials.
An advocate of Process Safety Management and extensive experience in technology transfer to Production.
Specialties
Solid State Chemistry, Battery Cathode Powders, Lithium Chemistry, Statistical Experimental Design,
Leadership, Mentoring, Coaching, Process Safety, Analytical Analysis, Innovation, Strategic Planning,
Tactical Thinking.
Experience
BASF
Team Leader, Cathode Materials Pilot Plant - Beachwood, Ohio
January 2009 January 2016

Manager of pilot plant operations including PSM, MOC, EHS, MIP, Inventory and Total Product
Quality and technology transfer to production for Battery Cathode powders.
Management of Chemists, Engineers, Technicians and Operators to achieve technical objectives
including goal development and tracking, implementation of merit increases, coaching, skill
development, and training.
Project Manager for Department of Energy funded project # DE-PS26-08NT01045-02, Process for
Low Cost Domestic Production of LIB Cathode Materials.
Directly involved with suppliers, customers and BASF personnel for raw materials qualifications from
US, Asia and Europe including specifications needed to meet market demands.
Collaborate and interact with Business Team, Research, Global Account Managers, and
Manufacturing to ensure successful product acceptance by customers.
Successfully produced and shipped over 35,000 kg of custom cathode material from Pilot Plant.

Senior Chemist, Group Leader Peekskill, New York

December 2005 December 2008

Project Manager for effect pigments, scheduling and running pilot plant trials, working with plant
management, process engineering, union labor force and division product managers to insure
successful transfer of new products from research to production.
Primary contact for organizing test equipment trials both internally and externally.
Completed development and commercial production of large fraction product for cosmetic
applications.
Completed development process for sourcing glass flake from a secondary supplier including toll
processing to match current supplier specifications to insure no product variation as a result of a
raw material change.
Managed multiple projects with a combined annual budget of $2.5 million.

Aramid HPM, LLC

Sales and Marketing Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
November 2004 - October 2005

Sales, marketing and domestic inventory management of high performance fibers for the textile
industry. Targeting the protective apparel market such as electrical utility workers clothing and
cut resistant apparel.

Tronox, LLC
Scientist, Pilot Plant Supervisor Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
September 2002 -September 2004

Management of Pilot Plant operations for the production of 10-100 kg samples of battery
cathode materials including maintenance of equipment, inventory and safety management.
Developed synthetic processes to prepare cathode precursor materials from solutions and
slurries via spray dryer.
Team member of a long-term project to lower cost through raw material substitution utilizing new
suppliers, production personal, and analytical testing.
Implemented experimental design to optimize process conditions for small-scale production of
lithium iron phosphate to maximize material performance.

Rockwood Lithium
Manager, Base Chemicals Research Kings Mountain, North Carolina
March 1998 March 2002

Manager of process development for chemical plants in Kings Mountain North Carolina, Silver
Peak Nevada, and La Negra Chile S.A.
Developed process for the synthesis of ultra high purity lithium carbonate for customer, built and
operated mini plant for long term process validation.

Research Chemist
November 1996 March 1998

Contributed to the development of a new process to produce technical lithium chloride directly
from concentrated brine using both chemical and physical techniques.
Developed a process to increase the purity of lithium hydroxide and reduce purge loss, thereby
increasing production.

Education
Florida State University
Master of Science, Inorganic Chemistry April 1997 3.07 GPA
Plymouth State College
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, Physics minor May 1994 3.54 GPA
Analytical Experience
Experience with a wide variety of analytical techniques and equipment relating to materials analysis and
characterization such as Raman, UV/Vis, NIR, FT-IR, XRD, TGA, DTA and DSC, SA, PSD, ICAP, moisture
analysis as well as numerous wet chemistry techniques, color measurement using X-Rite and TFCalc for
simulation development.
Continuing Education

Process Safety Management

AMA 5-Day MBA workshop
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
High Performance Leadership
Experimental Design for Productivity and Quality in R&D
Laboratory and Pilot Plant Safety for Supervisors and Managers
Alternative Dispute Resolution Training
Leadership Communication Training
Project Management
Statistical Analysis of Lab Data