Yueqian “Mark” Zhen

Dr. “Mark” Yueqian Zhen is a life-time member of the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS), and a member of American Chemical Society (ACS). Mark first participated in CACS activity while postdoctoring at the University of Chicago and has been actively involved in Tri-State CACS activities since 2006.

Mark received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Shandong University and his Ph.D. from SUNY at Buffalo via a CGP exchange program.

Mark was a Lead R&D Manager at Dow Chemical Company and specialized in the formulation and delivery of a volatile plant growth regulator for agricultural application since 2006. Mark started his career as a Research Scientist in Procter and Gamble in its laundry division to formulate its next generation liquid Tide™ detergent. He developed 2-in-1 technologies that went into Liquid Tide with a Touch of Downy™. He then moved to P&G’s Corporate Engineering to work on a wide range of P&G’s cleaning products. In 2001, Mark joined IFF R&D as a Research Fellow to develop fragrance delivery technologies. Since 2000, he has been developing formulations containing volatile molecules as the key ingredient. Mark has over 20 granted patents and over a dozen scientific publications.

Mark can be reached at MarkYZhen@yahoo.com.