Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt
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Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt is a Peruvian American scientist and inventor. He holds 45 US Patents and 59 International Patents mainly in the areas of remote sensing, thin films, sensors, upconversion materials, and business processes. He is also the author of over 30 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.
He was Eastman Kodak Company Senior Research Associate from 1986 to 2004, Director of Technology, Xerox
Corporation-IPValue Management (Goldman Sachs, Atlantic Group Partnership) from 2004 to 2007, River Valley, CEO, (2006–Present).
Co-editor of "Gas-Phase and Surface Chemistry in Electronic Materials Processing", Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 334.
He was born August 9, 1954 in Arequipa
, Peru
, and graduated from San Andrés (Colegio)
(class of 1970—The Silver Anniversary Class) an Anglo Peruvian college preparatory school in Lima, Peru, where he graduated with honors and received the Miller Prize for accomplishments in English. He passed the Cambridge English proficiency test one full year ahead of his peers. Originally called Anglo-Peruano, Colegio San Andres, was founded by Dr. John A. Mackay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Mackay) who later became the Director of the world renown Princeton Theological Seminary
. Mackay was also responsible for the formation of the YMCA
Latin American organizations.
Paz-Pujalt received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry - Surface Science from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1985. His doctoral adviser was George Keulks. He was also mentored by Distinsguished Professor W. Keith Hall. During this time he studied Surface Science under Gert Ertl
, winner of the Nobel Price in Chemistry in 2007. Paz-Pujalt credits Professor Ralf Vanselow for a strong formation in Chemical Thermodynamics and for the understanding of surface phenomena at the atomic level. Paz-Pujalt holds a B.S. in Chemistry from University of Wisconsin at Eau-Claire. He has received numerous executive level diplomas from MIT and Wharton.
He was Eastman Kodak Company Senior Research Associate from 1986 to 2004, Director of Technology, Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
Corporation-IPValue Management (Goldman Sachs, Atlantic Group Partnership) from 2004 to 2007, River Valley, CEO, (2006–Present).
Co-editor of "Gas-Phase and Surface Chemistry in Electronic Materials Processing", Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 334.
He was born August 9, 1954 in Arequipa
Arequipa
Arequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 836,859 it is the second most populous city of the country...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and graduated from San Andrés (Colegio)
San Andrés (Colegio)
The Colegio San Andrés was founded in 1917 as the Anglo-Peruvian School by a Scottish missionary, John A. Mackay, who was later responsible for the YMCA in Latin America and president of Princeton Theological Seminary....
(class of 1970—The Silver Anniversary Class) an Anglo Peruvian college preparatory school in Lima, Peru, where he graduated with honors and received the Miller Prize for accomplishments in English. He passed the Cambridge English proficiency test one full year ahead of his peers. Originally called Anglo-Peruano, Colegio San Andres, was founded by Dr. John A. Mackay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Mackay) who later became the Director of the world renown Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States...
. Mackay was also responsible for the formation of the YMCA
YMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
Latin American organizations.
Paz-Pujalt received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry - Surface Science from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1985. His doctoral adviser was George Keulks. He was also mentored by Distinsguished Professor W. Keith Hall. During this time he studied Surface Science under Gert Ertl
Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany...
, winner of the Nobel Price in Chemistry in 2007. Paz-Pujalt credits Professor Ralf Vanselow for a strong formation in Chemical Thermodynamics and for the understanding of surface phenomena at the atomic level. Paz-Pujalt holds a B.S. in Chemistry from University of Wisconsin at Eau-Claire. He has received numerous executive level diplomas from MIT and Wharton.