Mathew Robin

Technology Manager at Lubrizol Ltd, responsible for new product development as an engine oil additive formulator.

Lubrizol Ltd, UK
September 2022-present Technology Manager, Product Development
Technology Manager in the Consumer Engine Lubricants team.
Accountable for formulating high performance passenger car engine lubricants. Collaboration with
stakeholders across a global organisation in research, testing, product management, sales, marketing,
regulatory, intellectual property, and manufacturing. Responsibility as a subject matter expert in
meetings with customers, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners and suppliers.
Representative for Lubrizol at industry forums. Mentor to colleagues in R&D.
 

March 2016-August 2022 Technology Manager, Strategic Technology
Technology manager in Strategic Technology, Research and Development.
Accountable for leading a portfolio of research projects focused on developing technical capabilities to meet the future requirements of sustainable engine lubricants. Leading innovation as a champion for new ideas and opportunities. Outcomes included developing intellectual property, developing new testing methods, collaborations with external research partners (e.g. universities and customers), and strategic road-mapping of global transportation trends, decarbonisation trends and business opportunities.

University of Warwick, UK
March 2015-March 2016 Research Fellow
Senior member of a diverse team which tackled both fundamental and applied challenges in polymer
chemistry. Projects targeted a range of applications including engine oil additives, laundry detergent
formulations, enhanced oil recovery, biomedical therapeutics and diagnostics, and biomaterials.
 

May 2014-February 2015 Early Career Fellow
Competitive ten-month research fellowship awarded by the Institute of Advanced Study, conducted
under the supervision of Prof. Rachel K. O’Reilly.

2010-2014 PhD Chemistry, University of Warwick
Thesis title; “Bromo and thio maleimides for functionalisation and fluorescent labelling of polymers and polymer nanoparticles.” Successful recipient of an EPSRC forty-two-month interdisciplinary DTA
scholarship. Supervisor; Prof. Rachel K. O’Reilly.
Principle focus; synthetic polymer chemistry, functional polymeric materials, nanoparticle synthesis and characterisation, and colloid chemistry.
 

2009-2010 MSc Chemistry, University of Kent, Canterbury
Thesis title; “Towards the facile one-step self-catalysed synthesis of high molecular weight
hyperbranched polysiloxanes.” Supervisor; Dr Simon J. Holder.
 

2006-2009 BA (Hons) Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
Class I achieved in all three years of the course, resulting in the award of a Jesus College Cambridge
Exhibition (2007) and Scholarships (2008 & 2009). Final year specialised in Chemistry, with Biochemistry and Maths modules taken in first and second years.