About me
Dr. Rakesh Kumar is currently the V.P. of Technology for Specialty Coating Systems, Inc., where he leads the R&D group and manages Parylene, Plasma CVD and ALD coatings R&D activities worldwide. He has more than 34 years of extensive experience in advanced polymeric materials and their applications in the medical, electronics, and semiconductors areas. He is currently involved with the application of Parylenes, PE-CVD and ALD+ Parylene technologies in the field of medical devices, electronics, MEMS, sensors, LEDs, antimicrobial and nanotechnology. Dr. Kumar earned his doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry from India, and completed his post-doctorate work in Polymer Chemistry and Interfacial Adhesion at the UCL, U.K. He is co-author of a book, and has authored several published papers, book chapters and patents
