Dr. Lochhead’s industrial career spanned 25 years - 4 years with I.C.I , 10 years with Unilever Research and 11 years with BF Goodrich. His academic career spans 20 years as chair of the School of Polymers & High Performance Materials. The department was ranked third in the nation for Polymers and it is ranked 7th in the USA for Engineering (various) and 18th for Engineering (Broad Category). $2billion in capital has been invested in the Mississippi Polymer Industry, creating 42 new companies and 10,000 new jobs.

Dr. Lochhead serves as Director of The Institute for Formulation Science. The National Formulation Science Laboratory is currently under construction on a 523 acre site in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is also the author of about 300 scientific papers and 18 Patents. Since 1995, his students have won 10 best paper awards at National Meetings.

Bob Lochhead served as President of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists 1994 and he will serve again in that capacity in 2010. He was President of the International Association of Formulation Chemists in 2000. He was the 2000 recipient of the Maison G. De Navarre Medal; and also the SCC National Merit Award, 2006. Lochhead serves on the INCI committee.


At HBA, he is speaking in the session T-04: High Speed Personal Care Formulating: Part 1 and T-07: The Dermatology-Cosmeceutical Interface: A Provocative Inquiry, Part 2.