MEYER R. ROSEN, FRSC, FACFE, FAIC, FRSC, CPC, CChE, CFEI, DABFET

Education

M.S. Chemical Engineering: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1966). Developed color toners for three- dimensional Xerox process under grant from Naval Weapons Test Laboratory.

B.S. Chemical Engineering: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1964).

• John Zink Burner School: burner design, combustion in fired heaters; flare
design & operation, furnace operation (1979).

• National Fire, Arson & Explosion Investigation Training Program,
Sarasota, FL (2001).

• National Seminar on Fire Analysis Litigation, Sarasota, FL (2001)

• Skin Care Science for the Cosmetic Chemist, (Fairleigh Dickenson
University (2004).

• Expert Testimony in Litigation, Law Seminars International (2004):
Training in Courtroom procedures.

• National Advanced Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation Science and Technology Program (2005)

• Global Perspectives on Environmental Risk, Allen & Overy LLP, Continuuing Legal Education Program, New York City (Oct. 20, 2006)

• National Advanced Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation Training Program (2011)

• New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists Rheology Symposium, Liberty Science Center, March 27, 2012


CERTIFICATIONS:

FACFE: Fellow: American College of Forensic Examiners

CChem, FRSC Chartered Chemist and Fellow: Royal Society of
Chemistry (London)

FAIC Fellow: American Institute of Chemists

CPC, CChE Certified Professional Chemist,
Certified Professional Chemical Engineer-
National Certification Commission in Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering

CFEI Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator
(Advanced Training), National Certification Board,
National Association of Fire Investigators

DABFE: Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Examiners

DABFET: Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Engineering
and Technology

Mr. Rosen has over 30 years of industrial and academic of experience in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering. He has consulted with hundreds of corporations involved in the development, optimization, technical marketing and quality control of new and existing consumer, household, medical and industrial products. Mr. Rosen is experienced in products liability, personal injury, criminal and intellectual property cases. These include, but are not limited to: consumer and household products as well as industrial products and processes. He has worked with numerous law firms and insurance companies in both plaintiff and defense cases as a consulting and testifying expert in both state and Federal courts.

Mr. Rosen’s background includes: fires, explosions, accident reconstruction, hazardous chemicals, toxic exposures, chemical exposures, chemical burns, uncovering safer alternatives and training in courtroom procedures. He also has advanced training as a nationally certified fire and explosion investigator and is skilled at determining the origin and cause of fires, explosions and arson relating to flammable liquids, gases & solids as well as aerosol fires. Mr. Rosen is also experienced in products liability issues and complex litigation relative to safety in design, formulation, packaging and handling, warnings and instructions and labels. Meyer is co-developer of a fire fighting system used around the world for fighting hydrocarbon fires in both military and civillian applications including plane crashes and automobile fires.

As an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry for 15 years, Mr. Rosen trained the senior firefighters of New York City and surrounding cities in a course he designed on Fire Chemistry, Hazardous Chemicals and Fire Extinguishing Methods.

Mr. Rosen is a former member of the Fire Science & Technology Educators Section of the National Fire Protection Association and a Senior Member of the National Fire Protection Association He has taken training at the National Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation Training Program and the National Seminar on Fire Analysis Litigation. His experience and training includes NFPA 921, the peer reviewed, accepted scientific standard of the fire protection industry. Mr. Rosen has also taken several programs in Advanced Training in the Fire, Arson and Explosion Investigation Science & Technology Program co-sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association and the National Association of Fire Investigators (2005, 2011).

His Professional Certifications include being a nationally certified Professional Chemist and Professional Chemical Engineer. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners, a Board Certified Forensic Examiner, a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology and a Nationally certified fire and explosion investigator. He is a past Executive Advisor to the American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology. Meyer is a past member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Knovel Corporation, where he was responsible for guiding selection of science and engineering book content for hundreds of corporations, the U.S. patent office and the Royal Society of Chemistry (London). Mr. Rosen was selected as a Vaaler Awards judge for 2003 by Chemical Processing Magazine. The awards competition honors products that improved operations or lowered costs for the chemical processing industry.

Mr. Rosen also serves as Editor-in-Chief for North and Latin America for EuroCosmetics Magazine and is Editor-in-Chief of the forthcoming 1600 page book, Harry’s Cosmeticology, 9th Edition (www.harryscosmeticology.com. Meyer served for six years as Chief Scientific Advisor ; Director of Technical Programming for United Business Media’s HBA Global Technical Conference and Expo, the largest health and beauty conference expo in the United States. He has been the Chairman and Organizer of the Annual HBA Global Expo Safety, Regulatory and Certification Summit since 2006- a series of major international technical conferences covering the impact of global Regulations on the personal care and cosmetic industry. Mr. Rosen also serves as Book Series Editor for Elsevier Publishing’s Personal Care and Cosmetic Technology Series. Meyer is a member of the Center for Dermal Research at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Mr. Rosen is a past Vice President of the Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers and on its Executive Board of Directors. He is a voting member of several Standards-Making Committees of the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM). These committees include: halogenated organic solvents, fire- extinguishing agents, fire standards, industrial chemicals, and hazard potential of chemicals. He also serves on several other ASTM committees including: forensic sciences, occupational health and safety, consumer products, hazardous substances, and industrial chemicals. Mr. Rosen has extensive experience in the preparation and analysis of Material Safety Data Sheets, as well as the filing of Regulatory Applications for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Litigation Support Experience

Meyer’s technical product litigation experience includes, but is not limited to:

► Products Liability, Chemical Technology, Accident Reconstruction, Fires & Explosions, Hazardous Chemicals, Household and Industrial Products, Safety in Design & Formulation, Safer Alternatives & Safety in Packaging and Handling; Chemical Burns & Toxic Exposures; Technical Aspects of Warnings, Instructions and Labels; Personal Care & Cosmetic Products; Hair Relaxers, slips & falls, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry ; Material Properties, Product & Process Issues, OSHA Regulations, Codes &; Standards, Intellectual Property Management, including patent analysis/infringement as well as trade secret litigation and criminal justice matters.