Murat Mertoglu

Background

About Murat Mertoglu

I am a senior research chemist and a manager experienced in leading scientist teams and R&D projects to develop profitable products and solutions fulfilling market demands. Colloidal chemistry and polymer synthesis are my main fields of expertise. However I am not only a scientist who has a deep academic understanding, but also an expert who is trained to transfer scientific knowhow to well performing, differentiating and sustainable products. During my applied research career, I led different successful research projects that yielded distinctive products. In those projects, I worked with teams of scientists having different scientific backgrounds. My ability to translate market needs and customer demands to realistic and measurable technical targets for experts played a key role in the success of those projects. I am experienced in establishing an open, non-hierarchical and safe discussion culture within teams. This is very difficult however essential to gain the full commitment of each team member, to achieve always a common understanding, and as a result to get a maximum possible performance from them. Empathy is one of my main skills and is necessary to create the safe discussion environment. I had opportunity to develop this skill substantially during my career whilst working with people coming from different cultural backgrounds. Continuously striving for improvements as well as challenging status quo and questioning established workflows are my characteristics. This mind-set facilitates to identify improvement potentials and/or necessary organisational and personal changes. I am also good at persuading the stakeholders about the necessity on those changes and getting the necessary resources for implementation.