Dr. Anoop Kumar and Nancy McGuire

Dr. Anoop Kumar is the director for R&D and business development at Royal Manufacturing Co. LP, a company that makes high-performance oils and greases. He has a doctorate in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology and more than 25 years of experience in lubricating greases and industrial oils. Dr. Kumar is the inventor of titanium complex grease. He has published more than 80 technical papers and holds more than 20 worldwide joint patents on lubricating greases. Dr. Kumar serves as treasurer and executive committee member of NLGI and will serve as a TLT technical editor in 2018. In 2013 he received the Chevron Lubricant Award and in 2010 he received the Long Service Award from NLGI India. He is a three-time recipient of the PPC Gonsalves Award and has twice received the ISFL Best Paper Award. In 1992 he received the Khosla Research Award. You can reach Kumar at anoopk@royalmfg.com. Nancy McGuire is a free-lance writer based in Silver Spring, Md. You can contact her at nmcguire@wordchemist.com.

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