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Krys Bronk

Krys Bronk

Manager, Product Stewardship, W. R. Grace

Dr. Bronk is currently a manager in the product stewardship group at W. R. Grace (Grace). Her current focus is on regulations affecting the specialty catalyst business line at Grace.  Her work includes applying food contact regulations and chemical control laws to Grace’s products and providing compliance statements to customers regarding those regulations.

Krys earned a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in organic chemistry.  Her early career path included research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a post-doc and as a staff scientist, teaching as an adjunct professor, and analytical chemist at an army demilitarization facility where chemical agents were being destroyed.  About 11 years ago, Krys transitioned into product stewardship in the chemical industry. Before joining Grace, she had held regulatory roles at a polyethylene manufacturer and a pine chemical refinery.