Dr Julia Woertink

Julia Woertink is the Chief Technology Officer for Dow’s Asia Pacific region. In her 14 years with Dow, she has held a number of technical, leadership, and strategy roles across multiple businesses including Electronic Materials, Packaging & Specialty Plastics, and Core R&D. She has led global R&D departments and managed technical pipelines across multiple businesses and has had strategic oversight over Dow’s new business development, external partnerships, and disruptive research portfolios.

At Dow, Julia has also held roles in R&D Strategy and was responsible for the R&D integration activities related to the DowDuPont merger and subsequent spins. Julia has a diverse technical skill set in product development, spectroscopy, catalysis, characterization, and inorganic chemistry. Julia’s expertise lies in industrial research and development, global technical leadership, and technical strategy. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University and a B.S. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and is currently based in Singapore.