George Lawrence Grobe III

Background

III, George Lawrence Grobe, was born on June 7, 1962 in Buffalo. Son of George Junior and Faye (Smith) G.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Stonehill College, 1982. Master of Arts in Chemistry, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1988.

Career

Vice President of R&D, Bausch + Lomb, Vision Care (2008 - present). Vice President of Research for DePuy Orthopaedics, division of Johnson and Johnson (2005 - 2008).

Achievements

• Achievements include research on commercially pure titanium, cobalt chromium molybdenum alloys and titanium-aluminion-vanadium alloys after preparation by various methods prior to implantation, on the effects of sterilization on surface composition of biomedical materials, on the corrosion response of the vitallium alloy. On the surface composition and motphology of biomedical grade polymers by XPS, FT-International Rectifier /ATR/PAS, ISS, SIMS and contact angles, on solution cast biocompatible polymeric materials, on effects of solubility on surface segregation, and various others.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society, Society Applied Spectroscopy (president Niagara Frontier region 1987-1988).

Connections

Married Ann O'Grady, December 27, 1986.

Father:

George G. Junior

Mother:

Faye (Smith) G.

Spouse:

Ann O'Grady