Practical Modern Hair Science 532 Playtex Products, and subsequently assumed positions of increased responsibility with Playtex, Unilever, American Cyanamid, L’Oreal and ISP. Foltis has several publications, presentations, and patent applications in the area of personal care. She holds a Master’s in Chemistry. Her professional affiliations include the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, PCPC Scientific Advisory Committee, and Cosmetic Executive Women, and she is a board member of Textile Research Institute (TRI). Robert Y. Lochhead presently serves as principal investigator of the NSF funded Multinational Partnership to Incite Innovation, and as director of the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has chaired the Department of Polymer Science since 1993 and raised it to School status. Prior to this, his industrial career spanned 25 years with companies such as Unilever Research and BF Goodrich, where he spent more than a decade in the Specialty Polymer and Chemicals Division. Author of more than 300 scientific papers and owner of 22 patents, Dr. Lochhead has served as president of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (1994 and 2010), and was the 2000 recipient of the Maison G. De Navarre Medal and SCC National Merit Award, 2006. Dr. Lochhead also serves on the INCI committee. Anand Mahadeshwar is currently director of hair styling, home care and encapsulation at Ashland Inc. Before joining Ashland, he worked with Unilever (UK and Thailand), Beiersdorf (Germany), and Reliance Silicones (India). Dr. Mahadeshwar has developed and launched personal care (hair care) and home care (laundry) technologies across the globe, contributing to global brands such as Sunsilk, Nivea, and Persil. Mahadeshwar has several publications and patents in the field of surfactant science and particle science. Currently, he is working on effects of advanced polymers on morphology of human hair and development of novel encapsulation technology for personal care and home care applications.