Jeff Carbeck
In this role, Dr. Carbeck leads an Eastman team that advances the company’s sustainable products and materials portfolio by focusing on front-end innovation, top innovation growth platforms, and emerging markets and technologies. He also specifically focuses on technology development and support for Eastmans Care Chemicals, Agricultural Chemicals, Functional Amines and Specialty Fluids Businesses, including Eastman’s Heat Transfer Fluids and Aviations Fluids businesses.
Carbeck is a native of Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Science and Engineering from The University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from MIT, both degrees in Materials Science. He spent two years as a post-doc in the Chemistry Department at Harvard.
Carbeck started his career in academia at Princeton University, where he was a professor of chemical engineering and materials science for eight years. Motivated by the fundamental belief that we must unlock the value to society inherent in new chemicals and materials technologies, he left academia and spent the next eight years starting and building companies to precisely do that. Carbeck then joined Monitor Deloitte and built and led a global team helping clients with innovation strategy in the chemicals and materials sector. He has held several leadership roles in the technology industry, including Chief Scientist at Nano-Terra, Co-Founder at Arsenal Medical, Founding CTO at MC10, and CEO of 10EQS.
Dr. Carbeck has four grown children and is married to Dr. Gillian Davidson. He enjoys fly fishing, cooking, and music in his spare time. He and Gillian also enjoy going on long hikes with their dog, Dolly.