Beverley Fricker is a Formulation Chemist and Hansen Solubility Parameters expert at VLCI (Van Loon Chemical Innovations), an independent laboratory providing innovative and practical R&D services within the formulation industry. With the unique approach of combining applied formulation science with High Throughput (HT) screening, VLCI aims to move the formulation industry to a higher level, creating flexibility, predictability, new insights/products and efficiency.
After gaining her BSc in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, she worked in research on formulation and product development at AkzoNobel (coatings), then at RB (personal care and household products). Currently at VLCI, she specializes in determining Hansen Solubility Parameters and implementing them into the overall formulation process across the entire formulation industry.