Lubrizol Personal & Home Care innovation would not be possible without our brilliant scientists and researchers. This is the latest in a series of profiles of the men and women behind our products.

Scientist: Rebecca Chisholm

Title: R&D Scientist

Years with Lubrizol: 9

Location: Lewisville, Texas

Education: Master’s, Food Science, Louisiana State University; Bachelor’s, Horticultural Science, Texas A&M University

Years of experience: 15

Focus: Building upon her experience in food processing science with the USDA, Rebecca researches botanical active ingredients for skin care products and helps develop the most efficient and eco-friendly ways to extract them. In addition to her scientific degrees, she has a minor in floral design and does flower arrangements for friends’ and family weddings.

Recent accomplishment: She helped develop Resulook™ advanced botanical ingredient, an extract from the Myrothamnus flabellifolius resurrection plant that promotes eyelash and eyebrow growth.

Quote: “Plants have a set of chemicaI properties that animals don’t and it’s absolutely fascinating. Plants are these little chemical powerhouses and we’re just discovering some of the amazing things they can do.”

Meet the Minds: Rebecca Chisholm