Nazan Gunduz
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      Dr. Nazan Gunduz 

      MSc and PhD in Chemistry and Polymer Science and Engineering 

      RRP Program Leader 

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      Nazan joined PMI in 2006 in Research & Development (R&D) as Program Manager of Next Generation Products (NGPs)*. After that she held several roles of increasing responsibility, including Manager Scientific Communications, Manager Operations Strategic Planning, Senior Manager Intellectual Property and Competitive Intelligence, and Head of IP Intelligence and Ideation.

      In her current role of the Program Lead, Nazan is responsible for the successful end-to-end Life Sciences components definition and deployment for all projects related to oral products development and lifecycle management. Nazan has an MSc and a PhD in Chemistry and Polymer Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech, U.S.

      Nazan has cross-functional experience of over 20 years in the areas of product development and life sciences, program management, strategic planning, and IP Intelligence and Ideation.

       

      * Next Generation Products is another term that refers to smoke-free products.

      PMIScience.com is operated by Philip Morris International for the purpose of publishing and disseminating scientific information about Philip Morris International’s efforts to develop and assess products that have the potential to reduce individual risk and population harm associated with tobacco use. This site is for use by scientists, the public health and regulatory communities, and other stakeholders with an interest in tobacco policy. The purpose of this site is not for advertising or marketing. It is not intended for use by consumers.

      Reduced Risk Products ("RRPs”) is the term we use to refer to products that present, are likely to present, or have the potential to present less risk of harm to smokers who switch to these products versus continuing smoking. PMI has a range of RRPs in various stages of development, scientific assessment and commercialization. Our RRPs are smoke-free products that produce an aerosol that contains far lower quantities of harmful and potentially harmful constituents than found in cigarette smoke.