Peter Lodal

Peter Lodal is a Technical Fellow and group leader of the Plant Protection Technical Services group at Eastman Chemical’s site in Kingsport, TN. He has been with Eastman in various positions for more than 32 years, 17 years in process engineering, and the past 15+ years in process safety and loss prevention. He is Eastman’s representative to the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Technical Steering Committee, is the chair of the CCPS Planning committee, and is the past chair of the Reactivity Management Roundtable (RMR). Pete chairs the Process Safety Subteam for the American Chemistry Council (ACC), and serves on the International Editorial Board for the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Pete is the author or co-author of over 20 papers and publications, a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and a Fellow of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). He is a past Director of both his local AIChE section (East Tennessee), and is the 2010 Chair of AIChE’s Safety and Health division. Pete holds BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Tennessee.