Ross Dugas

I'm a former process research engineer - B.S. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Upon graduating I joined Dow Chemical and had a productive 12-year career obtaining numerous patents and helping commercialize several products and processes. I enjoyed my Dow career, but there was something I enjoyed more.

When Covid stopped the world, I re-evaluated my options and chose to pursue a passion. In 2022, I left a promising career at Dow to enroll in the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ education program at Rice University. In April 2023, I launched Scientific Financial.

I apply a scientific mindset and don't mindlessly accept doing things the "way they've always been done". I challenge the status quo and seek to do things better. Critical thinking has helped technology and the world move forward in the past decades. Financial planning should move forward too.

During Covid I asked myself what I'd do if I didn't need a paycheck. My answer was helping people with financial planning. So, I "semi-retired" and opened my own financial planning business. Now I do what I'm most passionate about and truly enjoy my work.