Kerry Dooley Research

The Dooley group specializes in heterogeneous catalysis and the reactor design/operation of catalytic, adsorption and other processes that utilize advanced inorganic materials.  It works closely with the Mike Janik / Kostas Alexopoulos / Gina Noh groups (Penn St.), and the  Anurag Mandalika, Craig Plaisance, Dorin Boldor Roger Laine and Mike Benton groups at LSU.  Current funded projects are: 

• NSF-CBET, “Collaborative Research: “The role of oxide overlayers on adsorbate migration and metal sintering in reactions of CO2”

• NSF-PFI, “Chemical Synthesis of a Natural Product Family of Compounds with Uses as Insect Repellents, Especially for Deer Ticks”

• Mosaic LLC, “Single pass ammonia synthesis using absorption refrigeration cycle,”

• LSU Institute for Energy Innovation, “Sustainable Aviation/Maritime Fuels from Biomass Residues in Louisiana”

• Louisiana FUEL (an NSF ENGINE), “Adsorption-based chemical   looping process for production of H2 and SO2 from H2S”

• NSF, “E-RISE RII: Use of a Louisiana Bio-Electric Fuel Incubator to Create Liquid Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Residues”

•  LSU Institute for Energy Innovation, “Plastics Recycling - Low-temperature, microwave-driven catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste”