Kerry M. Dooley
BASF Professor
Room 262 Chemical Engineering Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (225) 578-3063
dooley@lsu.edu
Educational Background
PhD, University of Delaware, 1983
MS, Tulane University, 1978
BS, Tulane University, 1976
Research Interests
- Catalysis
- Materials Chemistry
- Energy
Research Group
The graduate students I am most closely working with are:
Kelly Cohen – Direct methane to methanol oxidation at high pressure in a microreactor
Cameron Roman – Catalytic dehydrogenation to alkenes with RF-energy input
Bernard Whajah – Catalytic depolymerization of polyolefins with zeolite-based catalysts
Jonathan Lucas – Methane dry reforming catalysis
Dooley Labs – our facilities include:
- Continuous catalytic reactor systems covering a range of pressures and temperatures
- Product analysis – GC, MS, LC
- Catalyst characterization – DSC/TGA, FTIR, porosimetry, chemisorption
- Synthetic facilities such as autoclaves, ovens, etc.
We also work extensively at the LSU Synchrotron Center, especially on the XAS beamlines
