Kerry Dooley

Research Group

The graduate students that Dr. Kerry Dooley works most closely with are:

Gabriel Otunsaya - “Metal Alloy Catalysts for Methane Dry and Bireforming”

Ademola Akanbi - “Chemical Synthesis and Process Development of the Nootkatone Family of Insect Repellents”

Muhamad Fouad - "Minimization of Specific Energy of NH3 via Next – Generation NH3
Process"

Postdoc: Dr. Tiana Plaisance - "Dry Reforming of Methane, ALD Catalysts Characterization"

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, Schlenk lines, glove box
• Two RF-induction heating generators 

We also work extensively at the LSU Synchrotron Center on the XAS beamlines, at the LSU Shared Instrumentation Facility (XPS, XRD, Raman, TEM, SEM) and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (TEM, Raman)

Awards & Honors

• SWCS Award for Excellence in Applied Catalysis, 2016
• Donald Clayton Graduate Mentoring Award, Louisiana State University, 2005
• BASF Corp. Endowed Professorship, 1998
• Alan Berman Research Publication Award, Naval Research Laboratory, 1992
• Fulbright Scholar, University of Twente (Netherlands), 1991
• Harold A. Levey Alumni Medal, Tulane University, 1987
• Cross-Holloway Research Award, Louisiana State University, 1985

Activities & Leadership Roles

• Catalysis Society, Southwest: Chair, 2004-05; Director, 2005-06, 2009-10
• Oklahoma Biofuels Center, External Advisory Board, 2009-12
• Associate Editor, RSC Catalysis Series, 2005-2016
• Executive Board, North American Catalysis Society, 2011-13
• North American Catalysis Society, North American Meeting Chair, 2007
• AIChE, National Program Committee, Chair Group 1f (High Pressure), 2004-05; Program Chair, 2003-04