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Dr. John N. Kuhn

Professor of chemical, biological, and materials engineering, & associate chair of graduate studies Phone: 813-974-6498 | Office: IDRB 212 Email: jnkuhn@usf.edu Research clusters: Energy and Sustainability, Advanced Materials

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Research Overview

The Kuhn group focuses at the interface of heterogeneous catalysis and materials chemistry with an emphasis on applications in the fields of energy and the environment.

• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Materials Chemistry
• Synthetic fuels
• Photo/Electro-catalysis
• Engineering Education

Selected Publications

• Johnson, O., He, Y, St. Pierre-Charles, I., Richter, J., Joseph, B., and Kuhn, J.N., 鈥淪tabilizing Catalytic Performance in Dry Reforming of Methane via Surface-Engineered Intermetallic Carbide Nanoparticles", JACS 147 (2025) 16786-16791. () 
• Amaraibi, R., Joseph, B., and Kuhn, J.N., 鈥淟ife Cycle Assessment of Liquid Transportation Fuel Produced by Intensified Biogas to Liquid (IBGTL) Process ", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 13 (2025) 6064-6073. ()
• Shi, H. Guo, J., Singh, P., Bhethanabotla, V.R., and Kuhn, J.N., 鈥淩ole of SiO2 in enhancing CO yield by using silica-supported La0.5Ba0.5FeO3 in reverse water鈥揼as shift chemical looping鈥� RSC Sustain., 2025, Advance Article. ()
• Gray, B., Johnson, O., Joseph, B. and Kuhn, J.N., 鈥淗igh-Temperature Fe-Based Fischer鈥揟ropsch Synthesis: Experimentally Validated Kinetic Models Implemented at Pellet and Reactor Scales鈥� Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 63 (2024) 15061-15072. ()