Fuels & Chemicals for the Future
The Leonard Lab at the University of Kansas is dedicated to inventing, developing, and improving tools and processes that are sustainable, energy efficient, economically viable, and safe.
Leonard Lab News
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award Winner
Professor Kevin Leonard was honored with the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award for his multiple contributions to the field of sustainable chemistry and engineering, including the production, at scale, of clean hydrogen and the development of CO2-expanded electrolytes that offer potential in the rapidly developing area of synthetic electrochemistry.
Professor Kevin C. Leonard
Kevin C. Leonard is the leader of the Leonard Lab. He is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas and a member of the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis.
Research Topics
Electrocatalysis
Discovering new materials and reaction media to catalyze electrochemical reactions for the creation of renewable fuels and chemicals in an environmentally-beneficial manner.
Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM)
Advancing characterization techniques for catalytic and electrocatalytic materials to increase fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms.
Harnessing Data & Machine Learning
Developing novel data mining and extraction methodologies to accelerate catalytic insights and innovations.
CO₂ Expanded Electrolytes
Utilizing CO₂, otherwise released as waste product, as a feedstock to produce value-added products.