Research Productivity


Journal Covers from our Researchers

Energy and Fuels Cover Image March 2025

Impacts of Residual Water and Salinity on Hydrogen Adsorption and its Distribution in Geological Minerals: Insights into Hydrogen Geostorage and Natural Production

Featuring Temoor Muther and Amirmasoud Kalantari Dahaghi

Green Chemistry Cover Image June 2024

Subcritical CO2–H2O hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate as a sustainable chemical recycling platform

Featuring Featuring Dacosta Osei, Lakshmiprasad Gurrala, Aria Sheldon, Jackson Mayuga, Clarissa Lincoln, Nicholas A. Rorrer, and Ana Rita C. Morais

Digital Discovery Cover

“Predictive machine learning models trained on experimental datasets for electrochemical nitrogen reduction”

Featuring Featuring Darik A. Rosser,ab Brianna R. Farrisab and Kevin C. Leonard

Digital Discovery Cover

Evaluation of Machine Learning Models on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Human Curated Datasets

Featuring Featuring Kevin C. Leonard and graduate student Brianna R. Farris, and their collaborators Tevin Niang-Trost and Michael S. Branicky

Digital Discovery Cover

Evaluation of Machine Learning Models on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Human Curated Datasets

Featuring Featuring Kevin C. Leonard and graduate student Brianna R. Farris, and their collaborators Tevin Niang-Trost and Michael S. Branicky

Digital Discovery Cover

Predictive machine learning models trained on experimental datasets for electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Featuring Featuring Darik A. Rosser, Brianna R. Farris, and Kevin C. Leonard

Cover of Langmuir March 2024

Using Passive Microrheology to Measure the Evolution of the Rheological Properties of NIST mAb Formulations during Adsorption to the Air–Water Interface

Featuring Estephanie Laura Nottar Escobar, M. Coleman Vaclaw, Joseph T. Lozenski, and Prajnaparamita Dhar

cover of ACS Molecular Pharmaceutics March 2024

Correlating Surface Activity with Interface-Induced Aggregation in a HighConcentration mAb Solution

Featuring Estephanie L. N. Escobar, Valerie P. Griffin and Prajnaparamita Dhar

Cover of I&EC Research September 2023

Separation of Refrigerant Gases Using a Copolymer of Perfluoro(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole) (PDD) and Vinyl Acetate (VA)

Featuring Abby N. Harders and her collaborators Sarah Dixon, Brock Hines, Michael Lundin, Whitney White, and Mark B. Shiflett

Cover of Journal of Polymer Science April 2023

Modification of Nafion's nanostructure for the water management of PEM fuel cells

Featuring Trung Van Nguyen and his collaborators Yuanchao Li, Natalie Linnell Schwab, Robert M. Briber, and Joseph A. Dura

Cover of ACS Measurement Science August 2023

Deconvoluting Kinetic Rate Constants of Catalytic Substrates from Scanning Electrochemical Approach Curves with Artificial Neural Networks

Featuring Kyle Vincent Camarda, Kevin C. Leonard, graduate student Dinuka Rajapakse and Dylan T. Jantz, and their collaborators Josh Meckstroth and Zijun Yao

Current Journal Editors

  • Bala Subramaniam, Executive Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
  • Aaron Scurto, Associated Editor, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Mark Shiflett, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Ionic Liquids

Journal Editorial Boards

  • Kevin Leonard, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Textbooks Published by CPE Faculty

Stanley M. Walas 

Don W. Green with Marylee Southard

Don W. Green and G. Paul Willhite

G. Paul Willhite

RV Chaudhari

Laurence Weatherley

Textbook Chapters (not full list)

  • "Characterization under Practical Conditions: Time-Domain NMR, X-Ray Scattering and Tomography" - Alan Allgeier's Group
  • "Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources: Techniques for Reservoir Engineering Analysis" Collaboration between Reza Barati's Group and KU Researchers