Professor Jonathan Love
BSc(Hons), PhDStanwell Professorial Chair in Hydrogen
Research Division
Hydrogen Renewable Energies Centre
Building 4
I am the Stanwell Professorial Chair in Hydrogen at CQUniversity and the Program Lead for renewable hydrogen and derivatives in CQUniversity’s Centre for Hydrogen and Renewable Energy. I am an electrochemist with a focus on hydrogen, fuel cell and electrolyser research with over 30 years in industry and academia. My expertise is in developing new technologies using electrochemical and materials science principles for renewable energy systems that include fuel cells, electrolysers and energy storage. In industry, I was a co-developer of an award-winning RD&D project for a world leading innovative Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) product. Before joining CQU, I was academic lead at QUT in the design and construction of laboratory scale (<1kW) and pilot plant scale (50kW) solar to renewable hydrogen production testbeds. I was a member of the Australian Hydrogen International Collaboration delegations to UK in 2022 and Singapore in 2023 and the lead of the hydrogen production working group in the Australian Hydrogen Research Network (AHRN).
Universities Studied At
Otago University, New Zealand. Awarded PhD in Physical Chemistry (1990)
Canterbury University, New Zealand. Awarded BSc(Hons) in Chemistry (1986)
Universities Worked At
Queensland University of Technology (Nov 2018-Apr 2024), Centre for Clean Energy Technology and Practices, School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science
Associate Professor. Member of H2Xport Project led by QUT and funded by ARENA, Industry, Academia, and Government. Academic Lead in the H2Xport project for coordinating the design and construction of the H2Xport research grade pilot plant (50kW). This pilot plant is a unique “plug-and-play” flexible testbed that integrates different solar technologies, batteries, fuel cells, electrolysers, hydrogen storage and water treatment. Established a post-graduate laboratory, the “Micro Green Energy Precinct”, with a hydrogen-electricity hybrid microgrid system that enables rapid testing of key operational concepts prior to pilot-plant use and/or digital twinning.
Awards
Co-awarded the Australasian Industrial Research Group (AIRG) Medal for Australasian SME Technological Innovation (2012) with key members of the BlueGen Development Team at Ceramic Fuel Cells
Limited.
Media Citations
https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2024/08/07/research-chair-appointed/
https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/hydrogen-production-policy-critical-to-net-zero-emissions
Professional Memberships
- Australian Hydrogen Research Network (AHRN). Working Group on Hydrogen Production – Lead. Since February 2024.
- International Electrochemical Commission (IEC). Technical Committee on Fuel Cell Technology (TC105). Participating member in two Working Group’s and six Maintenance Teams on behalf of SA-ME-093. Since
February 2021. - Standards Australia (SA). Fuel Cells Working Group of Hydrogen Technologies Committee ME-093. Since March 2020.
- Visiting Fellow, School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology. External supervisor of PhD research students. Since April 2024.
- Memberships: Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), Electrochemical Society (ECS).
Responsibilities
Lead for Hydrogen and Derivatives Program in the Centre for Hydrogen and Renewable Energy
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 4004 Chemical Engineering
- 4014 Manufacturing Engineering
- 4016 Materials Engineering
- 4018 Nanotechnology
- 3406 Physical chemistry
Current Capacity
Chemical Engineering - Electrochemical energy storage and conversion
Electrochemical energy conversion. Electrolysers Fuel cells
Materials Engineering - Functional Materials
Electrocatalysts
Electrode-electrolyte interfaces
