Trustee Spotlight
Dr. John Turner is a Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. His research is primarily concerned with enabling technologies for the implementation of hydrogen systems into the energy infrastructure. This includes direct conversion (photoelectrolysis) systems for hydrogen production from sunlight and water, materials for advanced fuel cell membranes, and corrosion protection for fuel cell metal bipolar plates. Other work involves the study of electrode materials for high energy density lithium batteries and fundamental processes of charge transfer at semiconductor electrodes.
Dr. Turner has twice received the Midwestern Research Institute President's Award for Exceptional Performance in Research. In addition, he has received the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel award for Research Excellence, an Idaho State University Outstanding Achievement Award (2006), and six Outstanding Mentor Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy for his work with undergraduate students.
John is the author or co-author of over 140 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of photoelectrochemistry, fuel cells, batteries, general electrochemistry and analytical chemistry. He is a Fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, a joint institute between NREL and the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also a co-Editor of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.
Dr. Turner received a B.S. in Chemistry from Idaho State University, a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Colorado State University, and completed a postdoctoral appointment at the California Institute of Technology before joining the Laboratory (then the Solar Energy Research Institute) in 1979. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society and the Electrochemical Society.
John and his wife, Dixie, live in Broomfield, Colorado and attend Flatirons Church in Lafayette.