Bryan Hunter

Bryan Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University. His group uses inorganic chemistry to develop sustainable solutions for global challenges like CO2 reduction, ammonia synthesis, and seawater splitting. Research emphasizes renewable fuel generation via electrocatalysis, cutting-edge spectroscopy, and materials synthesis.

Key achievements include elucidating iron's role as the active site in nickel/iron water oxidation catalysts, trapping high-valent iron intermediates, and designing mixed-metal nanosheet catalysts via pulsed-laser ablation. Honors feature the 2019 Nobel Laureate Signature Award and NSF Graduate Fellowship.

Recent publications explore hydrocarbon oxidation in non-aqueous media, axial ambivalence in cobalt complexes, and mechanistic studies of O-O bond formation. His work bridges fundamental inorganic chemistry with renewable energy applications.