Member of the Technology Development Group
Dr. John Hoberg is a synthetic organic/organometallic chemist who obtained his PhD at Montana State University. Prior to coming to the University of Wyoming, he worked at the National Renewable Energy Lab and Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. His research group focuses on two separate areas, one that involves light-driven metal catalysis and the second is in the area of nitrogen containing graphitic materials (NCGMs). His research in metal catalysis centers on the design of new metal ligands for photo absorption of light by one metal that promotes metal catalyzed reactions by a second metal. His focus is on the use of rhodium and iridium metals as the photosensitizers and pyridine based ligands in these studies.