Rate My Professor Jonathan Love

Professor Jonathan Love serves as the Stanwell Professorial Chair in Hydrogen at CQUniversity in the Engineering discipline, where he leads the Hydrogen and Derivatives Program as Program Leader in the Centre for Hydrogen and Renewable Energy at the Gladstone Marina campus. He earned a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Canterbury in 1986 and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Otago in 1990, accumulating over 30 years of expertise in electrochemical energy conversion and storage across industry and academia. His research specializations encompass electrolysers and fuel cells for renewable hydrogen production, electrocatalysts and electrode-electrolyte interfaces, stationary fuel cells for long-duration grid firming, low-carbon liquid fuels including hydrogen liquefaction and cryogenics, nanocatalysts for green chemicals and fuels, and waste heat recovery to enhance efficiency in heavy industry processes such as wastewater treatment integration.

Prior to joining CQUniversity, Love was an Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology from November 2018 to April 2024, serving as Academic Lead for the H2Xport project, which designed and constructed a unique 50 kW 'plug-and-play' flexible testbed integrating solar technologies, batteries, electrolysers, fuel cells, and hydrogen storage. In industry, he co-developed BlueGen, the first-of-a-kind residential solid oxide fuel cell product at Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited, co-awarding the 2012 Australasian Industrial Research Group Medal for technological innovation. He coordinates the Liquid Hydrogen Supply Chain Pillar of the Hydrogen Flight Alliance, leads the Hydrogen Production Working Group of the Australian Hydrogen Research Network, and contributes to international standards as a participating member in IEC TC105 and Standards Australia ME-093 committees on fuel cells. Key publications include 'Integrated Design and Construction of a 50 kW Flexible Hybrid Renewable Power Hydrogen System Testbed' (2025), 'Enhancing the Activity and Stability of IrO₂ for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction over a Wide pH Range using Electrodeposited BaO₂' (2025), 'Hybrid PV Systems – Optimizing CPV and SiPV Ratio to Increase Sustainability of Hydrogen Production' (2024), 'Thermal Management of Water Electrolysis using Membrane Distillation' (2024), and 'Energy Shifting in Wastewater Treatment using Compressed Oxygen from Integrated Hydrogen Production' (2023). With over 1,700 citations across 55 publications, his work advances sustainable energy solutions, supporting regional industry transformation in Gladstone and Central Queensland.