Chuck Taylor

Chuck Taylor

• Global Partnerships Manager U.S. Department Of Energy - NETL

Dr. Taylor works in the Science & Technology Strategic Plans & Programs Center in the Office of Director at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Dr. Taylor serves as the Global Partnerships Manager for NETL. He is the lead within NETL for all international activities including the management and oversight of all international agreements and interactions with foreign governments and international industrial, non-governmental and academic entities. Dr. Taylor also identifies opportunities for international cooperation and facilitates the formulation and implementation of these activities. Additionally, he assists in identifying opportunities to promote the commercialization of U.S. technology in foreign markets and participates in national and international trade missions, technical information exchanges, forums and conferences.

He earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Duquesne University in 1985 and has been employed at NETL since 1985 after completing nine months as a Post Doctorial appointee with PETC (a NETL predecessor organization). His research has spanned numerous areas including; synthesis, magnetic and spectral properties of triorganosiloxy- and triorganogermoxy-copper(II) complexes, conversion of methane to gasoline-range hydrocarbons, photocatalytic conversion of methane and water to methanol and hydrogen, photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and water to methanol, photocatalytic conversion of methane contained within methane hydrates, the kinetics of the formation and dissociation of methane hydrates, the separation of hydrogen by dense-metal membranes, and the rapid formation of methane hydrates from methane and water.