Turgut Gur

Turgut M. Gür is an Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Engineering faculty at Stanford University. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and a PhD with distinction in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. His research focuses on high-temperature electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies, materials, and processes, encompassing fuel cells, electrocatalysis, electrosynthesis, coal and hydrocarbon conversion, hydrogen production, sensors, and membranes. Gür has made significant contributions to advancing solid oxide fuel cells, direct carbon fuel cells, steam-carbon cells, and low-temperature fuel cell architectures through innovative materials and nanostructuring approaches.

Gür's distinguished career spans over three decades, including leadership as Founding Member and Executive Director of Stanford's DOE-EFRC Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC), Technical Director for the NSF-MRSEC Center for Materials Research (CMR), and Founding Technical Director for the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM). He has served as Chief Technology Officer for H2onsite, co-founder, Director, and CTO for Clean Coal Energy and Direct Carbon Technologies, and Director and Scientific Advisor for Electro-Oxidation Technologies. Currently, he holds a Visiting Professor appointment at the Chinese University of Mining and Technology-Beijing and an international mentor role at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. An Inducted Fellow of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), Gür serves as its President, chairs the Board of Directors and the High Temperature Energy Materials and Processes Division, and has completed three terms on the Board of the International Society for Solid State Ionics. He has co-organized 24 international conferences and symposia, co-edited 18 transaction volumes and proceedings, and acted as Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2002-2014) and editor for Solid State Ionics Letters (1998-2002). His over 165 publications include 'High-Temperature Fuel Cells for Zero-Carbon Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels' (2024), 'Review of Electrical Energy Storage Technologies, Materials and Systems: Challenges and Prospects for Large-Scale Grid Storage' (2018), 'Critical Review of Carbon Conversion in Carbon Fuel Cells' (2013), and 'Comprehensive Review of Methane Conversion in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells' (2016). Gür holds 11 U.S. patents, such as those on steam-carbon cells for hydrogen production and integrated dry gasification fuel cell systems, and ranks among the top cited scientists in energy (702nd in 2020, 526th in 2023).

Professional Email: turgut.gur@stanford.edu