Dr. Marc Donohue

Biography

Marc Donohue is a professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests encompass thermodynamics, diffusion, adsorption, catalysis, and advanced materials. He held a shared joint appointment with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, serving as vice dean for research at the Whiting School of Engineering from 2007 to 2011, and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from 1984 to 1995. Donohue directed the Advanced Technology Laboratory and the Center for Educational Outreach at the Engineering school. His current research projects, funded by the Department of Energy, focus on developing new exhaust-gas catalyst systems that aim to reduce emissions from automobiles, power plants, and industrial processes. He is known for his work with Union Carbide on a spray paint coating technology that replaces toxic paint thinners with supercritical carbon dioxide, resulting in an 80 percent reduction in solvent emissions for spray applications. Donohue has multiple patents for his work and has been actively involved in various chemical engineering organizations. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology in 1973, where he graduated with Great Distinction as class valedictorian, and earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977.

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