Kevin Kelly

My name is Kevin and I consider myself to be an avid and capable material scientist and engineer with more than 10 years of experience. I have focused mainly on developing, characterizing and evaluating adsorbents for water treatment applications in laboratory, simulated and operational environments. In particular, solid porous adsorbents in powder, granular and membrane form based on activated carbon, metal oxides and metal-organic frameworks. Beyond formulating and characterizing nanomaterials in the lab, I possess the skills to integrate them into components to facilitate integration. From coatings and lamination to granulation, my range of expertise is robust and closely aligned with green chemistry principles. I am also well versed in the design of chemical and biological reactors where I can transform a tangible problem into a model to obtain useful analytical expressions that can help predict the behavior of water treatment systems. 

Postdoctoral fellow 2022—present
Concordia University - Montreal, Canada
Synthesis and characterization of MOFs and MOF components for air dehumidification and water treatment.
Evaluation of water vapor and oxyanion adsorption performance in MOFs at the material, component and system level.

Bachelor of Biology September 2010
Universidad de las Americas - Puebla, Mexico
Research Thesis – Development, characterization and evaluation of biomass-based adsorbents.
 

Master of Science, Water Technology August 2016
Wageningen University/Wetsus Institute - Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Research Thesis – Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of iron oxide coated activated carbons and porous alumina.
 

Doctor of Philosophy, Bioresource Engineering November 2022
McGill University - Montreal, Canada
Research Thesis – Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of metal-organic frameworks and MOF-derived porous metal oxides powders and integrated components.
Patent filing approval - MOF derived super-mesoporous metal oxides