Johna Leddy has officially been promoted to Full Professor as of July 2024. She has been with the University of Iowa Department of Chemistry since 1991 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997. Professor Leddy has been a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society since 2013 and received the University of Iowa Inventors Award in 2013. She also received the Obermann Fellow in Residence Award in 2013, 2015, & 2019.

Professor Leddy's research focuses on Electrochemistry, Magnetoelectrocatalysis, Electrochemical energy systems, and models.

"Magnetic fields do not affect chemical systems through thermodynamic and equilibrium processes, but through mass transport and kinetics. Magnetic fields open new reaction pathways to alter rates and product distributions. Our studies of magnetic field effects on chemical kinetics run from the fundamentals of theory and modeling through experimental demonstration and evaluation of effects in composite materials to implementation in technologies such as fuel cells and batteries."

For more information on Professor Leddy's research, visit her group's website.