WEST LAFAYETTE, IND -- Graduate students at the Purdue University Davidson School of Chemical Engineering are being recognized for their research achievements and scholarly contributions.

Siblings Reagan and Walker Mattice compete for Purdue's swimming and diving teams while navigating the demanding coursework of engineering degrees.

Rajamani Gounder, the R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, has been appointed editor of the Journal of Catalysis, published by Elsevier.

Vilas Pol, professor of chemical engineering at the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, has been selected to the 2026 class of Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors.

Ten Purdue University researchers were named in Clarivate’s 2025 list of Highly Cited Researchers, demonstrating research excellence and influence in their fields. The selected researchers have authored multiple papers that rank among the top 1% in citations in their respective fields, as recorded in the Web of Science from 2014-24.