Jeffrey T. Miller

Professor of Chemical Engineering

FRNY 2152
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 496-0462 (office)
(765) 494-0805 (fax)
Joined Purdue in 2015

Research Interests

We are a part of the Purdue Catalysis Center, which fosters interaction among faculty and students in catalysis research groups by collaborating on research projects, sharing resources and facilities, and holding weekly joint group meetings.

Research Group

Graduate Students

  • Mark Davidson
  • Laryssa Goncalves Cesar
  • Stephen Purdy
  • Evan Wegener
  • Zhenwei Wu

Selected Publications

“Effect of Cu content on the bimetallic Pt-Cu catalysts for propane dehydrogenation,” Z. Ma, Z. Wu, J.T. Miller, Catalysis Structure and Reactivity, 3, 43-53 (2107).

“Mechanism of Me-Re Bond Addition to Platinum(II) and Dioxygen Activation by the Resulting Pt-Re Bimetallic Center,” K.R. Pichaandi, L. Kabalan, H. Amini, G. Zhang, H. Zhi, H.I. Kentamma, P. Fanwick, J.T. Miller, S. Kais, M. Rashdi, S.M. Nabavizadeh, M. M. Abu-Omar, Inorg. Chem., 56, 2145-2152 (2017).

"BSMV as a Novel Biotemplate for Palladium Nanomaterial Synthesis," O.O. Adigun, E.L. Retzlaff-Roberts, G. Novikova, L. Wang, B.S. Kim, J. Ilavsky, J.T. Miller, L.S. Loesch-Fries, M.T. Harris, Langmuir, 33, 1716-1724 (2017).

"The Nature of the Isolated Gallium Active Center for Propane Dehydrogenation on Ga/SiO-2," V.J. Cybulskis, S.U. Pradhan, J.J. Lovon-Quintana, A.S. Hock, B. Hu, G, Zhang, W. N. Delgass, F.H. Ribeiro, J.T. Miller, Catal. Lett. 147, 1252-1262 (2017).

"Pd-In intermetallic alloy nanoparticles: highly selective ethane dehydrogenation catalysts," Z. Wu, E.C. Wegener, H.-T. Tseng, J.R. Gallagher, J.W. Harris, R.E. Diaz, Y. Ren, F.H. Ribeiro, J.T. Miller, Catal. Sci. & Tech., 6, 6965-6976 (2016).