Our People
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Rakesh Agrawal
Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Alina Alexeenko
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Ronald P. Andres
Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
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Xiaoping Bao
William K. Luckow Assistant Professor
Osman Basaran
Burton and Kathryn Gedge Professor of Chemical Engineering
Academic Director, Purdue Process Safety and Assurance Center (P2SAC)
Academic Director, Purdue Process Safety and Assurance Center (P2SAC)
Stephen Beaudoin
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Purdue Energetics Research Center
Director, Purdue Energetics Research Center
David Bernal Neira
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering;
Visiting Scientist, Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Universities Space Research Association;
Visiting Scientist, Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, NASA
Visiting Scientist, Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Universities Space Research Association;
Visiting Scientist, Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, NASA
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Swati Bhagwat
Research Scientist
Bryan Boudouris
Associate Vice President for Research, Strategic Interdisciplinary Research
R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Chemistry, by Courtesy
R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Chemistry, by Courtesy
Brittany Bright
CISTAR Communications Specialist
Bob Brown
Managing Director, CISTAR
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James Caruthers
Gerald and Sarah Skidmore Professor of Chemical Engineering
William Clark
Professor of Engineering Practice
Director of the Professional Master's Program
Director of the Professional Master's Program
Jill Clauson
Research Account Specialist
Business Office
Business Office
David S. Corti
Executive Officer of the School of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Jason Davenport
Shipping/Receiving Coordinator
Osra Delong
Director of Development
Development & Alumni Relations Office
Development & Alumni Relations Office
Letian Dou
Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Chemistry, by Courtesy
Associate Professor of Chemistry, by Courtesy
Denise Driscoll
CISTAR Diversity and Inclusion Director
Margaret Drummond Oakes
CISTAR Engineering Workforce Development Director
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Marissa Fackelman
Business Manager, Chemical Engineering
Business Office
Business Office
Catherine Field
Academic Communications Specialist
Elias I. Franses
Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
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Arun Giridhar
Associate Research Scientist
Allison Godwin
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Education
Director of Education, CISTAR
Director of Education, CISTAR
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Joshua Gonzalez
Operations Coordinator
Main Office
Main Office
Rajamani Gounder
R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering
Jennifer Gray
Lyohub Operations Manager
Jeffrey Greeley
Charles and Nancy Davidson Professor of Chemical Engineering
Betty Guerrero
Academic Administrator
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Robert Hannemann
Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering
Michael Harris
Robert B. and Virginia V. Covalt Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (by courtesy)
Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (by courtesy)
Lauren Hays
Administrative Assistant
Main Office
Main Office
Sandra Hendryx
Senior Administrative Assistant
Undergraduate Office
Undergraduate Office
Nancy W. Ho
Emeritus Research Professor of Chemical Engineering
R. Neal Houze
Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering
Nick Humphrey
Maintenance Mechanic
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Enrique Iglesia
Michel Boudart Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School
& Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering (Emeritus) at UC Berkeley,
President of International Association of Catalysis Societies (2016-2024),
Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School
& Theodore Vermeulen Chair in Chemical Engineering (Emeritus) at UC Berkeley,
President of International Association of Catalysis Societies (2016-2024),
Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Beverly Johnson
Graduate Program Administrator
Jessica Johnson
Associate Marketing and Communications Specialist
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Peter Keeling
CISTAR Innovation & Industry Director
Sangtae Kim
Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor
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Melissa LaGuire
Program Coordinator
Songhyun Lee
Post Doc Research Associate
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Can Li
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Julie C. Liu
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
Stephanie Lowry
Assistant Director of Donor Relations
Development & Alumni Relations Office
Development & Alumni Relations Office
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Donghan Ma
Research Associate
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Jenni Mamph
CISTAR Administrative Assistant
Jan-Anders Mansson
Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Co-Director of IN-MaC
Alexyse Martin
Account Assistant
Business Office
Business Office
Enrico N Martinez
Professor of Engineering Practice
Cornelius Masuku
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
Jeffrey McGlothlin
ChE Lab Associate - Temporary Support
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Grigori Medvedev
Research Associate
Beverly Mentzer
Temporary Service - Industrial Career
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Ray Mentzer
Professor of Engineering Practice
Executive Director of the Purdue Process Safety & Assurance Center
Executive Director of the Purdue Process Safety & Assurance Center
Michelle Metcalf
Academic Advisor
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Jeffrey T. Miller
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Linas Mockus
Research Associate Professor
John Morgan
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Graduate Studies
Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)
Director, Graduate Studies
Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)
Julayne Moser
Senior Program Manager, Professional Master's Program
Chris Murray
Project Manager
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Gabriela Nagy
Director of Industrial Education
Zoltan Nagy
Arvind Varma Professor of Chemical Engineering
Vivek Narsimhan
Michael Ott Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Joseph Pekny
Professor of Chemical Engineering
R. Byron Pipes
John L. Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Vilas Pol
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Materials Engineering (by courtesy)
Professor of Materials Engineering (by courtesy)
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Karissa Raderstorf
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Harry Creighton Peffer Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Allen Reigel
Senior Academic Advisor
Gintaras Reklaitis
Burton and Kathryn Gedge Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Fabio H. Ribeiro
William Nicholas and Elizabeth Holstein Delgass Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, CISTAR
Director, CISTAR
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Brett M. Savoie
Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Nate Schultheiss
Director of Unconventional Energy
Melissa Schwartz
Administrative Assistant
Main Office
Main Office
Jeffrey J. Siirola
Professor of Engineering Practice
Travis Stoutenborough
Chief Development Officer
Development & Alumni Relations Office
Development & Alumni Relations Office
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Brian Tackett
Robert & Sally Weist Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Kendall Thomson
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Jason Thorp
Administrative Assistant
Main Office
Main Office
Elizabeth Topp
Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
George Tsao
Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
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Jeff Valley
Maintenance Mechanic and Building Deputy
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Robin Waling
Administrative Assistant
Graduate Office
Graduate Office
Nien-Hwa Linda Wang
Norman and Jane Li Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Phillip Wankat
Clifton L. Lovell Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Education
Stuart White
High School M-Stem Education Manager
You-Yeon Won
Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Katherine Yater-Henke
Graduate Program Administrator, Purdue-Cranfield Dual MSc in Defense Engineering and Technology
Chongli Yuan
Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Yury Zvinevich
Director of Instrumentation