Faculty Directory
Rajamani Gounder
R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Email:
rgounder@purdue.edu
Office:
FRNY
2160
Campus Phone:
(765) 496-7826
Mailing Address
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue in 2013
Degrees Received
B. S., University of Wisconsin, 2006
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011 - 2013
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011 - 2013
Honors and Awards Received
International Zeolite Association (IZA) Young Researcher Award, 2025
PECASE Award, 2025
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
ISCRE Rutherford Aris Award, 2023
Eastman Lectureship, UC-Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2022
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2021
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
ACS CATL Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2021
Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, 2019
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2019
DOE Early Career Award, 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2018
Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, 2017
Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering, 2017
AIChE 35 Under 35 Award, 2017
NSF CAREER Award, 2016
Young Scientist Prize, International Congress on Catalysis, 2016
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2016
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2016
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, 2015
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2015
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2014
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2014
PECASE Award, 2025
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
ISCRE Rutherford Aris Award, 2023
Eastman Lectureship, UC-Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2022
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2021
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
ACS CATL Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2021
Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, 2019
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2019
DOE Early Career Award, 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2018
Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, 2017
Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering, 2017
AIChE 35 Under 35 Award, 2017
NSF CAREER Award, 2016
Young Scientist Prize, International Congress on Catalysis, 2016
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2016
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2016
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, 2015
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2015
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2014
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2014
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Sang Hyun Ahn
Dr. Soonhyoung Kwon
Edgard Lebron Rodriguez
Jialiang Li
Alexander Minne
Dr. Soonhyoung Kwon
Edgard Lebron Rodriguez
Jialiang Li
Alexander Minne
Graduate Student Names
Bereket Bekele
Bonn Cao
Wei-Ting Chung
Tania Class Martinez
Bryan Cruz Delgado
Christopher Dean
Sarah Gustafson
Reagan Huckabee
Nishant Kahane
Lauren Kilburn
Caleb Lavallee
Andrew Norfleet
Justin Rosa Rojas
Diamarys Salome Rivera
Angel Santiago-Colon
Ryoh-Suke Sekiya
Bonn Cao
Wei-Ting Chung
Tania Class Martinez
Bryan Cruz Delgado
Christopher Dean
Sarah Gustafson
Reagan Huckabee
Nishant Kahane
Lauren Kilburn
Caleb Lavallee
Andrew Norfleet
Justin Rosa Rojas
Diamarys Salome Rivera
Angel Santiago-Colon
Ryoh-Suke Sekiya
Names of Undergraduate Researchers
Anna Chambers
Sarah Mollan
Aakash Sanjay
Sarah Mollan
Aakash Sanjay
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Catalysis
Surface Science and Kinetics
Surface Science and Kinetics
Extra information or links
Visiting and Adjunct Faculty
Rajamani Gounder
R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Email:
rgounder@purdue.edu
Office:
FRNY
2160
Campus Phone:
(765) 496-7826
Mailing Address
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue in 2013
Degrees Received
B. S., University of Wisconsin, 2006
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011 - 2013
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011 - 2013
Honors and Awards Received
International Zeolite Association (IZA) Young Researcher Award, 2025
PECASE Award, 2025
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
ISCRE Rutherford Aris Award, 2023
Eastman Lectureship, UC-Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2022
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2021
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
ACS CATL Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2021
Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, 2019
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2019
DOE Early Career Award, 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2018
Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, 2017
Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering, 2017
AIChE 35 Under 35 Award, 2017
NSF CAREER Award, 2016
Young Scientist Prize, International Congress on Catalysis, 2016
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2016
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2016
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, 2015
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2015
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2014
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2014
PECASE Award, 2025
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
ISCRE Rutherford Aris Award, 2023
Eastman Lectureship, UC-Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2022
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2021
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
ACS CATL Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2021
Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, 2019
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2019
DOE Early Career Award, 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2018
Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, 2017
Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering, 2017
AIChE 35 Under 35 Award, 2017
NSF CAREER Award, 2016
Young Scientist Prize, International Congress on Catalysis, 2016
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2016
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2016
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, 2015
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2015
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2014
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2014
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Sang Hyun Ahn
Dr. Soonhyoung Kwon
Edgard Lebron Rodriguez
Jialiang Li
Alexander Minne
Dr. Soonhyoung Kwon
Edgard Lebron Rodriguez
Jialiang Li
Alexander Minne
Graduate Student Names
Bereket Bekele
Bonn Cao
Wei-Ting Chung
Tania Class Martinez
Bryan Cruz Delgado
Christopher Dean
Sarah Gustafson
Reagan Huckabee
Nishant Kahane
Lauren Kilburn
Caleb Lavallee
Andrew Norfleet
Justin Rosa Rojas
Diamarys Salome Rivera
Angel Santiago-Colon
Ryoh-Suke Sekiya
Bonn Cao
Wei-Ting Chung
Tania Class Martinez
Bryan Cruz Delgado
Christopher Dean
Sarah Gustafson
Reagan Huckabee
Nishant Kahane
Lauren Kilburn
Caleb Lavallee
Andrew Norfleet
Justin Rosa Rojas
Diamarys Salome Rivera
Angel Santiago-Colon
Ryoh-Suke Sekiya
Names of Undergraduate Researchers
Anna Chambers
Sarah Mollan
Aakash Sanjay
Sarah Mollan
Aakash Sanjay
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Catalysis
Surface Science and Kinetics
Surface Science and Kinetics
Extra information or links
Emeritus Faculty
Rajamani Gounder
R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Email:
rgounder@purdue.edu
Office:
FRNY
2160
Campus Phone:
(765) 496-7826
Mailing Address
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue in 2013
Degrees Received
B. S., University of Wisconsin, 2006
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011 - 2013
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 2011 - 2013
Honors and Awards Received
International Zeolite Association (IZA) Young Researcher Award, 2025
PECASE Award, 2025
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
ISCRE Rutherford Aris Award, 2023
Eastman Lectureship, UC-Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2022
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2021
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
ACS CATL Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2021
Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, 2019
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2019
DOE Early Career Award, 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2018
Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, 2017
Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering, 2017
AIChE 35 Under 35 Award, 2017
NSF CAREER Award, 2016
Young Scientist Prize, International Congress on Catalysis, 2016
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2016
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2016
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, 2015
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2015
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2014
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2014
PECASE Award, 2025
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
ISCRE Rutherford Aris Award, 2023
Eastman Lectureship, UC-Berkeley College of Chemistry, 2022
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2022
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2021
Outstanding CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award, 2021
ACS CATL Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2021
Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research, 2019
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2019
DOE Early Career Award, 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2018
Purdue Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, 2017
Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering, 2017
AIChE 35 Under 35 Award, 2017
NSF CAREER Award, 2016
Young Scientist Prize, International Congress on Catalysis, 2016
Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award, 2016
R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering, 2016
Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, 2015
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2015
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2014
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2014
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Sang Hyun Ahn
Dr. Soonhyoung Kwon
Edgard Lebron Rodriguez
Jialiang Li
Alexander Minne
Dr. Soonhyoung Kwon
Edgard Lebron Rodriguez
Jialiang Li
Alexander Minne
Graduate Student Names
Bereket Bekele
Bonn Cao
Wei-Ting Chung
Tania Class Martinez
Bryan Cruz Delgado
Christopher Dean
Sarah Gustafson
Reagan Huckabee
Nishant Kahane
Lauren Kilburn
Caleb Lavallee
Andrew Norfleet
Justin Rosa Rojas
Diamarys Salome Rivera
Angel Santiago-Colon
Ryoh-Suke Sekiya
Bonn Cao
Wei-Ting Chung
Tania Class Martinez
Bryan Cruz Delgado
Christopher Dean
Sarah Gustafson
Reagan Huckabee
Nishant Kahane
Lauren Kilburn
Caleb Lavallee
Andrew Norfleet
Justin Rosa Rojas
Diamarys Salome Rivera
Angel Santiago-Colon
Ryoh-Suke Sekiya
Names of Undergraduate Researchers
Anna Chambers
Sarah Mollan
Aakash Sanjay
Sarah Mollan
Aakash Sanjay
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Catalysis
Surface Science and Kinetics
Surface Science and Kinetics
Extra information or links