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Dr. Jeffrey Miller

Professor of Chemical Engineering

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The Miller research interests in the heterogeneous catalysis synthesis for production of energy and environmental protection. Catalytic reactions include alkane dehydrogenation with alloy metal nano-particles, zeolite conversions of light alkanes to fuels, and olefin oligomerization by novel Lewis acids. The group also has expertise in characterization of catalysts under realistic reaction conditions of high temperature and pressure, especially X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction at the Advanced Photon Source, in situ infrared, atomic resolution STEM, in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies.

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  • Bukowski, B. C., Purdy, S. C., Wegener, E. C., Wu, Z., Kropf, A. J., Zhang, G., Miller, J. T., & Greeley, J. (2023). Intermetallic alloy structure-activity descriptors derived from inelastic X-ray scattering. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(16), 11216–11226. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp00330b
  • Breckner, C. J., Pham, H. N., Dempsey, M. G., Perez-Ahuatl, M. A., Kohl, A. C., Lytle, C. N., Datye, A. K., & Miller, J. T. (2023). The Role of Lewis Acid Sites in γ-Al2O3 Oligomerization. ChemPhysChem, 24(14). https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300244 (PDF)
  • Bardool, R., Dean, D. P., Pham, H. N., Datye, A. K., Raeissi, S., Rahimpour, M. R., & Miller, J. T. (2023). Secondary reactions of propylene on Ga/γ-Al2O3 propane dehydrogenation catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115201
  • LiBretto, N. J., Xu, Y., Quigley, A., Edwards, E., Nargund, R., Vega-Vila, J. C., Caulkins, R., Saxena, A., Gounder, R., Greeley, J., Zhang, G., & Miller, J. T. (2021). Olefin oligomerization by main group Ga3+ and Zn2+ single site catalysts on SiO2. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22512-6
  • R. Bardool, D.P. Dean, H.N. Pham, A.K. Datye, S. Raeissi, M.R. Rahimpour, J.T. Miller, “Secondary Reactions of Propylene on Single Site Ga(III) on Alumina Propane Dehydrogenation Catalysts,” J. Catal., 428, 115201 (2023); doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115201.
  • LiBretto, N. J., Yang, C., Ren, Y., Zhang, G., & Miller, J. T. (2019). Identification of Surface Structures in Pt3Cr Intermetallic Nanocatalysts. Chemistry of Materials, 31(5), 1597–1609. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04774

  • Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Mentor Award 2023
  • Most Impactful Inventors from Purdue University 2022
  • Seed for Success Research Award from Purdue University 2021
  • 2020 Excellence in Research Award from Purdue University
  • 2020 CISTAR Faculty Mentor Award
  • 2018 Seed for Success Research Award from Purdue University
  • 2012-14 Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
  • 2012 Pierre et Marie Curie Lectureship in Catalysis from the University of Paris
  • 2010 F.G. Ciapetta Award in Catalysis from the North American Catalysis Society
  • 2009 Excellence in Catalysis Award from the Metropolitan Catalysis Society of NY
  • 2007 Member of NSF-DOE International Catalysis Assessment Committee
  • 2006 Herman Pines Award in Catalysis from the Chicago Catalysis Society
  • 2000-08 Officer in Chicago Catalysis Club
  • 1998 Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
  • 1997-2004 Editorial Board, Applied Catalysis A: General
  • 1997 Secretary of the North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Chicago