Prospective members

Why should you join?


Purdue Catalysis Center (PCC) is uniquely positioned to push the catalysis frontier forward and address new catalytic challenges. We are able to do this due to the strong collaborative nature of the research spanning synthesis, characterisation, kinetics, simulation expertise. The overall goal of this center is to develop rigorous structure-function relationships, with a sound understanding of the active-site and kinetic mechanisms, to model and predict next-generation catalysts.

What will you do?



As a member of PCC, you will have the opportunity to collaborate closely on various experimental and simulation-based projects. Head to research projects to explore faculty and respective research areas.

Where can you go after?



Being a part of PCC opens up plethora of opportunities for a successful career after graduate school. Most the graduate students choose to pursue a post-doc degree at some of the top schools in the country and aboard, finally initiating a faculty career themselves. A fruitful career at the top national laboratories or at one of the many industry-partners is what other graduate students choose. Following are some of the places where the most recent graduate students have gone. For more details, visit the Alumni Page