Sopuruchukwu Ezenwa

Sopuru Ezenwa is a 5th year PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University where he works with Prof. Rajamani Gounder on investigating Brønsted acid zeolite catalysts for selective arene conversions. At Purdue, he is also a CISTAR Graduate Fellow where he works with Prof. Fabio Ribeiro and Prof. Ray Mentzer to investigate safety practices and develop tools to promote safer cultures in chemical labs. Sopuru obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University in 2018 where he worked with Prof. Prashant Deshlahra on computational and experimental studies of metal oxide catalysts for selective alkane oxidative dehydrogenation. Sopuru aims to apply his diverse background knowledge, expertise, and skill set to understand, conceptualize, and better design advanced materials and complex systems that tackle some key challenges in sustainable chemical and energy production.