Chrysanthos Gounaris
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Chrysanthos Gounaris received a Dipl. in Chemical Engineering (2002) and an M.Sc. in Process Control (2003) from the National Technical University of Athens. He then attended Princeton University, where he earned an M.A. (2005) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2008). His doctoral thesis, pursued under the supervision of Chris A. Floudas, is entitled "Advances in Global Optimization and the Rational Design of Shape-Selective Separations" and explores the use of nonlinear modeling and global optimization techniques in the study of porous materials. After graduation, Gounaris joined McKinsey & Co. as an associate, where he provided consultation to petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged-goods companies on a variety of projects of operational and strategic nature (2008-2010). He returned to academia to pursue postdoctoral research at Princeton University (2010-2013), after which he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University as an assistant professor.
Education
2008 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
2005 MA, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
2003 MS, Automation Systems, National Technical University of Athens
2002 Dipl, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Research Interests
- advanced process decision-making
- AI, energy, and climate
- carbon management
- chemical engineering
- energy production
- EVs and mobility
- industrial decarbonization and efficiency
- industrial engineering
- materials science & engineering
- multiscale modeling
- nanomaterials
- operations research
- process optimization
- process systems engineering
- systems modeling
- transportation systems
Media mentions
Chemical Engineering
Student spotlight: Megan Walsh
Through her research with a large pharmaceutical company and her internship in the hospitality and decarbonization sector, Ph.D. student Megan Walsh is working to make processes more efficient.
Walsh earns Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing award
ChemE Ph.D. student Megan Walsh was selected as a 2024 Student Award winner by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing (PD2M) Forum.
Chemical Engineering
Alum spotlight: Ashlesha Tiple
An independent project with Procter & Gamble led to a job for Ashlesha Tiple (‘22). She uses process systems engineering to make manufacturing processes more sustainable.
Gounaris named director of new Shared Computing Facility
ChemE’s Chrysanthos Gounaris was named director of the new Shared Computing Facility at the College of Engineering.
2021 Engineering faculty award winners selected
Congratulations to the 2021 CMU Engineering Faculty Awards winners.
Subramanyam accepts faculty position at Penn State
ChemE alum Anirudh Subramanyam has accepted a faculty position in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University. Subramanyam graduated from CMU in 2018, earning his Ph.D. in Process Systems Engineering under the supervision of Associate Professor Chrysanthos Gounaris.
CMU Engineering
Optimizing pharmaceutical development
Chrysanthos Gounaris, in partnership with Eli Lilly and Company, has developed an automated decision support system for planning the R&D activities within Lilly’s Synthetic Molecule Design and Development organization.
Carnegie Mellon University
ChemE professors awarded funds
ChemE’s Lorenz Biegler and Chrysanthos Gounaris were awarded $400,000 from The U.S. Department of Energy.
Center of Advanced Process Decision-making
CAPD holds annual review meeting
The Annual Review Meeting of the Center for Advanced Process Decision-making, held on March 9-11, 2021, included talks by ChemE’s Larry Biegler, Chrysanthos Gounaris, Ignacio Grossmann, and Nick Sahinidis.
CMU Engineering
CMU partners with Eli Lilly on research collaboration
Carnegie Mellon and global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company have formed a research partnership to advance process systems engineering and optimization tools for accelerated product development in the pharmaceutical industry.
CMU Engineering
The 2018 Dean’s Early Career Fellows
Eight young CMU faculty receive awards for their outstanding contributions to the university.
CAPD hosts annual meeting
The Center for Advanced Process Decision-making (CAPD) hosted its annual meeting at CMU on March 12 - 14