Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
The CEBC seeks sustainable chemical discoveries at the frontiers of science and engineering. We strive to protect the planet, promote prosperity, and enrich scholarship through education.
Our Impact
50+
uniquely trained grads employed around the world
23
patents and 6 licensed inventions
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Company partners invested $15 Million in CEBC to date
Thank you for your interest in the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis. The CEBC is realizing its vision of being a rich source of sustainable chemical technology advances. Our committed team and industry partners keep the center's mission robust and consistently moving forward, resulting in a strong record of research accomplishments.
Bala Subramaniam
Director of CEBC
Our Research Strengths
We believe collaboration sparks innovation. Our team of chemists, engineers, data scientists, and economists strive for economically viable and sustainable breakthroughs. CEBC partners with companies and institutions to identify and commercialize priority research.
Our Education Initiatives
We educate the next generation by empowering high school teachers and inspiring youth. We equip students with in-demand skills, aiding the pipeline for future scientists and engineers.CEBC News
Subramaniam group research featured on cover of ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Lignin research by Bala Subramaniam's group is featured on the cover of the April 16, 2025 issue of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, an American Catalysis Society journal.
Great Plains Catalysis Society 2024 Award to Bala Subramaniam
CEBC Director Bala Subramaniam received the 2024 GPCS Award "for making seminal contributions in catalysis that promote decarbonization and sustainability."
CEBC is a partner in $10 million multi-institution, Center for Mineral & Metal Oxide Removal from Biomass (CMORE)
CMORE is one of five projects funded by a partnership of Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agricultural Research (FFAR). They have established the Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future (VIFF) to enhance scientific collaboration in transforming biomass into key products in a more sustainable, circular bioeconomy.
CEBC Education Director Ana Chicas-Mosier is co-investigator on $3 million grant supporting undergraduate STEM research
KU and other Kansas and Nebraska schools are part of the new Aligning STEM Trainees for Enterprising Research (ASTER) program. The five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation is a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant.
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