Thrust Areas
LPU - Lovely Professional University

Thrust Areas (Scientific Themes - SDG 3, SDG 6 and SDG 7) (RAFAS-2026)

Chemical Sciences and Engineering

  • Photochemical Fundamentals and Solar-Driven Catalysis
  • Plasmonic Catalysis: Hot Carrier Dynamics and Applications
  • Sustainable Resources for Socioeconomic and Environmental Advancement
  • In-Situ and Operando Techniques for Mechanistic Insights
  • Computational Modeling of Complex Catalytic Systems
  • Digitalization of Chemical Research and Industrial Processes
  • Scale-Up Strategies and Pilot Plant Development
  • Biochemical and Process Engineering

Physical Sciences and Materials Innovation

  • Materials Science for Human Well-being
  • Defect Engineering and Electronic Structure Modulation
  • Nanostructured, Plasmonic, and Hybrid Catalytic Architectures
  • Porous Frameworks and Supramolecular Materials
  • Fluid and Solid Mechanics
  • Multi-Scale Modeling

Mathematics and Computational Analytics

  • Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamical Systems
  • Mathematics in Science and Technology
  • Algebra, Logic, and Number Theory
  • Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
  • Probability, Statistics, Financial Mathematics, and Actuarial Science