Javier Pérez-Ramírez Explained

Javier Pérez-Ramírez
Birth Date:28 October 1974
Birth Place:Benidorm, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Workplaces:ETH Zurich
Alma Mater:TU Delft
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Javier Pérez-Ramírez (born 28 October 1974) is a Professor of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering at ETH Zurich.[1]

Career

Javier Pérez-Ramírez (JPR) studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante, and later obtained his PhD cum laude at TU Delft (2002). He worked for Norsk Hydro and Yara International and returned to academia as an ICREA research professor at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, related to the Rovira i Virgili University (2005-2009). Since 2010, he is Full Professor of Catalysis Engineering at the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering at theSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.[2] In 2018 he became visiting professor and director of the Flagship Green Energy Program at the National University of Singapore.

He is Editorial Board Chair of Green Chemistry,[3] and sits on the editorial board of Advanced Functional Materials, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, ACS Catalysis, Energy Technology, and Catalysis Communications.

Since 2018, Pérez-Ramírez is president of the Catalysis Section of the Swiss Chemical Society. He is Swiss representative of the European Federation of Catalysis. Since 2020, he directs NCCR Catalysis, a national center of competence in research funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Research

Pérez-Ramírez's central research focuses on the fundamental design and technical development of new heterogeneous catalysts and reactor engineering concepts, favoring the more efficient and sustainable manufacturing within the chemical industry.[4] He has developed novel catalysts for the gas-phase oxidation of hydrogen chloride (Deacon process)[5] and has done major and groundbreaking contributions in the rational design of hierarchical zeolites.[6]

Awards

Pérez-Ramírez's work of nearly 480 articles and 17 patents has been recognized by several major prizes, including the Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis (2019),[7] Xingda Lecturship of Peking University (2018),[8] Sustainable Energy Award (2017),[9] the Beilby Medal and Prize (2014),[10] the EFCATS Young Researcher Award (2013),[11] the DECHEMA Otto Roelen Medal (2012),[12] [13] the Andrew Main lectureship (2013),[14] the UOP-Honeywell Invitational Lectureship (2012),[15] and the KNCV Prijs voor Katalyse (2003).[16]

In 2013, he has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ICB Professors. ETH Zurich. 12 November 2015.
  2. Web site: ICB Professors. ETH Zurich. 12 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Welcome Javier Pérez-Ramírez, our new Editorial Board Chair. Royal Society of Chemistry. 18 January 2023. 19 January 2023.
  4. Web site: News IOM3. www.iom3.org. 12 November 2015.
  5. Web site: DECHEMA Awards for Catalysis :: ChemViews Magazine :: ChemistryViews. www.chemistryviews.org. 6 July 2012 . 12 November 2015.
  6. Web site: EFCATS - European Federation of Catalysis Societies. www.efcats.org. 12 November 2015.
  7. Web site: Javier Pérez-Ramírez is the recipient of the 2019 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis. 13 November 2018. North American Catalysis Society. en-US. 8 December 2018.
  8. Web site: Prof. Pérez-Ramírez honored with the Xingda Lectureship 2018. www.chab.ethz.ch. 11 June 2018 . en. 8 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Sustainable Energy Award 2017 Winner. Royal Society of Chemistry. 8 June 2017.
  10. Web site: 2014 Beilby Medal and Prize awarded to Prof Javier Pérez-Ramírez. Society of Chemical Industry. 9 October 2015.
  11. Web site: EFCATS - European Federation of Catalysis Societies. www.efcats.org. 12 November 2015.
  12. Web site: DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.. dechema.de. 12 November 2015.
  13. Web site: Javier Pérez-Ramírez Awarded Otto Roelen Medal 2012. MaterialsViews. 12 November 2015. en-US.
  14. Web site: DB Robinson Speaker Dr Javier Perez-Ramirez does some treasure hunting in catalysis - Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering - University of Alberta. www.cme.engineering.ualberta.ca. 12 November 2015.
  15. Web site: Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez - Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering - University of Alberta. www.cme.engineering.ualberta.ca. 12 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122234325/http://www.cme.engineering.ualberta.ca/NewsEvents/RobinsonSpeakerSeries/12-13SpeakerSchedule/ProfJavierPerez-Ramirez.aspx. 22 January 2016. dead.
  16. Web site: KNCV-katalyseprijs voor reductie lachgas - Technisch Weekblad . tw.lynkx-01.nl . 12 November 2015 .