Javier Pérez-Ramirez#
Membership Number: | 6726 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2024 |
Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Homepage(s): | https://ace.ethz.ch |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-5805-7355 |
Twitter: | @catalysis_eth |
Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-pérez-ramírez-64614211 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Founder and Director of the NCCR Catalysis, www.nccr-catalysis.ch
- 2019 - 2023 Isaac Manasseh Meyer Chair Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS)
- 2019 - 2022 Director of the NUS Flagship Green Energy Program, https://greenenergy.nus.edu.sg
- 2018 - 2022 Director of Study, Bachelor in Chemical Engineering and Master in Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich
- 2012 - 2014 Chairman of the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich
- 2010 - present Full Professor of Catalysis Engineering, ETH Zurich
- 2005 - 2009 ICREA Professor and Group Leader, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Tarragona, Spain
- 2005 - 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- 2003 - 2005 Senior scientist, Yara International, Porsgrunn, Norway
- 2002 - 2003 Scientist, Norsk Hydro, Porsgrunn, Norway
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanostructured materials
- Renewable energy conversion
- Halogen chemistry
- Catalysis
- Sustainable chemistry
- Single atom catalysis
- Chemical engineering
- CO2 valorisation
- Chemical plastic recycling
- Halogen chemistry
- Sustainable chemistry
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Conversion, Natural Gas Conversion Board
- 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of chemistry, ClarivateTM
- 2022 Highly Cited Researcher in the field of chemistry, ClarivateTM
- 2022 Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain
- 2022 Horizon Prize John Jeyes Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
- 2021 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis, European Federation of Catalysis Societies
- 2019 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society, US
- 2017 Sustainable Energy Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
- 2014 Beilby Medal and Prize, Society of Chemical Industry and Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
- 2013 EFCATS Young Researcher Award, European Federation of Catalysis Societies
- 2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
- 2012 Otto-Roelen Medal, Dechema, Germany
- 2003 KNCV Prijs voor Katalyse, Dutch Catalysis Society, the Netherlands
- 2002 Dow Energy Dissertation Award, The Dow Chemical Company, the Netherlands