Javier Pérez-Ramírez member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
The Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Spain is a public institution dedicated to the study and research in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and geology and their applications, as well as their promotion for the benefit of society. Now Javier Pérez Ramírez has also been elected a member.?
Javier Pérez-Ramírez is Professor for Chemical Engineering at the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zurich and Director of the Competence Center external pageNCCR Catalysis. His research focuses on catalytic materials and process concepts leading to technologies for carbon-free production of chemicals and fuels. Pérez-Ramírez is a co-inventor on 24 patents. He has received numerous awards, including the 2012 Otto Roelen Medal, the 2013 EFCATS Young Investigator Award, the 2014 Beilby Medal and Prize, the 2017 RSC Sustainable Energy Award, the 2019 North American Catalysis Society Paul H. Emmett Prize in Fundamental Catalysis, the 2021 EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli for Catalysis, and the 2022 RSC Horizon Prize John Jeyes Award. Now Javier Pérez Ramírez has also been elected a external pagemember of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. The external pageceremony with lecture and presentation of the diploma took place this week.