ICIQ congratulates Avelino Corma who has been bestowed with the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.
Corma, the Founding Director of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), a joint initiative of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and CSIC, was member of the ICIQ Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) between 2002 and 2011.
Acknowledged as an international authority in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, the research of Avelino Corma involves the creation of new nanoporous materials formed via the self-assembly of organic and inorganic molecules. He has been pioneer in using molecular-sized cavities and pores to generate confined spaces and active sites, which change the structure and reactivity of molecules, giving rise to catalytic processes with higher selectivity.