Prof. Julio Lloret-Fillol

Prof. Julio Lloret-Fillol began his academic career at the University of Valencia, completing his PhD in 2006 under Profs. P. Lahuerta and J. Pérez-Prieto in organometallic chemistry. He then joined Prof. L. H. Gade’s group at the University of Heidelberg as a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow. In 2010, he started independent research under the Ramón y Cajal program at the University of Girona, mentored by Prof. M. Costas. In 2014, he joined ICIQ as Group Leader, and in 2015, he became an ICREA Research Professor, also receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant (GREENLIGHT-REDCAT) to harness light for catalytic reductions in water oxidation and solar fuel production.

His research focuses on catalysts design, with a long-term vision of using renewable energy to drive chemical reactions that can mitigate environmental issues and contribute to the global transition towards sustainable fuels and chemical production. His group works at the interphase of homogeneous catalysis, material science and automatization, developing photo- and electrocatalysis, leading to advances in energy conversion, hydrogen generation, CO₂ reduction and synthetic methodology. His achievements have earned him the GEQO Research Excellence Award in 2023, granted by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry in recognition of his contributions to organometallic catalysis and technology transfer.

Beyond his academic accomplishments, Prof. Lloret-Fillol has actively worked towards transforming scientific discoveries into real-world applications. He co-founded two spin-offs, Treellum Technologies and JOLT Solutions, focused on developing technological solutions derived from his research to advance in the manufacturing of scientific instrumentation and electrodes for green hydrogen production.