AVELINO CORMA CANOS was born in Moncófar, Spain in 1951.  He studied Chemistry at the Universidad de Valencia (1967-1973), and received his Ph.D. at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1976. He was   Postdoctoral in the Department of chemical engineering atthe Queen’s University (Canada, 1977-79). He is director of the Instituto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC) at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia since 1990.  His current research field is catalysis, covering aspects of synthesis, characterization and reactivity in acid-base and redox catalysis. Avelino Corma is co-author of more than 700 articles and 100 patents on these subjects.