Nationality Spanish Name Avelino Canos | Fields Chemistry Notable awards Royal Society | |
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Institutions Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Books Catalytic cracking: catalysts, chemistry and kinetics, Catalytic Cracking Alma mater University of Valencia, Complutense University of Madrid Institution Spanish National Research Council, Polytechnic University of Valencia | ||
Avelino Corma Canós. "Nanomateriales para una química sostenible"
Avelino Corma Canós (born December 15, 1951) is a Spanish chemist distinguished for his world-leading work on heterogeneous catalysis.
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He received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the Universidad de Valencia (1967-1973) and a Ph.D. in chemistry frot the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1976. In 1979 he started working as a researcher at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and in 1987 he was a full professor. He has been carrying out research in heterogeneous catalysis in academia and in collaboration with companies. He has worked on fundamental aspects of acid-base and redox catalysis with the aim of understanding the nature of the active sites and reaction mechanisms. With these bases has developed catalysts that are being used commercially in several industrial processes.
He has published more than 1000 documents and has more than 100 patents.
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