Prof. Hermenegildo García Gómez

Dr. Josep Albero graduated in Chemical Engineering in the Jaume I University in 2005. He obtained his Ph. D. about the study of photo-induced charge transfer reactions in quantum dots based solar cells under the supervision of Prof. Palomares at ICIQ in 2012. He has conducted his postdoctoral research in the Prof. Garcia group at ITQ and in Prof. Antonietti group at MPI-KG. His research interests include the preparation of advanced multifunctional materials and their application in the fields of energy conversion and storage. Dr. Albero is also interested in the study of the charge transfer reactions that limit the materials efficiency in these fields.

Dr. Abdessamad Grirrane received his Ph.D. in chemistry at the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) in 2005. His research interests includes homogeneous catalysis by Au (I) and Cu(I) complexes, single crystal XRD and cascade reactions.

Esther Domínguez Torres is a technician, her work delved into synthesis of materials for industry and their use for photocatalysis since 2008. She obtained her Master’s degree in Green Chemistry from Universitat de València, Universitat Politécnica de València, Universitat Jaume I and Universidad de Extremadura in 2011. During her study, he was working on removal of atmospheric pollutants (NOx). Futhermore, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biology from University of Valencia (2001).

Amparo Forneli Rubio is a member of the research staff of Prof. Hermenegildo García since 2010 as a laboratory engineer at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ-UPV). She has more than 20 years of professional experience, previously developed in research centers of international relevance such as the Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) and the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ). Amparo is specialized in synthesis and characterization of new materials, specially graphene-based ones.

Ana García Mulero is a PhD student focused on the synthesis of doped 3D graphenic materials and their application on catalysis and photocatalysis for obtaining sustainable fuels (scholarship for Training of University Teachers (FPU) from the Spanish Government). She joined to this researching group in order to develop her Master Thesis of the Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València in 2018. In the same specialization, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Universidad de Murcia (2016) where she worked in solvent-free biosynthesis of cetyl esters.

Horațiu Szalad (born 1996, Făgăraș, Romania) obtained both his bachelor’s (2018) and master’s (2020) degrees at the University of Bucharest. During the master years, he was employed in the research group of Prof. Vasile Pârvulescu, with a main focus on fine chemical processes employing MOFs as catalysts and chemoselective hydrogenations catalyzed by supported metals. In the present, Horațiu is a PhD student at ITQ (Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC) under the tutelage of Prof. Hermenegildo Garcia. Moreover, he is an early stage researcher in the SOLAR2CHEM project (European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement Nº 861151) with the main objective of synthesizing hybrid molecule/semiconductor photoelectrodes for the generation of valuable chemical products.

Rubén Ramírez Grau is a PhD student in Prof. Hermenegildo García’s group at the ITQ (Instituto de Tecnología Química) since Octuber 2020. Rubén received his degree and Master degree in Chemical Engineering at UPV in 2018 and 2020, repectively. Now he is studying 2D materials called MXenes and their possible applications for his Ph.D. In the past, his research focused on pesticide removal by photoelectrocatalysis (Bachelor’s) and the application of MOF in order to obtain demanded industrial products (Mater’s).

Andres Uscategui Linares is a doctoral student in the group of Professor Hermenegildo Garcia at the ITQ since October 2020. His study is based on the design of 2D MOFs based on porphyrins for the reduction of polluting CO₂. Graduated in Chemistry from Universitat de València in 2016. In 2018 he obtained his master’s degree in Sustainable Chemistry. In his previous research, he has been focused mainly on the subject of catalysis with mesoporous materials.

Jiajun Hu is a PhD student at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). He received his Master’s Degree in Chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Science in 2020 and his Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2017. His research interests focus on energy storage application, such as the fabrication of graphene-based supercapacitors and photothermal catalytic conversion research.

Dawid Daniël Kruger obtained a bachelor’s degree (2016) and his master’s degree (2019) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town. His bachelor’s research thesis investigated the conversion of citronellal over sulphonated polystyrene resin catalysts. Under the supervision of Prof. Jack C.Q. Fletcher, his master’s project focused on the prevalence of mass and heat transport effects during reaction kinetics testing of heterogeneous catalysts for syngas processing. From 2019 to 2021 he worked as a researcher in Prof. Fletcher’s group, working on steam-reforming systems, catalytic combustion, and hydrogenation reactions. Currently, under the supervision of Prof. Hermenegildo García, he is studying MXenes modified with different terminal groups and metals, and their applications as energy materials, and photo- and electrocatalysts.