Honorary Doctorate
Avelino Corma is awarded an Honorary Doctorate in ACCESS by the Università degli Studi di Messina
[ 24/03/2025 ]
Avelino Corma, a distinguished researcher and co-founder of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), a joint centre of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in ACCESS by the Università degli Studi di Messina (Italia).
The award ceremony was held on 12 March in the Main Hall of the Italian university. Avelino Corma offered a Lectio Doctoralis entitled ‘Designing catalysts from the molecular to the industrial scale to create sustainability’.
Gabriele Centi, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Chemistry in the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm), was in charge of the laudatio, in which he highlighted the fundamental role of the work of Prof. Avelino Corma in chemical research.
The event was presided over by Prof. Giovanna Spatari, rector of the University of Messina; Prof. Nunzia Carla Spanò, director of the ChiBioFarAm department; and Dr. Pietro Nuccio, general director of the University of Messina.
Avelino Corma, a life dedicated to science
Born in Moncofa (Castellón) in 1951, Corma has been a researcher in heterogeneous catalysis for half a century in academia and collaboration with companies. He has worked on fundamental aspects of acid-base and redox catalysis to understand the nature of active sites and reaction mechanisms, based on which he has developed catalysts that are now used commercially in numerous industrial processes.
A world-renowned and recognised expert in the field of solid acid and bifunctional catalysts for the production of chemicals used in the energy sector and for making chemical processes more sustainable - working especially in the synthesis and application of zeolite-based catalysts, Corma has published more than 1,400 research articles and invented more than 200 patents.
He has also been recognised with such distinguished awards as the European Inventor Award for Lifetime Achievement from the European Patent Office, the Blaise Pascal Medal for Chemistry from the European Academy of Sciences and the Prince of Asturias, ENI and Spiers Memorial awards.
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