Professor at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (CSIC-Polytechnical University of Valencia), has been carrying out research in heterogeneous catalysis in academia and in collaboration with companies for nearly 30 years. 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 have developed catalysts that are being used commercially in several industrial processes.

He is an internationally recognized expert in solid acid and bifunctional catalysts for oil refining, petrochemistry and chemical process, especially in the synthesis and application of zeolite catalysts.

He has published more than 1000 research papers, and inventor on more than 130 patents. Corma earned his BS in Chemistry at Valencia University, PhD at Madrid under direction of Prof. Antonio Cortes, and spent two years postdoc at Queen′s University. He has received the Dupont Award on “Materials Science”, Ciapetta and Houdry Awards of the North American Catalysis Society, the F. Gault Award of the European Catalysis Society, the M. Boudart Award on Catalysis by the North American and European Catalysis Societies, the G. J. Somorjai ACS Award on Creative Catalysis, the Breck Award of the International Zeolite Association, the National Award of Science and technology of Spain, "Rey Jaume I" Prize for New Technologies (2000), the ENI Award on Hydrocarbon Chemistry, the Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize, Solvay Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize for Science and Industry and Gold Medal for the Chemistry Research Career 2001-2010 in Spain, La Grande Médaille de l'Académie des sciences de France 2011 and Honour Medal to the Invention from the Fundación García Cabrerizo in Spain. Gold Medal Foro QUíMICA y SOCIEDAD to all his research career, Gran Medaille of the Science French Academy, Edith Flanigen Lectureship, Eastman Lecture, Director′s Distinguished Lecture Series Pacific Northwest National Laboratory′s. Prince of Asturias Award for Science & Technology 2014, 48th W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering-Caltech (2015) and The Jacobus van 't Hoff Lecture 2015 at TU Delft Process Technology Institute (2015), The Hoyt C. Hottel Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at MIT Chemical Engineering Department (2015), J.T. Donald Lecture series 2015-2016 at McGill University, Spiers Memorial Award RSC (2016), IZA Award of the International Zeolite Association (2016), George C.A. Schuit Award lecture at the University of Delaware (2016), Chinese government’s Friendship Award (2017).

Education
1974 Valencia University Degree Chemical Sciences
1976 Complutense Madrid University PhD Doctor of Chemical Sciences

AWARDS
Chinese government's Friendship Award (2017)
IZA Award of the International Zeolite Association (2016)
Spiers Memorial Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2016)
Prince of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research (2014)
Honour Medal to the Invention from the FundaciónGarcíaCabrerizo (Spain) (2012)
Grande Medaille de l′Académie des Sciences (2011)
Gold of Medal for Chemistry Research Career 2001-2010 (2010)
Eni Award (2010)
Centenary Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2010)
Rhodia Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize for Science and Industry (now Solvay Award) (2010)
Bourdart Award in Advanced Catalysis (2009)
A. V. Humboldt - J. C. Mutis Research Award (2009)
Gabor A. Somorjai Award of the American Chemical Society for Creative Research in Catalysis (2008)
National Award on Science and Technology of México (2006)
AlwinMittasch Award of Dechema (2006)
Paul Sabatier Award of the French Society of Chemistry (2006)
IberoamericanFedaration of Catalysis Societies Award (FISOCAT) (2006)
Gold of Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry of Spain (2005)
Breck Award of the International Zeolite Association (IZA) (2004)
Eugene J. Houdry Award of the American Catalysis Society in Applied Catalysis (2002)
F. Gault European Award on “Catalysis” (2001)
King Jaime I Award on “New Technologies” (2000）

Academic Part-Time Job
2000- 《Dalton Transaction》 Editorial board
1999- 《Journal of Catalysis》 Editorial board
1997- 《Catalysis Sciences, Technology, and Innovation》 Editorial board
1997- 《Chemical Communications》 Editorial board
1997- 《Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics》 Editorial board
1996- 《Catalysis Technology》 Editorial board
1996- 《Japanese Catalysis Surveys》 Editorial board
1995- 《Molecular Catalysis》 Editorial board

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Catalysis, Catalyst Synthesis, Meso and Microporous Materials, Zeolites and Zeotypes, Cascade Reactions, Petrochemistry, Fine Chemistry, Nanomaterials

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. F.R. Fortea-Pérez, M. Mon, J. Ferrando-Soria, A. Leyva-Pérez, A. Corma, J. M. Herrera, D. Osadchii, J. Gascon, D. Armentano, E. Pardo, “MOF-Driven Synthesis of Ultrasmall Palladium Clusters and Their Unique Reactivity for Carbene–Mediated Reactions”, Nature Mater. 2017, 16, 760-766.

2. E.M. Gallego, M. T. Portilla, C. Paris, A. Leon-Escamilla, M. Boronat, M. Moliner, A. Corma, “Ab initio” synthesis of zeolites for preestablished catalytic reactions”, Science 2017, 355, 1051-1054.

3. G.D. Feng, P. Cheng, W. F. Yan, M. Boronat, X. Li, J. H. Su, J. Y. Wang, Y. Li, A. Corma, 3. R. R. Xu, Yu, J. H. “Accelerated crystallization of zeolites via hydroxyl free radicals”, Science 2016, 351, 1188-1191.

4. L.C. Liu, U. Diaz, R. Arenal, G. Agostini, P. Concepcion, A. Corma, “Generation of subnanometric platinum with high stability during transformation of a 2D zeolite into 3D” Nature Mater. 2017,16, 132-138.

5. Garcia-Garcia, J. M. Moreno, U. Diaz, M. Bruix, A. Corma, “Organic-inorganic supramolecular solid catalyst boosts organic reactions in water” Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 10835.

6. T.Rodenas, I. Luz, G. Prieto, B. Seoane, H. Miro, A. Corma, F. Kapteijn, I. X. Llabres, X. Francesc, J. Gascon, “Metal-organic framework nanosheets in polymer composite materials for gas separation” Nature Mater. 2015, 14, 48-55.

7. A. Leyva-Perez, A. Domenech-Carbo, A. Corma, “Unique distal size selectivity with a digold catalyst during alkyne homocoupling” Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 6703.

8. M.Mifsud, S. Gargiulo, S. Iborra, I. Arends, F. Hollman, A. Corma, “Photobiocatalytic chemistry of oxidoreductases using water as the electron donor” Nature Commun. 2014, 5, 4145.

9. R. Martinez-Franco, M. Moliner, Y. Yifeng, S. Juliang, W. Wei, X. Zou. A. Corma, “Synthesis of an extra-large molecular sieve using proton sponges as organic structure-directing agents” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2013, 110, 3749-3754.

10. A. Corma, P. Concepcion, M. Boronat, M. J. Sabater, J. Navas, M. Yacaman, E. Larios, A. Posadas, A. M. Lopez-Quintela, D. Buceta, “Exceptional oxidation activity with size-controlled supported gold clusters of low atomicity” Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 775-781.

11. J. Oliver-Meseguer, J. R. Cabrero-Antonino, I. Dominguez, A. Leyva-Perez, A. Corma, “Small Gold Clusters Formed in Solution Give Reaction Turnover Numbers of 107 at Room Temperature” Science 2012, 338, 1452-1455.

12. A. Leyva-Perez, A. Corma, “Similarities and Differences between the "Relativistic" Triad Gold, Platinum, and Mercury in Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 614-635.

13. J. Jiang, J. L. Jorda, J. H. Yu, L. Baumes, E. Mugnaioli, M. J. Diaz-Cabanas, U. Kolb, A. Corma, “Synthesis and structure determination of the hierarchical meso-microporous zeolite ITQ-43” Science 2011, 333, 1131-1134.

14. A. Corma, P. Serna, “Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Nitro Compounds with Supported Gold Catalysts” Science 2006, 313, 332-334.

15. A. Abad, P. Concepción, A. Corma, H. García, “A collaborative effect between gold and a support induces the selective oxidation of alcohols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4066-4069.