Avelino Corma Canos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Avelino Corma Canos

Spanish chemist

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1951

Place of Birth: Moncofa, Valencian Community, Spain

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Avelino Corma Canós (born December 15, 1951) is a Spanish chemist distinguished for his world-leading work on heterogeneous catalysis. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the Universidad de Valencia (1967-1973) and a Ph.D.
in chemistry from 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 1200 documents and has more than 200 patents.
Over 20 of those patents have been applied industrially in commercial processes ofcracking, desulfuration, isomerization, epoxidation, chemo selective oxidation of alcohols and chemoselective hidrogenations.