Catalysis Society Members

Members of IACS  and their delegates (update January 2025)

List of Catalysis Society Members
List of Delegates

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CATALYSIS SOCIETIES (IACS)
Council Members (2016 – 2020, extended to 2024 due to ICC2020 cancellation)
(max. 2 per country, including members of the Executive Committee)
highlighted in yellow those modified up to 04/08/2024

Argentina
– Dr. Mónica L. Casella
CINDECA (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas “Dr. Jorge J. Ronco”)
(Center for Res. and Development in Applied Sciences)
– Dr. Adrián L. Bonivardi
INTEC (Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química)
(Institute of Technological Development for the Chemical Industry)
CONICET, Universidad del Litoral
e-mails :
Name of the Society
web site of the Society

Australia
– Thomas Maschmeyer
Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability
School of Chemistry – F11
The University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
– Michael Stockenhuber
School of Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
The University of Newcastle
Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
e-mails :
Name of the Society
web site of the Society

Austria
– Christoph Rameshan
Institute of Materials Chemistry Technical University
Vienna Getreidemarkt 9/BC
A-1060 Vienna, Austria
– Günther Rupprechter
Institute of Materials Chemistry Technical University
Vienna Getreidemarkt 9/BC
A-1060 Vienna, Austria

Belgium
– Eric Gaigneaux
MOST, Place Louis Pasteur 1/L4.01.09
1348 Louvain- la-Neuve, Belgium
– Johan Martens Universiteit KU Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200f – box 2461
3001 Leuven, Belgium

Brazil
– Katia Bernardo-Gusmão
Departamento de Química Inorgânica
Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brasil
– Daniela Zanchet (daniela@iqm.unicamp.br)
Instituto de Química, UNICAMP,
Campinas – Brasil

Bulgaria
Sonia Damyanova Ivanova
Institute of Catalysis
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria

Canada

Ying Zheng
Department of Chemical Engineering University of New Brunswick Fredericton,
New Brunswick, Canada

Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin
Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

China

Prof. Tao Zhang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese
Academy of Sciences
457 Zhongshan Road,
Dalian 116023, China
E-mail:

Prof. Haichao Liu
College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering Peking University
292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District,
Beijing 100871, China

Czech Republic

David Kubička
University of Chemistry and Technology
Prague Technická 5, 166 28 Praha,
Czech Republic

France

David Farrusseng
CNRS-University of Lyon
2 avenue Albert Einstein
69626 Villeurbanne cedex (France)

Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou
IFP Energies nouvelles – Catalysis, Biocatalysis and Separation Division
Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize –
BP 3 69360 Solaize – France

Germany

Dieter Vogt
Technical University of Dortmund Faculty of Bio and Chemical Engineering Institute of Techn.Chemistry Emil-Figgestr. 66,
D- 44227 DORTMUND GERMANY

Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry Engesserstr. 20, Campus South
D-76131 KARLSRUHE, GERMANY

Hungary

Dr. József S. Pap
Centre for Energy Research
H-1121 Budapest
Konkoly-Thege street 29-33, Hungary

Dr. András Sápi
Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry,
University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged
1 Rerrich Square, Hungary

Ibero-American Countries (FISOCAT)

Francisco Gracia
Universidad de Chile

Victor Baldovino
U Nacional Santander, Colombia

Mexico
Sergio Fuentes
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
P.O. Box 20-364 Mexico 01000, Mexico

India

Raksh Vir Jasra
R&D Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd. Vadodara
Manufacturing Division PO: Petrochemicals
Dist. Vadodara – 391 345, Gujarat, India

Ramesh C. Deka
Department of Chemical Sciences
Tezpur University Napaam,
Tezpur – 784 028, India

Italy

Rinaldo Psaro
CNR – Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies
Via C. Golgi, 19
20133 MIlano, Italy

Leonarda Liotta
CNR- Institute of nanostructured materials
via Ugo La Malfa, 153
90146, Palermo (Italy)

Japan

Hiromi Yamashita
Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science
Graduate School of Engineering
Osaka University
2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita,
Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

Keiichi Tomishige
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Aoba 6-6-07, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai,
Miyagi 980- 8579, Japan

Korea

Wonyong Choi
KENTECH Institute for Environmental & Climate Technology
Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH),
Naju, Korea 58330

Kwan Young Lee
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Korea University

The Netherlands

Prof.dr. Moniek Tromp
Faculty of Science and Engineering Materials Chemistry — Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials Nijenborgh 4
9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands

Bert M. Weckhuysen
Group of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis Utrecht University
Universiteitsweg 99
Room 4.82, 3584 CG Utrecht The Netherlands

Nordic Countries

Hilde J. Venvik
Department of Chemical Engineering
Norwegian Univ. Science and Technology (NTNU)
N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

Dmitry Murzin
Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry Biskopsgatan 8,
FIN-20500 Åbo, Finland

Poland

Malgorzata Witko
Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish
Academy of Sciences
Niezapominajek 8
30-239 Krakow, Poland

Piotr Kustrowski
Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University
Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland

Portugal

Mário Manuel Quialheiro Simões
Organic Chemistry, Natural Products and Food Stuffs (QOPNA)
University of Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal

Manuel Fernando Ribeiro Pereira
Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Eng.-Lab.of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM)
Faculty of Engineering Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal

Romania

Vasile I. Parvulescu
Department of Organic Chemistry Biochemistry and Catalysis
University of Bucharest
B-dul Regina Elisabeta 4-12 Bucharest, Romania

Simona Margareta Coman
Department of Organic Chemistry Biochemistry and Catalysis
University of Bucharest
B-dul Regina Elisabeta 4-12 Bucharest, Romania

Russia

Valentin N. Parmon Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch
Prospekt Nauki, 5
63090 Novosibirsk 90, Russia

Alexander Yu. Stakheev
N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Leninsky
prospekt, 47,
119991 Moscow Russia

Singapore

Armando Borgna
Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833

Slovakia

Milan Králik
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis and Petrochemistry,
Slovak University of Technology
Radlinskeho 9,
SK-81237 Bratislava, Slovakia

South Africa

Holger Friedrich University of KwaZulu-Natal Westville Campus
Private Bag X 54001
4000 Durban, South Africa

Nico Fisher
Catalysis Society of South Africa, CATSA (Chairman)
University of Cape Town Department of Chemical Engineering,
New Engineering Building on UCT’s upper campus,
South Africa

Spain

Agustín Martinez Feliu
Instituto de Tecnología Química UPV-CSIC Avda de los Naranjos s/n
E-46022 Valencia. Spain

Alberto Marinas
Dept Organic Chem., Univ. of Córdoba,
Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Marie Curie (C-3) Crta. Nacional IV-A, km. 396
E14014-Córdoba, Spain

Turkey

Deniz Uner
Chemical Engineering Department Middle East
Technical University 06800, Ankara – Turkey

Alper Uzun
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Koç University
Rumelifeneri Yolu
34450 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey

United Kingdom

Justin Hargreaves
School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
RA425 Level A4, Chemistry, Joseph Black Building,
Glasgow G12 8QQ

Haresh Manyar
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Queen University of Belfast, David Keir Building, 39- 123 Stranmillis Rd,
Belfast BT9 5AG, UK

USA

Jingguang Chen
Thayer Lindsley Professor of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University
821 Mudd Building
New York, NY 10027, USA

Enrique Iglesia
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
College of Chemistry
University of California at Berkeley
103 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Venezuela

Mireya Goldwasser
Universidad Central de Venezuela Facultad de Ciencias
Avenida Los Ilustres, Los Chaguaramos
Caracas, Venezuela