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)

Argentina – Sociedad Argentina de Catálisis (SACAT)
– 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

Australia – The Catalysis Society of 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

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
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences – IMCN
Place Louis Pasteur 1,
Box L4.01.09
B-1348 Leuven, Belgium
eric.gaigneaux@uclouvain.be
– Mark SAEYS
Ghent University (UGent)
Laboratory for Chemical Technology
Technologiepark 914
B-9052 Gent Belgium
mark.saeys@ugent.be

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 – The Catalysis Division of the Chemical Insitute of 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 – The Catalysis Society of China
– Prof. Tao Zhang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese
Academy of Sciences
457 Zhongshan Road,
Dalian 116023, China
– Prof. Haichao Liu
College of Chemistry and Molecular
Engineering Peking University
292 Chengfu Road, Haidian District,
Beijing 100871, China

Czech Republic – Catalytic Group of the Czech Chemical Society
David Kubička
University of Chemistry and Technology
Prague Technická 5, 166 28 Praha,
Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland – The Finnish Catalysis Society
Dmitry Murzin
Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry Biskopsgatan 8,
FIN-20500 Abo, Finland

France – DivCat, Société Chimique de France (SCF)
– 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 – German Catalysis Societ (GeCatS)
– 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 – The Hungarian Catalysis Society
– 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

India – The Catalysis Society of 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 – Italian Catalysis Group
– 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 – The Catalysis Society of 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

South Korea – Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers, Division of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
– 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

Mexico – Mexican Academy of Catalysis
– Jorge Noé Díaz de León Hernández
Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
– Juan C. Fierro-González
Department of Chemical Engineering
Tecnológico Nacional de México en Celaya

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 – The Singapore Catalysis society
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

Slovenia – Slovenian Chemical Society
– Albin Pintar
National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, Slovenia – albin.pintar@ki.si
– Natasa Novak Tusar
National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, Slovenia – natasa.n.tusar@ki.si

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 – Sociedad Espanola de Catalisis (SECAT)
– 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

Catalysis Society located in Taipei, China
– Jeffrey Chi-Sheng WU, Distinguished Professor 
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University
No. 1 Sec. 4 Roosevelt Road
Taipei, Taiwan 10617 
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~cswu/professor/englishprofessor.html
– Bing-Joe Hwang, Chair Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University of Science & Technology
No. 43 Sec. 4, Keelung Road
Taipei, Taiwan 10607
https://ntust518labfile.wixsite.com/nanoelectrochemistry

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 – North American Catalysis Society (NACS)
– 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