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)

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

Norway – The Catalysis Group of the Norwegian Chemical Society
Hilde J. Venvik
Department of Chemical Engineering
Norwegian Univ. Science and Technology (NTNU)
N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

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
– Chen Luwei
Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), A*STAR
1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore 627833
– Yan Ning 
National University of Singapore
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
4 Engineering Drive 4, E5 #02-09, Singapore 117585

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)
– Oihane Sanz Iturralde
POLYMAT, Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
P. Lardizábal 3, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, 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

Sweden Catalysis Society
– Christian Hulteberg 
Lund University – Division of Chemical Engineering
Box 124
221 00 LUND
Sweden
christian.hulteberg@ple.lth.se
– Mathilde Luneau 
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering – Chalmers University of Technology
Kemigården 4
412 96 Gothenburg
Sweden
mathilde.luneau@chalmers.se

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)
– Abhaya K. Datye
Dept of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Office: 1901 Redondo Dr. NE, Farris Engr. Center room 1404
1 University of New Mexico, MSC 01 1120
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 – USA
– Umit Ozkan
The Ohio State University
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
151 W Woodruff Avenue
Columbus Ohio 43210 – USA

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