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The scientist Avelino Corma (Moncofa, 1951) received this Tuesday in Valencia the European Inventor Award for All Professional Career during the awards ceremony of the same name awarded by the European Patent Office. Upon receiving the recognition, Corma thanked his team for the award, “all the people who have worked with me for many years and have made contributions to achieve results,” he said. He also had words for the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) - whose rector, José E. Capilla, was among the attendees - and the CSIC for their support in his years as a researcher, as well as for the companies that "have created in what we were doing. It is not easy to go from a small concept to an industrial application,” he noted. Therefore, for Corma, the award is a recognition of his contribution to technology transfer, “and with this award we close the cycle.
I dedicate myself completely to research, the execution of projects and the exploitation of the results» avelino corma Prior to collecting the award, the only one that was already known in advance at the gala, a video Job Function Email Database was broadcast in which Corma himself summarized his dedication to science and technology. “I dedicate myself completely to research, the execution of projects and the exploitation of the results,” he shares in the audiovisual, recorded in various settings in the Valencian Community. In the video released before his appointment, the children featured in it have presented Corma as an "underrated superhero." Research professor; Since 1990 he has carried out his scientific work at the ITQ Institute of Chemical Technology, a joint research center created in 1990 by the UPV and the Higher Council for Scientific Research.

His field of study is the molecular design of catalysts and sustainable catalytic processes in the fields of hydrocarbon refining and biomass derivatives, and final chemistry; Therefore, he has worked on fundamental aspects of acid-base and redox catalysis to understand the nature of the active centers and reaction mechanisms. read also SERVIMEDIA The award received today at the Palau de les Comunicacions adds to a long list of recognitions that the Castellón chemist has, among which the Jaume I Prize for New Technologies received in 2000, the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research 2013 stands out. or the recently awarded I Santiago Grisolía Prize for Professional Work in the Field of Scientific Research (2022). At the gala held this afternoon, other awards were also announced in the categories of "Research", "SMEs", "Industry" and "Countries not belonging to the EPO" and the "Young Inventors Award.
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