Susana Valencia obtained the degree in Chemistry from the University of Valencia in 1990, and completed her PhD in 1997 from the Universitat Politècnica de València with a doctoral thesis developed at Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) about the synthesis of zeolite Beta. In 1997, she joined the ITQ staff as Specialized Technician of CSIC and in 2003 she promoted to Tenured Scientist. Since 2009 she is Research Scientist of CSIC in the ITQ.

Her main research lines are focused on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of zeolitic microporous materials, as well as the study of their adsorption and diffusion properties for the use in separation processes.

During the period 2009 – 2017 she has been a member of the Board of the Spanish Group of Zeolites and, since 2022, she is member of the Board of the Specialized Group of Adsorption of the Royal Spanish Societies of Chemistry and Physics.

From 2016 to 2020 she has been Associate Editor of the journal Adsorption Science & Technology (SAGE journals).

She has teaching experience since 2006 in the subject “Synthesis of Catalysts” of the Master’s Degree in Green Chemistry (Universitat Politècnica de València).

The list of her scientific publications, as well as her h index (h = 46, July 2023), can be seen in the link: Publications in Scopus.

Her scientific production includes articles published in Nature, Science, Nature Materials, Angewandte Chemie and Chemical Reviews, among others. Around 75% of them appear in the first quartile and 40% in the first decile. She has supervised several PhD theses, has participated in numerous projects funded by public and private entities, being co-principal researcher in several of them. She has presented communications and invited conferences at congresses, and is co-inventor of 30 patents related to the synthesis of new microporous materials and their applications in different industrial processes.

 

Relevant publications:

• A. Tarach, J. Martinez-Triguero, S. Valencia, K. Wojciechowska, F. Rey, K. Góra-Marek, “Hierarchical zeolites TNU-9 and IM-5 as the catalysts for cracking processes” Appl. Catal. B Environ. (2023), 338, 123066.
• Pérez-Botella, S. Valencia, F. Rey, “Zeolites in Adsorption Processes: State of the Art and Future Prospects” Chemical Reviews (2022), 122, 17647–17695.
• Claessens, G.R. Wittevrongel, F. Rey, S. Valencia, J. Cousin-Saint-Remi, G.V. Baron, J.F.M. Denayer, “Capturing renewable isobutanol from model vapor mixtures using an all-silica beta zeolite”, Chem. Eng. J. (2021), 412, 128658.
• Sala, E. Pérez-Botella, J.L. Jordá, A. Cantín, F. Rey, S. Valencia, “ITQ-69: A Germanium-Containing Zeolite and its Synthesis, Structure Determination, and Adsorption Properties”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2021), 60, 11745–11750.
• J. Bereciartua, A. Cantín, A. Corma, J. L. Jordá, M. Palomino, F. Rey, S. Valencia, E. W. Corcoran Jr., P. Kortunov, P. I. Ravikovitch, A. Burton, C. Yoon, Y. Wang, C. Paur, J. Guzman, A. R. Bishop, G. L. Casty, “Control of zeolite framework flexibility and pore topology for separation of ethane and ethylene”, Science (2017), 358, 1068–1071.
• Palomino, A. Corma, F. Rey, S. Valencia, “New Insights on CO₂-Methane Separation Using LTA Zeolites with Different Si/Al Ratios and a First Comparison with MOFs”, Langmuir (2010), 26, 1910–1917.
• Tagliabue, D. Farrusseng, S. Valencia, S. Aguado, U. Ravon, C. Rizzo, A. Corma, C. Mirodatos, “Natural gas treating by selective adsorption: Material science and chemical engineering interplay”, Chem. Eng. J. (2009), 155, 553–566.
• Corma, F. Rey, J. Rius, M.J. Sabater, S. Valencia, “Supramolecular self-assembled molecules as organic directing agent for synthesis of zeolites”, Nature (2004), 431, 287–290.
• Corma, F. Rey, S. Valencia, J.L Jordá, J. Rius, “A zeolite with interconnected 8-, 10- and 12-ring pores and its unique catalytic selectivity”, Nature Materials (2003), 2, 493–497.
• Corma, L.T. Nemeth, M. Renz, S. Valencia, “Sn-zeolite beta as a heterogeneous chemoselective catalyst for Baeyer-Villiger oxidations”, Nature (2001), 412, 423–425.