María A. Arribas earned her Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of Valencia in 2003 and, since 2004, has been working at the ITQ (UPV-CSIC) as a Senior Research Support Technician, with recognized research capabilities. Her work focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, particularly the design, synthesis, and characterization of bifunctional metal-based catalysts supported on zeolites and metal oxides.

Her research addresses the transformation of hydrocarbons and the production of advanced fuels, including processes such as hydrogenation, isomerization, and oligomerization. In recent years, he has focused on the development of liquid biofuels, including SAF.

Dr. Pablo P. Boix is a Research Scientist at the ITQ (CSIC-UPV). His research focuses on metal halide perovskites, exploring new materials and device architectures for photovoltaic and optoelectronic applications, with a special emphasis on stability, interfacial engineering, and sustainability.

He leads multiple regional, national, and international projects, including an ERC Consolidator Grant aimed at designing self-healing solar cells. His impact is reflected in more than 110 publications, several patents, and recognitions such as Emerging Researcher (PCCP) and Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate) on multiple occasions.

Judit Oliver Meseguer (Guadassuar, 1986) earned her Ph.D. in 2015 from the Polytechnic University of Valencia under the supervision of Prof. Avelino Corma and Dr. Antonio Leyva, receiving the Special Ph.D. Award.

In 2016, she joined Prof. Miquel Salmeron’s group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she worked on the characterization of supported bimetallic catalysts using synchrotron techniques. In 2019, she returned to the ITQ with Dr. Antonio Leyva. She was awarded a Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación grant (2020) and a Ramón y Cajal grant in 2024. Since 2026, she has been a Tenured Researcher at the CSIC.
Her research focuses on heterogeneous catalysts applied to sustainable organic synthesis.

Sara Goberna is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the HG Energy Group, where she previously worked as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. She obtained her PhD in 2013 from the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) and gained extensive international postdoctoral experience in the USA and France before returning to Spain in 2020.

Her current research focuses on the design of atomically defined metal catalysts, including single-atom catalysts and nanoclusters supported on advanced materials such as MXenes, for electrocatalytic energy-conversion reactions.

E-mail: jmserra@itq.upv.es

Website: http://itqmembranes.itq.webs.upv.es

Dr. José M. Serra (1976) did his Ph.D. work at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) directed by Prof. A. Corma in collaboration with the Institute Français du Petrole. The thesis involved the development of new tools for combinatorial catalysis and its application in the discovery and optimization of industrial catalysts. After that, he conducted a 2-year postdoctoral stage at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, working on the development of nanostructured SOFC cathodes as well as ion conducting membranes.

In 2006 he joined again ITQ and leads the Energy Conversion and Storage Group, the Fuel Cells and Ionic Membranes research line. The current activities are principally focused on the application of catalysis and materials science in: (a) the development of solid oxide fuel cells components, paying special attention to the design and characterization of new electrocatalysts (principally, cathode materials); and (b) development of mixed ionic-electronic conducting membranes for oxygen and hydrogen separation and catalytic membrane reactor applications. As a result, several works have been published and different patents have been recently filed. He is co-author of more than 165 scientific articles, 15 book chapters, and 25 patents in the field of catalysis and energy (16 of them licensed to industry).

He was involved in three FP7 EU projects dealing with ionic membranes and proton-conducting fuel cells: EFFIPRO, NASA-OTM, and DEMOYS, and actually he is the coordinator researcher in charge of the European projects GAMER, iCAREPLAST, and eCOCO2 from the Horizon 2020 programme. The main research lines are ordered as follows: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), lithium batteries and electrochemical reactors: electrocatalysis Ionic membranes, solid state electrochemical devices and catalytic membrane reactors Combinatorial science and catalysis: design and development of processes and equipment for high-throughput screening of materials libraries Heterogeneous catalysis: acid-base, red-ox and multifunctional catalysts Synthesis and characterization of ceramic materials, including mesoporous materials Chemical reactor engineering and process engineering: design and setting-up of chemical reactors and other facilities at bench and pilot scale.

Prof. Serra is the CSIC representative for the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA): Basic Science for Energy Joint Programme (AMPEA), Deputy Coordinator of the subprogram Materials Science in AMPEA. For his contribution to the field, he has received the ExxonMobil Chemical European Science and Engineering Award 2005, the Spanish Catalysis Society Ph.D. Award 2004, the Christian Friedrich Schönbein Medal 2009, European Ceramic Society Young Scientist Award 2015, Medal of the Royal Spanish Engineering Academy 2016 and Air Liquide Scientific Prize 2018. He is the founder of KERIONICS, the Spin-off which develops ceramic membrane systems for the generation of O2.