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Prof. Jordi Llorca

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Jordi Llorca graduated and earned his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, where he was later appointed associate professor and Ramón y Cajal Fellow. In 2005, he joined the Technical University of Catalonia as a professor, and in 2014, he became full professor as a Serra Húnter Fellow. He has been a visiting professor at several universities. He received the Distinction of Generalitat de Catalunya to the Promotion of the University Research, the Humbert Torres Prize, and the ICREA Academia in 2009, 2014, and 2019. He has been Director of the Institute of Energy Technologies, Director of the Center for Research in NanoEngineering, and Director of the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering. In 2017, he became an academic member of the Institute for Catalan Studies, Division of Science and Technology. He is the vice-rector for research at UPC. He has an h-Index of 69, and his papers have been cited more than 18,800 times (Scopus, 20 November 2023). He has authored 10 patents and created two spin-offs. His work focuses on developing efficient catalysts for energy and environmental applications. Asteroid 2013 WD1 was named in his honor by the International Astronomical Union.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Catalysis
Photocatalysis
TEM
XPS
Gold Catalyzed

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XPS
TEM
Catalysis
Titania
Photocatalysis
Operando Spectroscopy

Short Biography

Jordi Llorca graduated and earned his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, where he was later appointed associate professor and Ramón y Cajal Fellow. In 2005, he joined the Technical University of Catalonia as a professor, and in 2014, he became full professor as a Serra Húnter Fellow. He has been a visiting professor at several universities. He received the Distinction of Generalitat de Catalunya to the Promotion of the University Research, the Humbert Torres Prize, and the ICREA Academia in 2009, 2014, and 2019. He has been Director of the Institute of Energy Technologies, Director of the Center for Research in NanoEngineering, and Director of the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering. In 2017, he became an academic member of the Institute for Catalan Studies, Division of Science and Technology. He is the vice-rector for research at UPC. He has an h-Index of 69, and his papers have been cited more than 18,800 times (Scopus, 20 November 2023). He has authored 10 patents and created two spin-offs. His work focuses on developing efficient catalysts for energy and environmental applications. Asteroid 2013 WD1 was named in his honor by the International Astronomical Union.