Hermenegildo Garcia#
| Membership Number: | 7470 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://hg-energy.eu |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9664-493X |
| Publication Link: | https://hg-energy.eu/publications |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1996 Full Professor, Department of Chemistry at the Polytechnic University of Valencia
- 1991 Member Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), Valencia
- 1983 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry at the Polytechnic University of Valencia
Fields of Scholarship
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Photochemistry
- 2D Materials
- Photocatalysis
- Fine chemicals
- Mesoporous materials
- Environmental catalysis
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Rylander Award given by the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society of the North American Catalysis Society
- 2025 Portuguese-Spanish Award given by the Portuguese Chemical Society of Chemistry
- 2025 Distinguished Researcher by the Technical University of Valencia
- 2024 Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
- 2024 - 2015 Highly Cited Researcher by Thompson Reuters/Clarivate
- 2021 Spanish National Research Award Enrique Moles
- 2021 Yueqi Award Chinese University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou
- 2021 International Scientist Award, given by VDGOOD Professional Association, India. Trivandrum
- 2018 ChemPubSoc elected member
- 2016 Rey Jaime I Award of New Technologies
- 2011 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest
- 2011 Janssen-Cilag Award for Organic Chemistry given by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2011 Distinguished Visiting Professor of University of Ottawa
- 2009 Alpha Gold Award given by the Spanish Society of Glass and Ceramics for the best innovation in the area.
- 2008 Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
