Javier García Martinez facts for kids

Javier García Martínez, born in 1973, is a Spanish scientist who studies chemistry. He is a very important chemist who was the president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in 2022 and 2023. He was born in Logroño, Spain.

Javier García researches tiny materials called nanotechnology. He works on creating special substances called catalysts. These catalysts help reduce harmful carbon dioxide in the air.

What Javier García Does

Javier García Martínez is a professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Alicante in Spain. He leads a special lab that focuses on molecular nanotechnology.

Making New Materials

In his lab, he works on making tiny materials called nanomaterials. These materials can be used for many important things. For example, they help with energy, cleaning water, and using plant materials (biomass) better. They also help separate different gases.

Starting a Company

In 2004, while he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Javier García started a company called Rive Technology. This company used his research on catalysts. In 2019, a big company called WR Grace bought Rive Technology.

Books He Has Written

Javier García has written many books about nanomaterials and energy. Some of his books include:

• Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge (2010)
• The Chemical Element (2011)
• Chemistry Education (2014)
• Mesoporous Zeolites (2015)
• Chemistry Entrepreneurship (2021)
• Spain for sure (2021)

Awards and Important Groups

Javier García Martínez has received many awards and is part of several important groups.

Leading Chemistry Worldwide

He was the president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in 2022 and 2023. This is a global organization that helps chemists work together.

He also leads the Chair of Science and Society at the Rafael del Pino Foundation. Here, he helps create reports about how technology affects Spain's economy. He is also the head of the Young Academy of Spain.

Special Recognitions

• The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader.
• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave him the Innovators Under 35 award.
• In 2014, he won the Rey Jaime I Award for New Technologies.
• In 2015, he received the Emerging Researcher Award from the American Chemical Society.
• In 2017, the American Chemical Society recognized him as the best entrepreneur in chemistry in the US.
• In 2018, he received the Kathryn C. Hach Award.

He is also a member of important groups like the Council on Emerging Technologies of the World Economic Forum and the Global Young Academy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society.

See also

In Spanish: Javier García Martínez para niños