Prof. Francisco Zaera

Francisco Zaera received his Licenciate and PhD degrees from the Simón Bolívar University and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively. He was an Assistant Chemist at the National Synchrotron Light Source of Brookhaven National Laboratory before joining the University of California, Riverside, where he is presently a Distinguished Professor, the Hartland H. Schmidt Founder’s Chair in Chemistry, the Director of the UCR Center for Catalysis, and the UCR ACIF Assistant Director for XPS. Zaera has authored over 450 scientific articles, and has received several international awards, including the ACS Olah and Adamson Awards, the NACS Emmett Award, a Humboldt Research Award for Senior Scientists, the Inaugural ACS CATL Exceptional Achievements in Catalysis Award, the UCR Faculty Research Lecturer, and the AVS Welch Award. He is a Fellow of the ACS, the AVS, and the AAAS. His research interests are in surface and materials chemistry and in heterogeneous catalysis.