New Developments in Adsorption/Separation of Small Molecules by Zeolites

Fernando Rey (Madrid, 1963) obtained his BSc in Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, continuing his studies to obtain the PhD in Chemistry at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) in 1992. Then, he held a stay at The Royal Institution of Great Britain in the research group of Prof. Thomas, working in the use of characterization techniques based on synchrotron radiation for the study of catalysts under real operating conditions. In 1995, he returned to the ITQ, obtaining one year later a permanent position as Scientific Collaborator (current head Tenured Scientist) of the CSIC. In 2007, he reached the position of Research Professor within this same institution. Since November 2014, he is the Director of the ITQ. His research area focuses on the development of new micro and mesoporous catalysts, mainly zeolites, with application in processes of industrial interest and their characterization by advanced diffraction or spectroscopic techniques. He is author of more than 150 articles in international publications, reaching an h-index of 56, and he appears as an inventor in 48 patents, of which 20 have been licensed to companies and 2 are being commercially exploited. Currently, he is a member of the Council and the Synthesis Committee of the International Zeolite Association.Susana Valencia received the degree in Chemistry at the University of Valencia in 1990 and obtained the PhD degree at the Universitat Politècnica de València in 1997 with a work performed at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) in Valencia. She is a member of the permanent scientific staff of the ITQ as Scientific Researcher. Her research is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of zeolitic microporous materials, as well as the study of their adsorption and diffusion properties for the use in separation processes. She has participated in numerous research projects of public financing and in collaboration withindustries, both national and international. Her scientific productivity can be summarized in almost 90 publications in scientific journals of high impact, reaching an h-index of 39, numerous presentations in congresses, several invited conferences and 30 patents related to the synthesis of new microporous materials and their applications in different industrial processes. Some of these patents are the direct result of projects financed by companies and others have been developed from own research works and later have been licensed to industries

• Small Gas Adsorption and Separation in Small-Pore Zeolites.- Critical Overview of Textural Characterization of Zeolites by Gas Adsorption.- Computational approaches to zeolite based adsorption processes.- Efficient downstream processing of renewable alcohols using zeolite adsorbents.- Measurement of Diffusion in Small pore Zeolites to Improve Selectivity in Separation Processes.- Perspectives of scaling-up the use of zeolites for selective separations from lab to industry.- Industrial zeolite applications for gas adsorption and separation processes.