Prize Winners

PhD in Chemical Sciences. Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Laboratory at the University of Alicante.

Founder in 2006 of the technology-based company RiveTechnology Inc. He works on the manufacture of nanomaterials for energy applications. His technology is protected by more than 20 patents covering areas as diverse as the manufacture of catalysts, the efficient use of biomass, water treatment and gas separation.

The jury for the Rei Jaume I New Technologies Prize, meeting in Valencia, has unanimously decided to award the 2014 prize to Mr Javier García Martínez.

They highlighted his pioneering work in the field of mesoporous zeolites, used in petroleum processing, in which he has succeeded in increasing the pore size in such a way as to enable the production of petrol in current catalysts. The catalysts manufactured by this company (based in Boston) have improved the production of liquid fuels, thereby increasing the profits per barrel produced.

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