G. Centi

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Gabriele CENTI

Gabriele Centi is a Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy, and President of the European Research Institute of Catalysis (ERIC). The research interests encompass applied heterogeneous catalysis, sustainable energy and chemical processes, hydrogen production and use, biomass conversion, and environmental protection. Recent activities focus on developing catalytic technologies for solar fuels, carbon circularity, and the electrification of chemical production.

He was the coordinator of the EU Network of Excellence IDECAT and is the past President of IACS (International Association of Catalysis Societies). Previously, he served as the President of EFCATS (European Federation of Catalysis Societies). He has served as the coordinator or PI in over 30 EU projects. He recently initiated and coordinated an ERC Synergy project on plasma catalysis. He is also a member of the board of SUNERGY, the European initiative on solar fuels, and of SUNER-C, the EU coordination and support actions to prepare a partnership to substitute fossil fuels.

He has received numerous awards, including i) the International Fellowship Initiative of the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, PIFI, as a Distinguished Scientist, ii) the Humboldt Research Award, iii) the Chini Memorial Lecture and the Gold Medal S. Cannizzaro of the Italian Chemical Society, and recently iv) the EFCATS & APCATS Michel Che Award. He is involved in various publishing activities. He chaired the editorial board of ChemSusChem until 2019 and is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Energy Chemistry, which has been elevated to a high-IF journal, and the Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis series of books, one of the oldest and best-known in catalysis. He has been chairperson of numerous international conferences, including Europacat 2017 in Florence and the 16th International Zeolite Conference, jointly with the 7th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (Sorrento, Italy, 2010). He has been extensively plenary and keynote lectures worldwide.

He is the author of over 650 scientific publications (Iris Cineca) and 17 books (one in print), and he serves as the editor of more than 25 special issues of internationally recognized journals. The current h-index is 104, with about 46,000 citations and >470 articles receiving more than 10 citations (Google Scholar, Aug 2025). In Stanford University's 2025 ranking of the top 2% of worldwide scientists, he ranked among the top 5,000 researchers across all scientific areas and was among the first in Sicily.

e-mail: centi@unime.it

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-9840 Scopus Author ID 35413314000 ResearcherID A-6099-2010

CV Gabriele CENTI (May 2026)