Hermenegildo García is full Professor at the Instituto de Tecnologica Quimica of the Technical University of Valencia and Honorary Adjunct Professor at the Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials Research of King Abdulaziz University. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading with Andrew Gilbert and had several sabbatical leaves in the group of J. C. Scaiano in Ottawa. His research centers on heterogeneous catalysis with porous catalysts and nanoparticles. He is Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest and the recipient of the 2011 Janssen-Cilag award and the 2008 Alpha Gold award.

Sergio Navalón is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Technical University of Valencia (UPV). He graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2003 and obtained his PhD in 2010 at the UPV. His research focuses on the development of heterogeneous (photo)catalysts based on carbons, porous materials and nanoparticles. He has co-authored over fifty publications and two book chapters.