Javier García-Martínez, University of Alicante, Spain, and Rive Technology Inc., Boston, MA, USA, has received the Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who have created a commercially viable business in the field of chemistry. It was presented at the 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans, LA, USA, on March 20, 2018.
García-Martínez is the founder of Rive Technology, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spinoff commercializing nanomaterials for energy applications. The company’s catalysts are used in refineries and help to increase the
production of liquid fuels and reduce CO2 emissions. His research focuses on mesoporous materials and their modification with metal complexes and nanoparticles to improve their catalytic performance and reusability. He also works on nanomaterials for catalysis, photocatalysis, and energy storage.
Javier García-Martínez studied chemistry at the University of Alicante, Spain, where he received his Ph.D. in 2000. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT. He founded Rive Technology in 2006. He is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Alicante since 2009. Among other honors, García-Martínez has received the Emerging Researcher Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2015, the Rey Jaime I Award in 2014, and the European Young Chemist Award from the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) in 2006.
Selected Publications
- Recent advances in the textural characterization of hierarchically structured nanoporous materials,
Katie A. Cychosz, Rémy Guillet-Nicolas, Javier García-Martínez, Matthias Thommes,
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 389–414.
DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00391e - Surfactant-Templating of Zeolites: From Design to Application,
Alexander Sachse, Javier García-Martínez,
Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 3827–3853.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00599 - Development of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Zeolites through Surfactant-Templating,
Alexander Sachse, Aida Grau-Atienza, Erika O. Jardim, Noemi Linares, Matthias Thommes, Javier García-Martínez,
Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 4289–4305.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00619 - Mesoporous Zeolites: Preparation, Characterization and Applications,
Javier García-Martínez, Kunhao Li (Eds.),
Wiley-VCH 2015.
ISBN: 978-3-527-33574-9 - Chemistry Education: Best Practices, Opportunities and Trends,
Javier García-Martínez, Elena Serrano-Torregrosa (Eds.),
Wiley-VCH 2015.
ISBN: 978-3-527-33605-0 - Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013),
Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, Xiao-Ming Chen, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Susumu Kitagawa, Lars Öhrström, Michael O’Keeffe, Myunghyun Paik Suh, Jan Reedijk,
Pure Appl. Chem. 2013.
DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-12-11-20 - Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge,
Javier García-Martínez (Ed.),
Wiley-VCH 2013.
ISBN: 978-3-527-33380-6 - Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines,
Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, Xiao-Ming Chen, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Susumu Kitagawa, Lars Öhrström, Michael O’Keeffe, Myunghyun Paik Suh, Jan Reedijk,
CrystEngComm 2012, 14, 3001.
DOI: 10.1039/c2ce06488j - The Chemical Element: Chemistry’s Contribution to Our Global Future,
Javier García-Martínez, Elena Serrano-Torregrosa (Eds.),
Wiley-VCH 2011.
ISBN: 978-3-527-32880-2 - Bistable Spin-Crossover Nanoparticles Showing Magnetic Thermal Hysteresis near Room Temperature,
E. Coronado, J. R. Galán-Mascarós, M. Monrabal-Capilla, J. García-Martínez, P. Pardo-Ibáñez,
Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 1359–1361.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200700559
Also of Interest
- IUPAC’s 100-Year Anniversary,
Vera Koester, Javier García-Martínez,
ChemView Mag. 2017.
DOI: 10.1002/chemv.201700071
Javier García-Martínez, member of the Executive Committee and the Bureau of IUPAC, about the goals and tasks of IUPAC - ACS Emerging Researcher Award,
ChemViews Mag. 2015.
Javier García-Martínez, University of Alicante, Spain, honored by the ACS Energy & Fuels Division - Mesostructured Zeolites: Bridging the Gap Between Zeolites and MCM-41,
Javier García-Martínez,
ChemViews Mag. 2015.
DOI: 10.1002/chemv.201500056
Javier García-Martínez talks about zeolites with controlled mesoporosity and their catalytic performance - How to Become an Academic Entrepreneur,
Vera Koester,
Chemistryviews.org 2014.
9 tips to successfully turn discoveries into an everyday reality - Javier García-Martínez on the Commercialization of Research,
Vera Koester,
ChemViews Mag. 2012.
DOI: 10.1002/chemv.201200143
How do you form a spin-off company from your research? J. García-Martínez talks about his experinces and how he finds time for his many roles
More from the 255rd ACS National Meeting:
- Event: 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition,
18 to 22 March 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. - Priestley Medal 2018 for Geraldine Richmond,
Highest honor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) presented to researcher at the University of Oregon, USA - 2017 Murray Goodman Memorial Prize,
William. F. DeGrado honored for contributions to the design of peptides, proteins, and pharmaceutically active small molecules,
