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## **About the Editors**

**Jose´ Luis Pinilla** (PhD in Chemical Engineering) is a Tenured Researcher at the Institute of Carboqu´ımica (ICB), which belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He has developed his scientific career at the ICB-CSIC and at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Imperial College London (UK). His research lines are mainly focused on the hydrogen production from hydrocarbons without CO<sup>2</sup> emissions, the synthesis and application of advanced materials based on nanostructured carbon materials (carbon nanofilaments and graphene derivatives) and the development of different catalytic biomass conversion processes. His overall goal is the development of more efficient and sustainable processes for the conversion of fossil and renewable origin resources into fuels, added value products and energy.

**Isabel Suelves** (Ph.D.). Dra. Suelves (PhD in Chemistry) is a Scientific Researcher from CSIC at the Instituto de Carboquimica (ICB-CSIC). Since February 2019, she has been the Director of the Institute. During recent years, her research has been focused on the simultaneous production of hydrogen and nanostructured carbon via the catalytic decomposition of hydrocarbons, studying aspects related to the development of catalysts and the optimization of the process conditions, as well as the development of the most suitable technology for the scaling up of the process. Additionally, she has opened new research lines related to the search of applications for the carbonaceous material, especially those related to energy storage or biomass conversion, via the development of advanced catalytic systems.

**Tomas´ Garc´ıa** (Ph.D.). Dr. Garc´ıa is a Senior Scientific researcher at the ICB-CSIC. His research is devoted to the development of new preparative methodologies to produce highly active heterogeneous catalysts for different catalytic reactions, mainly cracking and total and selective oxidation. Examples include the development of nanocrystalline metal oxides and supported metal catalysts for the oxidative destruction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and the synthesis of bifunctional hierarchical zeolites for bio-oil upgrading. In 2007, he won the Aragon Investiga Award to Young Researchers, sponsored by the regional government, for the excellence of those under 35 years old.
