Pedro J. Pérez (Aroche, Spain, 1965) received a Degree in Chemistry from Universidad de Sevilla in 1987 and a Ph. D. degree from the same University in 1991 under the supervision of Prof. Ernesto Carmona. As a postdoctoral Fulbright Scholar, he then joined Prof. Maurice Brookhart’s group at UNC-Chapel Hill (USA). He started (1993) an appointment as Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Huelva (Spain), where he has been promoted several times, to reached in 2005 the current position of Professor in Inorganic Chemistry.

Due to the unavailability of any research infrastructure such as laboratories or equipment at the just created Universidad de Huelva in 1993, he had to start his independent career from scratch. After three years raising funds and building up a laboratory, research work started in 1996. He also was one of the founders of the Center for Research in Sustainable Chemistry (CIQSO), in 2010, and its first Director.

His main research focus has been on the development of catalytic systems for the valorisation of available raw materials, with special emphasis in the highly inert alkanes CnH2n+2 through metal catalyzed carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization processes.

Awards and recognitions:

• RSEQ: Inorganic Chemistry Award (2007) and Medal and Research Award (2026)
• Royal Society of Chemistry: Homogeneous Catalysis Award (2015)
• Member of European Academy of Sciences (2023), Chemistry Europe Fellow (2020), Member of Academia Europaea (2018), Member Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain (2014), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014).
• University of Huelva: Research Award (2018), Distinguished Teaching Award (2022).