Gabriele Centi is full professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy, and President of the European Research Institute of Catalysis (ERIC). He was coordinator of the EU Network of Excellence IDECAT and is actually President of IACS (International Association of Catalysis Societies). He is the author of over 410 scientific publications plus about 130 contributions in books or extended proceedings, 12 books and about 20 as editor of special issues of journals. Current h-index is 84 with about 28.000 citations (Google Scholar).