Prof., Emilio, Palomares, (ORCID: 0000-0002-5092-9227), Director and Group Leader at ICIQ. ICREA Prof. Emilio Palomares current scientific interests span a range of targets with emphasis on materials for energy production and bio-applications in the context of electron transfer processes, photovoltaic applications, electrocatalysis, and nanoscience. Most of his research focusses on light-driven applications and nanoscience. Since he joined ICIQ in 2006, he has published over 250 papers in peer reviewed journals having an h-index over 65. He has also filed 6 patents. Prof. Palomares has been awarded with several fellowships including the Curie European Fellowship in 2002, the Ramon y Cajal Fellowship in 2003, the ERC Starting Grant in 2009 and an ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2015). He has received several research awards, such as the Roscoe Medal in 2004, the Young Chemist Research Award by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry in 2006 and the INNOVA Award by the SusChem Spanish technology platform for Sustainable Chemistry in 2010. Since 2019 he holds de Energy and Environment Solutions (E2S) chemistry chair at UPPA University in Pau (France). A researcher with strong background in molecular electrochemistry, organometallic, materials, reticular chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis and physical chemistry for energy storage and conversion.