Frederic Meunier is a CNRS Director of Research based at IRCELYON, University of Lyon, France. He received a joined PhD in Physical-Chemistry from the University of Strasbourg (France) and Limerick (Ireland) in 1995. His main interests regard the investigation of the mechanisms of heterogeneous catalytic reactions, in particular by using in situ and operando FTIR spectroscopy, Dr Meunier has published more than 150 papers in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and spectroscopy applied to catalysis. He has two worldwide patents. He is a member of the editorial board of Catalysis Today and Applied Catalysis B: environmental. He has acted as a reviewer for more than 40 research journals (> 400 reviews in Publons) and for numerous funding agencies including the European Union research agency. He was awarded the 2009 prize of the Catalysis Division of the French Chemical Society. He is currently a member of the CNRS evaluation and recruitment committee.