Le prix jeune chercheur DivCat 2017 a été décerné à Marc PERA-TITUS pour ses travaux innovants sur le design de nouveaux matériaux catalytiques appliqués
principalement à la transformation de la biomasse par catalyse acido-basique, à l’oxydation pour la synthèse de tensio-actifs et à la catalyse biphasique.

Marc PERA-TITUS est actuellement Directeur Adjoint dans l’unité mixte internationale CNRS-SOLVAY « Eco-Efficient Products and Processes Laboratory (E2P2L) » localisée sur le centre de recherches de SOLVAY à Shanghai.

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Marc Pera-Titus received a double MSc degree in Chemical Engineering (2001) and Physical Chemistry (2002) and a PhD (cum laude) in Membrane Technology (2006) at University of Barcelona (Spain). In 2007, he joined as postdoc the group of Jean-Alain Dalmon at IRCELYON/CNRS (France) with a Marie Curie EIF grant. In 2008, he was appointed CNRS scientist at the same institution. He was Visiting Professor at HKUST (Hong Kong) in 2008 and 2009. In 2011, he received his Habilitation degree (HDR) from the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Also in 2011, Marc was appointed project leader and expert at E2P2L in Shanghai (deputy director since January 2016).

The main research interests of Marc at E2P2L focus on the design and shaping of materials for catalysis and separation with a sound insight into process eco-design. His current activities cover 4 main topics: (1) acid-base catalysis for biomass conversion, (2) amination catalysis for the synthesis of monomers, (3) oxidation catalysis for the synthesis of surfactants, and (4) biphasic catalysis for solvent-free reactions.

Marc is author of 88 peer-reviewed papers, 8 book chapters and conference proceedings, and inventor of 13 patents in the fields of zeolite membranes, membrane reactors, adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis with more than 2500 citations (Scopus). Marc has received numerous awards, including the Rhone-Alpes Foundation Award (2007), the Elsevier Award for highly cited author in Catalysis (2009), and the Silver Medal from the Chinese Academy of Inventions (together with E2P2L team) (2016).

List of 5 representative publications:
-# Direct dehydration of 1,3-butanediol into butadiene over SiO2/Al2O3 catalysts. F. Jing, B. Katryniok, M. Araque, R. Wojcieszak, M. Capron, S. Paul, M. Daturi, J-M. Clacens, F. De Campo, A. Liebens, F. Dumeignil, M. Pera-Titus. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 5830 – Selection 2016.
-# Aquivion®–carbon composites via hydrothermal carbonization: amphiphilic catalysts for solvent-free biphasic acetalization. W. Fang, Z.Y. Fan, H. Shi, S. Wang, W. Shen, H. Xu, J-M. Clacens, A. Liebens, M. Pera-Titus, J. Mater. Chem A, 2016, 4, 4380 – Hot paper and Selection 2016.
-# Pickering interfacial catalysis for biphasic systems: from emulsion design to green reactions. M. Pera-Titus, L. Leclercq, J-M. Clacens, F. De Campo, V. Nardello-Rataj. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 2006.
-# Hexylenediamine (HMDA) from fossil vs. bio-based routes: an economic and Life Cycle Assessment comparative study. A.B. Dros, O. Larue, A. Reimond, F. De Campo, M. Pera-Titus. Green Chem., 2015, 17, 4760 – Highlighted by Green Chem.
-# Tunable catalysts for solvent-free biphasic systems: Pickering interfacial catalysts over amphiphilic silica nanoparticles. W-J. Zhou, L. Fang, Z.Y. Fan, B. Albela, L. Bonneviot, F. De Campo, M. Pera-Titus, J-M. Clacens. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 146, 4869.