Prof. Pérez-​Ramírez was born in Benidorm, Spain in 1974. He studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Alicante, Spain, (1997) and earned his PhD degree under Profs. Moulijn and Kapteijn at TUDelft, The Netherlands (2002). He then went to industry (2002-​2005), holding several research positions at Norsk Hydro and Yara International in Porsgrunn (Norway). He returned to academia as ICREA research professor and group leader at ICIQ in Tarragona, Spain (2005-​2009). In 2010, he took up office as full professor at the ETH Zurich.

Prof. Pérez-​Ramírez researches the science and engineering of heterogeneous catalysis to design sustainable and eco-​efficient processes.