The researcher of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (
CSIC) Avelino Corma and director of the Institute of chemical technology, has received the Michel Boudart 2009 Award for his contributions to the advancement of the mechanisms and processes of catalysis. The prize has awarded it Federation European of associations of Catalysis (Efcats) jointly with the North American Catalysis society (Nacs), recognizing both institutions with this award the research work developed at the international level by the Corma Professor in the field of catalysis.
They are primarily its contribution to explain the mechanisms and processes that occur in the catalytic phenomenon and its use to develop industrial applications.