E-mail: jcarloscolmenares@​ichf.​edu.​pl

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

D.Sc. (Habilitation) in Chemical Sciences, 2015 – Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Ph.D. in Catalysis and Materials Science, 2004 – Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland
M.Sc. in Catalysis and Organic Technology, 1997 – WUT, Poland
Chem.Eng. 1995 – WUT, Poland

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• 2013, July Visiting researcher at the University of Cordoba (UCO, Spain), research group​“Sustainable Organic Chemistry”. 
• 2012, July-August Visiting Professor at the Center for Electron Microscope and Microanalysis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
• 2010, August Certificate in Science Communication I and II, organized by European Commission FP7 in collaboration with ESConet. 
• 2006 – 2009 Postdoctoral Research Associate (Staff), Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA). Mentors: Distinguished Professor George A. Olah (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1994) and Professor G.K. Surya Prakash. Additional training (certificates) in: Project Management, Supervision and Human Resource Management from the University of Southern California (USA). 
• 2005 – 2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Córdoba (Spain). Mentor: Professor José M. Marinas Rubio.
• 2004 Professor-Researcher, director of the engineer’s thesis, participating in the Committee of the Thesis, Chemical Engineering Department, University of América, Bogotá (Colombia).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND NETWORKING

• Member of: the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Polish Chemical Society, the Polish Club of Catalysis, the American Nano Society and the Biowaste Industrial Symbiosis network (“the BIS”). 
• Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, a journal published by Springer Nature. http://​www​.natu​re​.com/​srep/ 
• Editorial Board Member for Molecules (Photochemistry Section): https://​www​.mdpi​.com/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​m​o​l​e​c​u​l​e​s​/​s​e​c​t​i​o​n​e​d​i​t​o​r​s​/​p​h​o​t​o​c​h​e​m​istry
• Participation in the FA COST Action TD1203​“Food waste valorisation for sustainable chemicals, materials & fuels (EUBis)” (http://​www​.cost​.eu/​d​o​m​a​i​n​s​_​a​c​t​i​o​n​s​/​f​a​/​A​c​t​i​o​n​s​/​T​D1203).
• Full Member in the Management Committee of the FPS COST Action FP1306​“Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass side streams for sustainable production of chemicals, materials & fuels using low environmental impact technologies” http://​www​.cost​.eu/​d​o​m​a​i​n​s​_​a​c​t​i​o​n​s​/​f​p​s​/​A​c​t​i​o​n​s​/​F​P1306

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Materials Science and Engineering: synthesis-characterization-applications of sono- and photo-catalysts,
• Ultrasound and Microwave methods for nanomaterials synthesis and water purification,
• Heterogeneous Photocatalysis in: Green Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, H₂ Production,
• Sono- and Photo-Catalytic conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Platform Chemicals,
• CO₂ utilization/​valorization: Dry reforming and artificial photosynthesis,
• Green (Bio)Fuels and their catalytic combustion,
• Catalysis in the Petrochemical Industry,
• Mechanisms of (super)acid-(super)base catalysis,
• Green Synthesis of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals by Thermo-, Sono- and Photo-Catalysis.