Dr Aitor Gual Gozalbo holds a PhD in Chemistry specialising in the development of materials and chemical processes, particularly in decarbonisation, with extensive international experience in R&D&I, including work at URV, CTQC, UFRGS, UCCS, and CNL-UoN. At Eurecat, he has led process development lines, transitioning from laboratory to pre-commercial scale (2019-2022) in CO2 capture and conversion (2022).

Aitor is an expert in catalysis, organometallic chemistry, materials science, and nanofabrication. He is proficient in the design and operation of advanced systems for transforming H2, CO, and CO2, and skilled in experimental design and process modelling. He has led and contributed to national and international projects, excelling in chemical process scaling initiatives such as Horizon 2020 BIZEOLCAT, Horizon 2020 SUNCOCHEM, CDTi-PID KRYPTON, PCPP-HACDOS, PCPP CO2 CAPTURIL and public tenders (ICIQ and CIUDEN initiatives) for the development of CO2 capture and utilisation (RWGS, Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Methanol production) industrial pilot plants.

He is interested in advancing renewable electricity-driven CO2 conversion technologies, particularly electrochemical processes. This includes research and development of efficient catalysts and membranes, the design of modular reactors for various CO2 sources, performance optimisation using a Design of Experiments (DoE) approach and scaling up from lab prototypes to kilowatt-scale reactors.

With an h-index of 21, he is co-author of 2 patents, 39 articles, 3 book chapters, and has delivered 12 presentations at national and international conferences.