Luis A. Oro

Professor Luis A. Oro


Department of Inorganic Chemistry
University of Zaragoza
Zaragoza

Luis Oro obtained his Ph. D. in 1970 at Zaragoza University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Cambridge University. He became full professor of Inorganic Chemistry in Zaragoza in 1982 and Head of the Homogeneous Catalysis Institute in 2004. His main research interests are in coordination and organometallic chemistry of platinum group metals. He has (co)authored well over 500 scientific papers and review articles. He is co-author or co-editor of seven books. He is member of various academies and has received numerous national and international awards. He is President of the European Association for Chemistry and Molecular Sciences