Carmen Claver - Curriculum Vitae#

Department of Physic and Inorganic Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry
University “Rovira i Virgili”
Campus Sescelades 43007 Tarragona

Professional Career

• Ph.D. 1977 from Zaragoza University, Supervised by Prof. Dr. L. A. Oro.
  
• 1975-1978 -Assistant Lecturer. Inorganic Chemistry. University of Zaragoza.
  
• 1978-1991 -Senior Lecturer. University of Barcelona, Faculty of Chemistry in Tarragona.
  
• 1991-1992 - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. University of Barcelona, Chemistry in Tarragona
  
• 1992 - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona.
  
• 2009-2011 Chair of Excellence “Pierre Fermat” for 6 months in ENSIACET-INP/ CNRS,Toulouse, France
  

Research Activity

• Main area: Homogeneous Catalysis.
  
• Principal Researcher of 35 research projects. Participation in 3 European projects
  
• Head of the group “Organometallics and Homogeneous Catalysis”, Universitat Rovira I Virgili from 1987.

Articles, Patents, PhD supervised

• 240 Articles about catalysis and organometallic chemistry
  
• 8 Book chapters , 2 books co-editor ( Kluwer and Wiley) , 1 book editor ( Elsevier).
  
• 4 Patents extended to Europe and USA (2 with Repsol and 2 with Bayer)
  
• 21 PhD works supervised

PUBLICATIONS:

• 239 articles, 5 patents, 13 book chapters.
  
• ISI Web of Knowledge April 2012
  
• Sum of the Times Cited 5504
  
• Average Citations per Item 22.84
  
• h-index : 39

Industrial projects:

• Repsol I+D (Spain): 1999-2012
  
• Bayer A G (Germany): 1999-2003
  
• Lucite (UK): 2007-2009
  
• TOTAL ( France) 2009-2012
  
• IFF (USA) 2011-2012
  

Member of the Advisory boards of scientific journals
Award “Distinció de la Generalitat de Catalunya per a la Promoció de la Recerca Universitaria” Distinguished Researcher, June 2003.