Dr. Javier Garcia Martinez
Prof.Javier Garcia Martinez
University of Alicante, Spain,
Co-Founder, Rive Technology, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
Dr. Garcia is Advisor to the Program.
Javier is faculty member and director of the Nanotechnology Molecular Laboratory at the University of Alicante, Spain. He has published extensively in the areas of nanomaterials, catalysis and energy and is inventor of fifteen patents.
Javier is also co-founder of Rive Technology Inc (Boston, MA), a clean energy company, commercializing advanced catalyst technology that has raised $47 million in venture capital funding from leading investors.
Javier is vice-chair of the World Economic Forum General Assembly Council on Emerging Technologies and Titular Member of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
Javier has been recognized as a leader in nanotechnology and materials science. In 2005, Javier was awarded the Europa Medal, awarded annually to the outstanding European chemist under the age of 35. In 2007, Javier received the TR 35 Award from MIT’s Technology Review magazine, and in 2009 Javier was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
The Chemical Element in the Millennium Development Goals
by Javier Garcia Martinez
Prof. Martinez, talks about his book “The Chemical Element: Chemistry’s contribution to Our Global Future “(Wiley 2011) as a contribution to the United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry. This book illustrates the enormous contributions that chemistry has delivered to the community in improving our quality of life, health, access to water, poverty reduction and jobs creation. But mostly “The Chemical Element” is a call to the world’s scientists to put their talents to help reach the Millennium Development Goals.
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