Pedro J. Pérez (Aroche, Spain, 1965) received a Degree in Chemistry from Universidad de Sevilla in 1987 and a Ph. D. degree from the same University in 1991 under the supervision of Prof. Ernesto Carmona. As a postdoctoral Fulbright Scholar, he then joined Prof. Maurice Brookhart’s group at UNC-Chapel Hill (USA). He started (1993) an appointment as Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Huelva (Spain), where he has been promoted several times, to reach in 2005 the current position of Professor in Inorganic Chemistry. 
His main research focus has been on the development of catalytic systems for the valorisation of available raw materials, with special emphasis in the highly inert alkanes CnH2n+2 through metal catalyzed carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization processes. 

Awards/Recognitions/Fellowships 
2023 Member of European Academy of Sciences; 2022 Distinguished Career Teaching Award, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva; 2020 Chemistry Europe Fellow; 2019 Member of the Science, Arts and Humanities Academy of Huelva; 2018 Member of the Academia Europaea; 2018 Research Award University of Huelva; 2017 Distinguished Career Research Award, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva; 2016 Medal and Research Award of the Royal Spanish Chemical Society; 2015 Homogeneous Catalysis Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK); 2014 Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Spain; 2014 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK); 2007 Inorganic Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry of Spain; 1991-1993 Fulbright Scholar