Jonathan Albo (ORCID: 0000-0001-6781-5704) has focused his research on the development of CCU technologies, aimed at mitigating CO2 impacts from fossil fuels and promoting the transition to a low-carbon economy. He graduated from Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid. Then, he carried out his doctoral thesis in Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Cantabria. The work aimed at developing innovative membrane-based processes for CO2 capture. During his PhD studies, he completed a research stay at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. After the dissertation defence, he conquered a postdoctoral fellowship granted by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to support his research on new membrane materials for gas separation at Hiroshima University (2013). Then, in 2014, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of the Basque Country, thanks to Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral programme, to develop cost-effective processes for the electrochemical conversion of CO2. He also actively collaborated in the excellence network “Sustainable chemical valorisation of carbon dioxide” and completed a research stay at the Institute of Electrochemistry of the University of Alicante. He then rejoined the University of Cantabria as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher (2016-2021) and, at present, he is Associate Professor I3 in DePRO Research Group of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, where his main research interests are in the field of electro-, photo- and photoelectro-catalytic conversion of CO2 to value-added chemicals and, in particular, in the development of light-driven processes in optimized reactors, and the application of innovative materials, which he develops in collaboration with international researchers.  

As a result of the research activity, he has been awarded several prizes and recognitions, including Solvay Award, Sener Award, Juan María Parés Research Award, Juan López de Peñalver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Young Researcher Award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, among others. He has also recently been included in the World Ranking of top 2% Scientists (2020) released by Stanford University.