Prof Dr-Hab Jiří Jaromír KLEMEŠ, DSc, Dr h c (mult) and George Pólya Professor
Head of a Centre of Excellence "Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory – SPIL", NETME Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology - VUT Brno, Czech Republic, (20,000+ citations, 75 h-Index. Previously at the Department of Process Integration at UMIST, The University of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh, UK. Awarded by the EC with Marie Curie Chair of Excellence (EXC). Track record of managing and coordinating 98 major EC, NATO, bilateral and UK Know-How projects. Research funding attracted over 42 M€. Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemical Engineering Transactions, Editor in Chief Cleaner Technologies and Engineering and Cleaner Chemical Engineering; Subject Editor of Energy. The founder and President for 25 y of PRES (Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction) conferences. Seven years Chairperson of CAPE Working Party of European Federation of Chemical Engineering, a member of WP on Process Intensification. The Web of Science and Publons Highly Cited Researcher, Top Peer Reviewer and Top Handling Editor. Invited lecturer at 63 universities worldwide, several times Distinguished Visiting Professor. Five times Doctor Honoris Causa, awarded with "Honorary Membership of Czech Society of Chemical Engineering", "European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Life-Time Achievements Award" and "Pro Universitaire Pannonica" Gold Medal.