Dr. José María Baldasano Recio

JOSÉ M. BALDASANO RECIO

(Madrid, 1950), Doctor (1983) in Chemical Sciences from the University of Barcelona, Chemical Engineer (1976) from the Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse (France), and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (1979) from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada).

Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Director of the Department of Engineering Projects at UPC: 2001-2005, Director of the Institute of Applied Petrochemistry: 1988-1991, and Director of the Institute of Environmental Technology and Modeling: 1992-1997. He founded and directed the doctoral program in Environmental Engineering: 1986-2006 (the first in Spain). He founded and co-directed the Master’s in Environmental Engineering: 2006-2011. His R&D activities are focused on air quality modeling, climate change, waste, and environmental impact studies. He founded and directed the Department of Earth Sciences at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC): 2005-2014.

Responsible for the legislative development on industrial waste in the Government of Catalonia: 1981-1984, president of the Advisory Council for the Management of Industrial Waste: 1991-1995, advisor to the Catalan Waste Agency: 2004-2010; and since 2011 advisor to the Expert Council on Air Quality. Member of the Advisory Council of the Ministry of Environment: 1994-1997. President of ADECAGUA: 1989-1991. Member of the Working Group on Hazardous Wastes of ISWA. Consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Bank. Member of the Steering Group on Air Quality of the EU. Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of PRACE HPC: 2010-2012. Expert of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has supervised 33 doctoral theses. Author of 400 articles, 446 communications, 270 papers, 111 lectures, and co-editor and author of 25 books. Co-chair of 5 international conferences. Consultant to more than 90 companies and administrations.

King Jaime I Award for the Environment 1997, and IPCC Diploma for the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2007.