Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky is an Ad honorem Research Professor at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (CSIC), with a career spanning over five decades. He has authored approximately 300 publications and 20 patents in materials chemistry, founding and directing multiple CSIC departments including the New Architectures in Materials Chemistry Department in 2010.

• Graduate in Chemistry (1970) and Ph.D. in Chemistry (1979) from Universidad Complutense, Madrid
• Docteur ès Sciences (1974) from Université Catholique de Louvain

His research focuses on Nanostructured Functional Materials, hybrid/biohybrid compounds, and layered inorganic solids. He has held editorial roles at Recent Patents in Nanotechnology and Current Nanoscience, and participated in prestigious institutions like the Collège de France as an Invited Professor.

Scientific awards include:

• STAS Prize
• BRUYLANTS Award
• ICIDCA Award
• AIPEA Medal
• Guillaume Budé Medal
• Multiple CSIC Distinctions