Pau is an Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Galway. He received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained the PhD in Chemistry from the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona.
The ChemLight group focuses on the preparation of molecules and materials capable to drive renewable (light-)driven reactions for the production of fuels and chemicals. The research topics span from metal nanoparticles for water splitting to photoactive porous materials for photocatalytic applications. Pau is leading several EU projects including the EIC-funded project ANEMEL on saline water splitting for green hydrogen generation. He sits in the scientific advisory committee of Grupo Bimbo, he is an advisory board member of SFI-project HyLIGHT and co-director of Galway Renewable Technologies Ltd.