Francesc X. Llabrés i Xamena (Xesc) was born in Alaró (Mallorca). He received his PhD in Chemistry in 2000 from the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) working with Prof. C. Otero in the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of zeolites. After a 2-years post-doctoral stage at the University of Turin with Prof. A. Zecchina, a short stay as invited researcher at Polimeri Europa (ENI) in Novara, and one year at the University of Padua with Prof. G. Granozzi, he joined the group of Prof. A. Corma at the ITQ in 2004 as a Ramón y Cajal Fellow. In 2010 he was appointed as Tenured Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the ITQ. His current research interests are in the preparation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and the study of their applications, including heterogeneous catalysis.

	-75 papers in high impact factor journals -1 edited book (RSC) -6 book chapters -6 patents (1 currently in exploitation) -66 communications to conferences and invited lectures -Over 13000 citations -h-index = 42 (Scopus) -Highly cited researcher (top 1%) in CHEMISTRY
Awards & Honors
Among other prizes and recognitions, Xesc has been distinguished with the following awards: 2016:  10th Duran Farrell Award of Technological Research of the Technical University of Catalonia and Gas Natural Fenosa. 2009:  Alpha Gold award of the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society for the development of BIONICTILE®, incorporating the OFFNOX® additive.