People Biography

Xavier Querol is a research professor at the Spanish Research Council. works on environmental geochemistry applied to air pollution. He completed his PhD at the University of Barcelona, conducted a postdoc at BGS-NERC in the UK, and has been with the Spanish Research Council since 1994. He has led numerous research projects, co-authored 770 scientific articles, and supervised 33 PhD students. Member of working groups assessing Clean Air for Europe (2001-2008), several WHO groups (2012-2024), and the Scientific Bureau of EMEP-UNECE (2010-24), assessing the Spanish Ministry of the Environment and several cities and regions of Spain. Environment Award of the Generalitat de Catalunya, 2009. King Jaume I Award 2013 for the Protection of the Environment. National Research Award on Natural Resources in 2020. This award was included in the lists of Clarivate's most cited researchers since 2014.