Julian H.R. Ross MRIA FRSC is research professor at the University of Limerick and the author of three books published by Elsevier: Heterogeneous Catalysis (2012), Contemporary Catalysis (2018) and Sustainable Energy (2022). He served as treasurer of the Royal Irish Academy from 2006 to 2008 and was senior editor of Catalysis Today from 1987 to 2023.