About the Guest Editor

**Pierre Pichat**, as "Directeur de Recherche de 1ère classe" (first-class) with the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research, France), has been active in heterogeneous photocatalysis for many years. He has founded a laboratory dealing with both basic investigations on this field and applications regarding self-cleaning materials and purification of air or water. He has published numerous research papers and several reviews of the domain. He has edited a book and special issues. He is a frequent invited lecturer at Conferences. He is a member of the International Scientific Committees of most of the International Conferences on photocatalysis. Over the years, he has served on CNRS-related Committees on diverse aspects of chemistry; he has been the coordinator or advisor of European Community projects on photocatalysis; he has evaluated projects on environmental chemistry for various countries. He has received an International Appreciation Award acknowledging his pioneering contributions to heterogeneous photocatalysis.
