Valentin Nikolayevich Parmon (Russian: Валенти́н Никола́евич Пармóн; born 18 April 1948 in Brandenburg) is a Russian scientist who is credited with inventing new and improved catalytic processes in the field of energy technology.

[1][2][3] His research interests have included chemical kinetics, photocatalysis, catalytic conversion of fossil fuels, chemical storage of renewable energy and conversion of biomass into fuel.

In particular, he led the development of commercially successful new catalytic processes for producing fuel compliant with the Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards and the creation of an experimental system for chemically storing solar energy at an efficiency of 43 percent.

The institute that he headed has also developed catalytic processes for combustion of low-quality fuels.

These have been commercially applied to coal-fired boilers and may potentially be used for producing energy from wastewater treatment sludge.