Alírio Rodrigues, Emeritus Professor at University of Porto was the winner of R(esearch)+D(evelopment)+i(nnovation) Excellence Medal at CIBIQ 2019 that took place in Santander-Spain from June 19th to 21st, 2019.

This award was recognition of an extraordinary research career in the field of Separation Processes and Chemical Reaction.

The 3rd ANQUE-ICCE-CIBIQ International Congress of Chemical Engineering in Santander, Spain was organized by ANQUE, the Spanish National Association of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, in collaboration with AQUIQÁN, the Association of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Cantabria.

This international congress of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), aims to be a reference in the field of chemical engineering and chemistry applied to the industry. This year edition was attended by more than 500 professionals/researchers from 28 countries during 3 days in which more than 600 communications, 5 plenary lectures and 72 specific sessions has been presented.

More information about CIBIQ winners 2019 at ANQUE: https://anque.es/2019/06/25/entrega-de-premios-icce-y-cibiq-2019/#

LSRE-LCM congratulates Jonathan Cawettiere Almeida Espíndola for his PhD thesis defense on June 7^th, 2019 at FEUP.

Jonathn Espíndola finished his Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, with the PhD thesis entitled "Innovative photochemical/photocatalytic reactors towards micropollutants mitigation" supervised by Principal Researcher Vítor Vilar and co-supervised by Junior Researcher Raquel Cristóvão and Associate Professor Adélio Mendes (LEPABE).

The staff and team of LSRE-LCM congratulate Jonathan Espíndola for the conclusion of this important academic step and wish success for the new professional stage!