Dr. Jason E. Bara, Associate Professor in the University of Alabama visited the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria, on September 27th, 2018. During his visit, Dr. Bara delivered the conference “Engineering ion-polymer interactions for chemical separations and functional materials design”. He also met several researchers of the Department to broaden the existing collaborations. The meeting finished with a visit to the facilities of the department.