Prof. Raquel Ibáñez and Dr. Nazely Diban participated as members of the evaluation committee of the PhD. thesis of Mr. Pablo Rodríguez Vega. The thesis entitled “Experimental Development and modeling of a membrane reactor for the direct synthesis of DME with CO2 valorization”, was developed in the University of the Basque Country, where the academic event of defense took place last September 27th, 2019.