Last April 7th, 2017, Dr. Audrey Luiz from the University of Sidney (Australia) visited the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department after attending the 3rd International Conference on Desalination using membrane technology, held in the Canary Islands (Spain). During her visit, she presented the main research projects currently developed by the Department of chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of the University of Sydney, as well as her current work, with the presentation “Treatment of Bio-refinery effluents by electrodialysis”. Members of the department attended her presentation followed by questions from the audience and a visit to the department facilities.