Murilo Leite Alcântara, PhD. student of the Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA, Salvador, Brasil, has obtained a grant of the Capes, foundation subordinated to the Education Department of Brasil, for a pre-doctoral research placement in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria, from September 2017 to September 2018, under the supervision of Dr. Alfredo Ortiz. During this period Murilo will work in the development of new high selective membranes for the separation of CO₂ using ionic liquids.