Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz was awarded by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) with the recognition of the trayectory in Chemical Engineering 2019. This award recognizes an outstanding member of the RSEQ whose career in Teaching & Research in the field of the Chemical Engineering has an impact on the development and promotion of this discipline at national and international level.

Moreover, Iván Merino, who developed his PhD. in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department under the supervision of Prof. Ángel Irabien and Dr. Jonathan Albo, was nominated by the RSEQ to receive the award to the best doctorate thesis.

Dr. Jenifer Gómez, Ohio State University (USA), delivered the talk “Magnetic behaviour of human blood constituents and their separation”, in the ETSIIT of the University of Cantabria. The event took place on December 16^th, 2019, in the frame of the Doctorate Programme in Chemical, Energy and Process Engineering.

Nazely Diban was proposed for promotion to a permanent position as Associate Professor in the area of Chemical Engineering of the University of Cantabria. The evaluation committee was formed by Dr. Mario Mañana Canteli, Vice-Chancellor for Campus, Services and Sustainability of the University of Cantabria, Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz Uribe, Prof. Ane Urtiaga Mendía, Prof. E. Daniel Gorri Cirella and Dr. María José Rivero Martínez.

On December 3^rd, 2019, a group of 36 primary students of the school Cicero visited the ETSIIT of the University of Cantabria. The students visited the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, where they dressed up like a chemical engineer working in a lab, and did a chromatography experiment aimed at separating the different colors in pen ink, and learnt how the Chem-e-car, developed by chemical engineer students, works.

Carmen Barquín, Master in Chemical Engineering, has joined the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, as staff of the project: ”Retos en la implementación de la fotocatálisis para aplicaciones medioambientales (RTI2018-099407-B-I00) (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE)” principal investigator: María José Rivero.

Prof. Ane Urtiaga participated in the committee of evaluation of the doctoral thesis defended by Zhihong Ye, entitled “Processes and catalysts for the electrochemical removal of persistent organic micropollutants from urban wastewater at mild pH”. The academic event took place in the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Barcelona, last November 29th, 2019. The thesis was supervied by Dr. Ignacio Sirés, and the committee was completed by Prof. Onofrio Scialdione (University of Palermo, Italy) and Prof. Cristina Saez (University Castilla La Mancha).

On November 28^th, 2019, the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department received the visit of the company Cantabria Labs, in order to establish a first contact between both institutions and looking for future collaborations. After the meeting, in which the transfer unit SOSPROCAN presented their capabilities, a visit to the research facilities was organized.