On June 15th, 2017, Dr. Alfredo Ortiz participated as secretary of the jury in the defense of the doctoral thesis “Development of Polybenzimidazole and Ionic Liquid based Membranes for high temperature proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs) and gas Separation Applications” of D. Parashuram Kallem at the University of Zaragoza within the framework of Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in membrane Engineering (EUDIME) to obtain multiple Doctorate degrees issued by Universidad de Zaragoza and University of Montpellier.