Last December 21st, 2017 Carlos Javier Escudero defended his doctorate thesis “Progress on the performance of photocatalysis and electrochemical oxidaton technologies applied to wastewater remediation”, developed at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department and supervised by Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz and Dr. María José Rivero. The evaluation committee was formed by Prof. Ane Urtiaga (University of Cantabria), Prof. Marta María Pazos (University of Vigo), Prof. Rosa María Alonso (Universidad Nacional del Mar de Plata).