Antoniel Carlos Carolino Campos defended his doctorate thesis “Poly(urethane-urea) composite membranes with Ag Np/activator and AgBF4/BMImBF4 systems for light olefins/paraffins separations”, developed in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of the University of Cantabria (Spain) and in the Instituto de Química of the Universidades do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The event took place in Rio de Janeiro  last June 20th. Dr. Alfredo Ortiz and Dr. Daniel Gorri, on behalf of the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department, attended the defense.

The evalution committe was formed by Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Azevedo dos Reis (UERJ), Dr. Alfredo Ortiz (UC), Dr. Daniel Gorri (UC), Prof. Dr. Márcio Luis Lyra Paredes (PPGEQ/IQ/UERJ), Prof. Dr. Alberto Claudio Habert (PEQ/COPPE/UFRJ), Prof. Dr. Helen Conceição Ferraz (PEQ/COPPE/UFRJ) and Prof. Dr. Karim Dahmouche (IMA/UFRJ).