João Goulão Crespo - Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, where he is Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation. Former Vice-President of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese National Science Foundation) and former President of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology at NOVA. Member of the editorial board of Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Biotechnology, and Desalination and Water treatment. Member of “Academia de Engenharia”, Portugal, external member of the EPSRC, United Kingdom, President of the Scientific Committee of the “Institut Européen des Membranes, Montpellier, member of the Steering Committee of the “Pôle de Chimie Balard”, France, and external expert of the “Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur”, France.