Dr. Xiaomin Zhao and Dr. Lingwei Yang have received the award to the best doctoral thesis in the Technical University of Madrid in the academic year 2016/2017. The doctoral thesis of Dr. Zhao was defended in the Chemical Engineering Program and was co-supervised by Dr. D.-Y. Wang and Prof. J. LLorca. The doctoral thesis of Dr. Yang was defended in the Structures, Foundations and Materials Program and was co-supervised by Dr. J. Molina-Aldareguía and Prof. J. LLorca. The research work for the doctoral theses of both Dr. Zhao and Dr. Yang in IMDEA Materials Institute was supported by a fellowship from the China Scholarship Council.

Congratulations to both!.