Hugo Salazar received his PhD in Materials Engineering in 2022 from University of Minho (Portugal), with a work based on the development multifunctional nanocomposite membranes for water remediation, comprising the synthesis and functionalization of inorganic materials, the preparation of polymer-based membranes, and the application of heavy metals and organic compounds removal from water by adsorption and photocatalytic-based processes. In 2022 he joined BC Materials as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, in the research area of Advanced Functional Materials and Surfaces. His research is focused on the development of ceramic-based composite functional materials for energy storage applications, by using novel low temperature and energy sintering processes.