Dr. Mariano Martín is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Salamanca and Head of the Master Studies. He graduated cum laude in an integrated program (BSc+MEng) (2003) and holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Salamanca 2008. Dr. Martín joined the Modeling & Simulation Department at Procter and Gamble. He left P&G for a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow position at Carnegie Mellon University. He received the accesit Mapfre Award in 2003, the Extraordinary PhD Award from Univeristy of Salamanca, and the P&G Award for his contributions to modeling and simulation in 2009. He has been named Rising Star in Chemical Engineering by Imperial College London in 2016 and has been nominated 3 times to the ENI Awards. Dr. Martín has published over 80 peer reviewed papers and authored/edited 4 books for major editorials. http://diarium.usal.es/marianom3/