Yolanda Alesanco, from CIDETEC Surface Engineering, has been one of the winners of the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize awarded by the UPV / EHU Graduate Commission in the area of Sciences. Yolanda's doctoral thesis, "New electrochromic systems: multicolored, semi-solid and easy-to-make", directed by Dr. David Mecerreyes Molero and Dr. Ana Viñuales Martínez, has been defended through the Department of Applied Chemistry.

The Graduate Commission of the UPV / EHU, in session held on June 28, 2019, approved the proposals for granting the Extraordinary Doctoral Awards corresponding to the academic year 2016/2017 presented by the Courts appointed for that purpose.