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 **Bio:** Jose Luis Cánovas has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication from the Universidad CEU UCH of Valencia and Postgraduate degrees in Digital Journalism from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Investigative Reporting from the Universitat Ramon Llull (URL) of Barcelona. With over 10 years of experience working in the media industry, international events and corporate communication, he has specialized in science, technology and health. As a science communication specialist of the Earth System Services group at BSC-ES he facilitates knowledge transfer to the media and society.
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+==== Paula Checchia Adell ====
+{{:working_groups:paula_checchia.jpg?100|}} \\
+**Computational Social Scientist**\\
+[[https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-checchia-adell-44a9a3217|LinkedIn]]\\
+**Interests:** climate change, social impact derived from decision-making processes, social justice, knowledge transfer. \\
+**Bio:** Paula Checchia has a double degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Barcelona. Due to her interest in social issues, she did her two final degree thesis on this field. In this line and to better understand the global social context, she worked in different NGOs in Spain, Greece and Colombia. She joined the BSC Earth System Services group in May 2023 as a member of the Knowledge Integration team. She will be working on mapping the climate services initiatives located in Europe in the context of the Climateurope2 project. She will also be involved in the development of a strategy for the storage and structure of qualitative social data to propose standards and community-based good practices in order to do further social analysis.
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 ==== Albert Martínez Botí ====
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-**Master Student**\\
+**Junior Research Engineer**\\
 **Interests:**  Climate prediction, climate variability, modelling, numerical weather prediction, extreme events. \\
-**Bio:** Albert Martinez holds a BSc in physics from the University of Valencia. He's currently doing a master's degree in Meteorology at Universitat de Barcelona and an internship at BSC. He will be working on the project of seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasting for Decathlon.
+**Bio:** Albert Martinez holds a BSc in physics from "Universitat of Valencia" and a master's degree in Meteorology from "Universitat de Barcelona". He has been working at BSC since 2020 on projects involving the coproduction and development of climate services products. The main project in which Albert is involved consists of a coproduction process in which climate services products addressed to the retail Decathlon company are developed in order to provide support and help in climate-sensitive decision-making. Albert is also working on the FOCUS AFRICA project, especially on the design of a vignette that will be used by the National Meteorological Services of SADC (South African Development Countries) as training material addressed to help them to fill some capacity gaps related to the processing and post-processing of seasonal climate data.
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 **Interests:** Air quality management. Research on climate services tailored to different sectors such as renewable energy, agriculture and food security.  Development of novel strategies to better communicate research results to the end users.
-**Bio:** Bio: Dr Albert Soret holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona). He is the head of the Earth System Services group at the Earth Sciences Department of the BSC and an associated professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. The group hosts ~30 research engineers, physicists, social scientists, economists, communication experts, and air quality/climate researchers who bring the latest developments in Earth sciences to society. He is a postdoc researcher with 15 years experience in Air Quality and Climate. His expertise includes atmospheric emissions, meteorological and air quality modelling, and climate services. His research facilitates technology transfer from local and national to international levels to advance sustainable development in key sectors such as urban development, infrastructure, energy, transport, health, and agriculture and water management. He is the principal investigator of the S2S4E project (EC-H2020) and Work Package leader of different projects and contracts: e.g. Clim4Energy (Copernicus), VISCA (H2020) and AI4DROUGHT (ESA). He coordinates the development of the air quality forecast system for Spain and Catalonia (CALIOPE Air Quality Forecast System). His work has resulted in 32 peer-reviewed publications, five chapters in books, proceedings, and reports, and more than 80 contributions to conferences/workshops/seminars. He is the supervisor of several postdocs and five PhD students.
+**Bio:** Bio: Dr Albert Soret holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona). He is the head of the Earth System Services group at the Earth Sciences Department of the BSC and an adjunct lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. The group hosts ~45 research engineers, physicists, social scientists, economists, communication experts, and air quality/climate researchers who bring the latest developments in Earth sciences to society. He has 15 years of experience as a researcher in Air Quality and Climate. His expertise includes atmospheric emissions, meteorological and air quality modelling, and climate services. His research facilitates technology transfer from local to national to international levels to advance sustainable development in key sectors such as urban development, infrastructure, energy, transport, health, agriculture, and water management. He is the principal investigator of the ASPECT project (EC-HE) and previously coordinated the S2S4E project (EC-H2020). He is the work package leader and principal investigator at BSC of different projects and contracts: e.g. Clim4Energy (Copernicus), VISCA (H2020) and AI4DROUGHT (ESA). He coordinates the development of the air quality forecast system for Spain and Catalonia (CALIOPE Air Quality Forecast System). His work has resulted in 52 peer-reviewed publications, five chapters in books, proceedings, and reports, and more than 80 contributions to conferences/workshops/seminars. He is the supervisor of several postdocs and five PhD students.
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 **Bio:** Guillermo López has a BSc in Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and is doing a MSc in Energies and Fuels for the future at the same university. He joined BSC in December 2022 to do his Master's thesis and internship. Guillermo is currently working on the Tall Tower Dataset and winds at 100 metres, studying the variability and impact in the wind energy sector.
+==== Javier Corvillo ====
+{{:working_groups:javier-corvillo.jpg?100 |}} \\
+**Master Student**\\
+**Interests:**  Renewable energies, climate services, modelling, downscalling, urban pollution, scientific dissemination\\
+**Bio:** Javier Corvillo has a BSc in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and is doing a MSc in Meteorology and Geophysics at the same university. He joined BSC in February 2023 to do his Master's thesis and internship on statistical downscaling over Brazil and Barcelona as part of the Harmonize project. Aside from his university work, he's also taken part in numerous sustainability projects and initiatives regarding scientific dissemination to the general public about the current policy issues in regards to the overall state of climate studies
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