Earth System Services Group Leader, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Biography

Dr Albert Soret holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona) and is Head of the Earth System Services group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, as well as adjunct lecturer at the same university. He leads a multidisciplinary team of ~45 experts applying the latest Earth sciences to society, with 15 years' experience in air quality and climate. His expertise spans atmospheric emissions, meteorological and air quality modelling, and climate services, supporting technology transfer from local to international levels in sectors such as energy, transport, health, agriculture, and water. He is principal investigator of the ASPECT project (EC-HE), has led S2S4E (H2020), and holds leadership roles in Clim4Energy, VISCA, and AI4DROUGHT. He coordinates Spain's and Catalonia's CALIOPE air quality forecast system, has authored 52 peer-reviewed publications, and supervises several postdocs and five PhD students.