Professor Francés was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1964. He is a full professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering and the Environment, where he teaches various subjects. He graduated as a Civil Engineer (1987) from this university and received an MSc in Hydrology and Water Resources from Colorado State University. He obtained his Doctorate in Civil Engineering from UPV in 1991. Currently, he is the president of the Spanish Water Technology Platform (PTEA) and a member of the Hydroinformatics Committee of the IAHR. Additionally, he has served as Director of IIAMA (Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering), Deputy Director of Studies at the E.T.S. of Civil Engineers in Valencia (from 1998 to 2002), and Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Water and Environmental Engineering (from 2006 to 2013), which received the Excellence Mention from the Ministry of Education and Science. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine (in 2007) and Princeton University (in 2010).

He is a regular reviewer for national and international project calls and for the most prestigious scientific journals in the field of water engineering. Throughout his academic career, Professor Francés has taught 23 subjects in official degree programs. Since 1988, he has participated in and directed over one hundred research projects and engineering studies. As a result of these activities, Professor Francés has supervised 54 final projects and master’s theses, directed 20 doctoral theses, been invited to over eighty courses and conferences, presented more than one hundred and fifty papers at national and international conferences, and published 40 scientific articles and 30 books and book chapters.

Finally, it is worth noting that Professor Francés currently holds three six-year research periods and five five-year teaching periods, and in 2011 he received the Innovation in Engineering Award from the College of Civil Engineers of Spain.

Contact: ffrances@upv.edu.es

Civil Engineer (2014) from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). Master’s in Construction Project Management (2019) from Edinburgh Napier University (UK). PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and the Environment (2024) under the supervision of Prof. Félix Francés and Prof. Jose Ángel Aranda. His research focuses on the estimation of hydrological extremes (floods) using weather generators in climate change scenarios

Contact: carbeib@edu.upv.es

Civil Engineer and Master’s in Engineering – Water Resources from the National University of Colombia. She has experience in mathematical, physical, and hydrological modeling, conducting water resource analysis for different scenarios, including climate change. For several years, she has supported research projects at the Javeriana Water Institute of the Pontifical Javeriana University and has worked as a lecturer at the Catholic University of Colombia.

She is currently pursuing her PhD in Water and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), under the supervision of Prof. Félix Francés. Her research focuses on the use of remote sensing products for irrigation estimation and their effects on eco-hydrological modeling.

Contact: nguivil@doctor.upv.es

Civil Engineer (2015) and Master’s in Hydraulic Resource Engineering (2020) from the National University of Colombia, currently pursuing his PhD in Water and Environmental Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) under the supervision of Prof. Félix Francés. He has experience in civil works, comprehensive project development and management, served as the coordinator of the urban hydrology research group at the National University of Colombia, and has taught at the Catholic University of Colombia and the Military Engineers School. He is a co-founder of Inpacto Colombia SAS BIC, which aims to support the financing of socio-environmental projects. He has conducted research in hydrological, physical, and mathematical modeling, focusing on sustainable urban drainage systems and the development of computational tools for the comprehensive management of water resources. Currently, his research centers on the implications of scaling parameters and state variables in hydrological modeling

Contact: ncortor@doctor.upv.es

David De León Pérez is a Civil Engineer from the University of Magdalena (Colombia). He obtained a Master’s degree in Hydrosystems from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), is a Specialist in Applied Statistics from the University of Atlántico (Colombia), and completed a Diploma in Dam Engineering at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). His professional experience has focused on hydroclimatology, hydrology, and urban hydraulics. He has worked on significant projects related to aqueduct and sewer networks, water resources, and water supply assessment in Colombia. He has international experience conducting hydraulic analysis and modeling in the Greater Buenos Aires aqueduct system (Argentina), the sewage system of the city of Zárate (Argentina), the drainage system of the Third Canal of Panama (Panama), and the master plan for the aqueduct of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia). He has been a lecturer for undergraduate and graduate courses in hydrology, aqueducts, sewers, and watershed planning. His publications include articles on hydroclimatically homogeneous areas, impacts of recurrent events and their causes in Colombia, effects of climate change in the department of Huila (Colombia), as well as toxicity assessment of magnetic nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans. He is currently a student in the PhD program in Water and Environmental Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), working on his doctoral thesis on analysis and reduction of uncertainty in seasonal forecasts.

Contact: ddeleo1@doctor.upv.es

Master’s in Hydraulic Engineering and the Environment from Universitat Politècnica de València and a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the National Agrarian University La Molina. He graduated with second place in his undergraduate program. He has 5 years of professional experience in environmental consulting, with an emphasis on hydrological and hydrogeological modeling

Contact: damelsal@upv.edu.es

Civil Engineer (2012) from the National University of San Agustín (UNSA) in Arequipa, Peru. He is currently developing his thesis for the Master’s degree in Hydraulic Engineering and the Environment at Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). His research focuses on the non-stationary frequency analysis of precipitation

Contact: dsaynesp@gmail.com