Valentina Davydova Belitskaya: Full senior research professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Guadalajara. Meteorological engineer in meteorology, trained at the Hydrometeorological Institute of Leningrad, USSR, where she also received a master's degree in engineering. In 1997, she studied for a master's degree in applied mathematics, University of Guadalajara—Academy of Sciences of Cuba. She received her doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in atmospheric physics in 2001 at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Since 1989, she has served as research professor at the University of Guadalajara. From 1992 to 2001, she was the director of the Institute of Astronomy and Meteorology, Department of Physics, University Center of Exact Sciences and Engineering. Also, she served as manager of meteorology, manager of observation, and telematics network manager, General Coordination of the National Meteorological Service, National Water Commission (2003–2010). Areas of expertise: Climate variability and change, applied climatology, air pollution, and environmental health. She has been acknowledged from the National Confederation of Popular Organizations for academic excellence in Jalisco, Mexico in 2015. She also received acknowledgement from the Mexican Federation of Biologists for professional excellence in 2021, and in 2023 she received recognition from the Mexican Federation of biologists for climate merit.