Dr Josep Grau-Bove is an Associate Professor of Heritage Science at the Institute for Sustainable Heritage, University College London (UCL). He received his Bachelor's degree at the University College Cork and his Master’s degree at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. With his team, he uses science and engineering methods to improve the preventive care of heritage. He has pioneered the use of many types of modelling and simulation in heritage, such as computational fluid dynamics and system dynamics. He is the program director of the Sustainable Heritage MSc, a pioneering course where students can specialise in data science for cultural heritage, heritage science, and heritage management. He is a member of the ICON Heritage Science Group and the National Heritage Science Forum Research and Communities Groups. He is also the chair of the Heritage Science Group of the Institute of Conservation.