Dr. Diana Meza-Figueroa is a professor in the Department of Geology, University of Sonora. She completed her PhD studies in Geosciences at The University of Arizona and has been awarded a permanent membership in the National Academy of Sciences in Mexico. She leads internationally and nationally funded research projects in environmental sciences. She has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. She is also a reviewer for several international journals published by Springer Nature, Elsevier, MDPI, ACS, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Earth and Environmental Sciences. She is responsible for the Laboratory of Geochemistry and Mineralogy and the National Laboratory of Atmosphere and Climate at the University of Sonora. Her research focuses on environmental geochemistry and health in arid environments affected by dust emissions, with particular emphasis on characterizing submicron and ultrafine particles.