Andrés M. Vélez-Pereira joined the University of Tarapacá (Arica, Chile) in 2022 and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology (2017) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Bellaterra, Spain). He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Patagonian Ecosystem Research Center from 2020 to 2021. His research focuses on air quality, environmental modeling transport, biological and thermochemistry processes, and meteorology.