Elsa Pastor is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). For over 20 years, she has been dedicated to advancing teaching and research in safety and risk analysis, with a particular focus on fire risk assessment in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Dr. Pastor has led numerous projects across both the private and public sectors, developing innovative methodologies for WUI fire prevention, mitigation, and risk management. She has coordinated several European research projects funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO), including WUIVIEW (Wildland-Urban Interface VIrtual Essays Workbench, 2019 - 2021), WUITIPS (Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Tourist Infrastructure Protection Solutions, 2023-2025), and FIREPRIME (European Program for Wildfire-Prepared Communities, 2024-2026). She has authored 70 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact international journals and contributed to over 100 scientific conferences worldwide. Additionally, she has co-authored 10 specialized books and supervised 10 doctoral theses, playing a key role in shaping the next generation of researchers in fire risk analysis.