Dr. Anastasia Paschalidou is a Professor of Meteorology - Atmospheric Pollution at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, where she teaches meteorology, air pollution, and climate change, at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research focuses on urban meteorology, environmental epidemiology, and climate change impacts. She has authored over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals, conference proceedings and book chapters and two textbooks, and has contributed to numerous research projects. Since 2020, she has served as an Associate Editor for the journal Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier). Pavlos Kassomenos has served as a Professor at the University of Ioannina, Greece, since 2000. His primary research areas include environmental physics, air pollution modeling, and the analysis of pollutant dispersion, with particular emphasis on the role of meteorology and weather conditions in air quality. He has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has participated in numerous conferences, as well as in over 80 research projects. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for several scientific journals, including Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, and Heliyon.