Elsa Pastor is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). For more than 20 years, she has specialised in safety and risk analysis, with a strong focus on wildfire risk assessment in the wildland–urban interface (WUI). She has led numerous research and innovation projects in both the public and private sectors, developing methodologies for wildfire prevention, mitigation, and community preparedness.
Dr. Pastor has coordinated several European projects funded by the European Commission’s DG-ECHO, including WUIVIEW (2019–2021), WUITIPS (2023–2025), and FIREPRIME (2024–2026). Her work has contributed to advancing wildfire resilience strategies and civil protection approaches across Europe.
She has authored 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers, contributed to more than 100 international conferences, co-authored 10 specialized books, and supervised 10 doctoral theses, contributing significantly to research and education in fire safety and wildfire risk analysis.
