Dr. Nicolás Borchers-Arriagada is an industrial engineer, specialised in environmental (MSc) and medical sciences (PhD). He has over fifteen years’ experience (in Australia and Chile) in the private and public sectors, and more recently in academia. He currently holds a dual position as a Sohn Hearts and Minds Research Fellow and a Centre for Safe Air Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. His work intersects modelling, public health, health economics, bushfire management, and more broadly risks of climate-related and extreme weather events.