Ramiro Saurral holds a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). He works on climate variability focused on the Southern Hemisphere and has extensive experience on the study of the role played by climate on hydrology. He has also expertise in the assessment of the potential effects of climate change on climate and water management and availability over South America. Up to date, he has published more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals in the area and has established collaborations with different research groups at the University of Washington (USA), the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Italy) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC, Spain).