Alba Llabrés-Brustenga holds a BSc in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), a MSc in Meteorology from the University of Barcelona (UB) and a PhD in Physics from the UB on the topic of climatology and extreme rainfall. In August 2020 she joined BSC to work on the Evaluation and Quality Control of the Copernicus Climate Data Store datasets and in February 2022 she joined the Climate Services team (ESS) to work on the verification and post-processing of Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts for Global Health Resilience projects.