Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi is professor of Geophysics at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM) and director of the Chicxulub Institute of Advanced Studies. PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He is a member of the UNAM Board of Governors and the council of the UNAM Foundation. He has been director of the UNAM Institute of Geophysics, president of the Mexican Federation of Scientific Societies, president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, council member of the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) and the Inter-Academy Council, and board member of the American Institute of Physics. Dr. Urrutia Fucugauchi has a distinguished academic career. He has also participated in international societies and organizations, successfully organizing initiatives and promoting scientific cooperation. He has also organized outreach and education programs.