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Gonzalo Otón is a remote sensing and data science expert with a foundation in environmental science. He serves as a Project Officer at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), where he applies his expertise to forestry-related initiatives. As a member of the LULUCF team led by Giacomo Grassi, he plays a key role in developing the spatially explicit version (GCBM) of the Carbon Budget Model (CBM) and integrating the climate component and disturbances into CBM for the EU context. He works extensively with Mirco Migilavacca's team and the Carbon Removal on Land (CRL) project. Furthermore, he collaborates closely with the team led by Alessandro Cescatti on research addressing canopy height, forest structure, biodiversity, and resilience. Gonzalo holds a Ph.D. in Geographic Information Technologies from the University of Alcalá and has an established research background. His work includes contributions to ESA's Fire_cci project, as well as involvement in other major European initiatives such as Copernicus and Multiply. He has developed and analyzed burned area algorithms, notably contributing to products like FireCCILT11 and FireCCI51.