Victòria Rosselló Botey has a degree and PhD in Physics and a diploma in Egyptology from the Universitat de València. She is currently head of Meteorology at ÀPunt Mèdia. She divides her work between her role as manager and communicator of meteorological information and her role as researcher in Meteorology and History of Science. Her publications include Tradició i canvi científic en l’astronomia espanyola del segle XVII (Universitat de València/CSIC, 2000) and the popular book No dispareu al meteoròleg.

Jerónimo Muñoz (Valencia, dr. 1520-Salamanca, 1592) is one of the most outstanding scientists in Valencian and Spanish history. He was a professor of Hebrew at the University of Ancona and of mathematics and astronomy at the Universities of Valencia and Salamanca. In his lifetime, he enjoyed enormous prestige in Spain and in Europe, mainly due to his work on the supernova of 1572, cited and commented on by some of the best European astronomers. This work is still of interest to astrophysicists studying the remnant of this phenomenon today. The first map of the then kingdom of Valencia, edited by Abraham Ortelio in Antwerp, was based on Muñoz's studies and research and could be considered another of his accomplishments. Muñoz's work was carried on by his followers and aprentices, professors in Valencia and Salamanca and cosmographers in the service of the Crown in the Council of the Indies.

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