Victor M. Zavala is the Baldovin-DaPra Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds an affiliation with the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He holds a B.Sc. degree from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University, both in chemical engineering. He is an associate editor for ACS-I&ECR and is on editorial board of the journals Mathematical Programming Computation and Computers & Chemical engineering. His research interests include data science, control, and optimization and applications to chemical, energy, and environmental systems. In recognition for his contributions to research, he has received the NSF and DOE Early Career awards and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He is the author of the textbook “Statistics for Chemical Engineers” published by Cambridge University Press and he has helped develop the video games “Lakeland” and “Bloom”, which foster systems thinking in K-12 education. In recognition for his contributions to education, he received the Harvey Spangler Award for Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices from the College of Engineering at UW-Madison.