Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy (1995), Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece.
• Master of Science (1987), Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece.
• Bachelor of Science, Physics, Physics Department , University of Athens, Greece.

Professional Experience:

• Institute for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece (Under contract 1987-1993, Technical Staff 1993 – 2006, Associate Researcher 2006-2010, Senior Researcher 2010-to date).
• Public Power Corporation, Dept. of Alternative Energy Form.
• Department of Applied Physics, University of Athens, Greece.
• CMA College (teaching of Maritime Meteorology).
• Private schools (teaching of Physics)
  

Activities:

• Research in the field of climatic change, urban climate, meteorology, time series analysis, atmospheric boundary layer, nocturnal boundary layer, wind flow over complex terrain, wind flow models. Participation in European and national research projects.
• Responsible for the historical data base of climatic information of NOA, climatic data quality and the issues of the annual climatological bulletins.
• Teaching on climatic change and meteorology.
• Reviewer Int Journals ‘ Boundary Layer Meteorology’, ‘Climatic Change’, ‘Atmospheric Science Letters’, ‘Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics’.
• Member of the initiative ACRE ( Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over the Earth) for the rescue of historical climatic information.
• Participation in the activities of MedCLIVAR (Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability) – HyMeX (Hyetal Med. Extension) for the recovery and extension of precipitation time series in the Mediterranean.
• Member of the Hellenic Meteorological Society.
• Member of the Administ. Council of the Hellenic Meteorological Society since 2006.
• Member of the Hellenic Association of University Women.
• Member of the GSRT network ‘PERIKTIONI’, for the promotion of gender equality in science.
• Member of Organization Committee of Conferences.

Activities in International and National Projects:

• Climate Change and Impact Research: The Mediterranean Environment (CIRCE- IP Project).
• Improvement of the Wind Atlas of Greece.
• National Allocation Plan for Cyprus for 2008-2012.
• European and North Atlantic daily to MULtidecadal climaTE variability (EMULATE).
• GREECE 2004.
• National Databank for Hydrological, Meteorological and Geographical information (HYDROSCOPE).
• Park Resources Information Management Via Environmental Remotely sensed data Analysis «PRIMAVERA» CEO Programme.
• Island Satellite Observation for Local Exploitation «ISOLE» (Environment & Climate Programme).
• Methodologies for the atmospheric pollution assessment and the procedures for Environmental Permits in large combustion plants in Europe.
• European Topic Centre on Air/Quality- (ETC/AQ- European Environment Agency).
• Measurements of wind speed and turbulence to improve wind field and gust spectra prediction models in complex terrain (JOULE Program).
• Environmental impacts from the thermal plant of the Public Power Corporation of Greece at Nisyros.
• European Utilizability Frequency Distribution Atlas (EUFRAT).
• Assessment of the wind potential of Greece (EOLOS).
• Study of the wind flow over complex terrain- Evaluation of numerical models.