We are pleased to welcome Dr. Elias Koulouridis as an Associate Researcher of IAASARS starting in May 2019. Dr. Koulouridis obtained his PhD in 2009 from the University of Patras, in collaboration with the National Observatory of Athens. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher and then as a fellow at NOA until 2015. From 2015-2019 he worked as a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Dιpartement d’Astrophysique of CEA / Saclay in France.