Iliana Koutsoupi is currently a PhD Candidate at the National Observatory of Athens. She is studying clouds and rain microphysics and formation mechanisms over the Mediterranean region using satellite radars’ data. She graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Patras (2021). During the Bachelor studies, she studied the fluid mechanics of the tropical cyclones. She obtained her MSc degree (2023) in the field of “Atmospheric Physics and Meteorology”, from the Physics Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her Master thesis focused on the relationship of atmospheric blocking and heatwaves over Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Atmospheric dynamics, Extreme weather events (especially Omega blocks and Medicanes), Clouds and rain microphysics, Radar meteorology, Remote sensing