Speakers

Eleni Kolintziki majored in Agriculture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, completing her thesis on land degradation and its effects on food security in Greece and Tunisia, employing the cloud-based remote sensing tool "Trends.earth" and calculating the 15.3.1 SDG indicator. She earned a Master's in Environmental Sciences from Trinity College Dublin, where she broadened her knowledge of pressing environmental issues while becoming familiar with environmental policies and advanced geospatial analysis. She has an interdisciplinary background and research experience, bringing a diverse skill set to her work. As a PhD researcher within the Marie Curie-funded DUST-DN network at The Cyprus Institute, she focuses on quantifying and characterizing dust microphysical properties in the Mediterranean and Middle East. Her research integrates in situ and remote-sensing tools to monitor dust and identify its sources.