Eleni Katragkou is  Professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climatology in the School of Geology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). She contributed to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and serves as the Contact Point of the World Climate Research Programme for the region of Europe and Western Asia. She cocoordinates the European network of climate simulations (EURO-CORDEX) and is a member of the Sectoral Scientific Council for Environment, Climate, and Sustainable Development of the National Council for Research, Technology, and Innovation (NCRTI).