Iphigenia Keramitsoglou is a Research Director in NOA/IAASARS. She holds a Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London, a M.Sc. in Remote Sensing from University College London and a Physics Degree from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is actively involved in the research regarding monitoring the Urban Heat Island phenomenon from Space and downscaling thermal infrared imagery in real time to safeguard citizens during extreme temperature events and increase urban resilience. IK is co-leader of the action on Global Observation of Urban Areas (Global Urban Observation and Information Task, GI-17, ex-SB-04) of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO). IK has been the coordinator of EXTREMA "Emergency notification system for extreme temperatures". IK is acting as Temporary Advisor of World Health Organisation, European Working Group on Health in Climate Change. IK has been appointed collaborator of NASA project URBANLST "A high spatio-temporal resolution Land Surface Temperature (LST) product for urban environments".