Partner summary
AUTH is the largest university in Greece with 11 Faculties and 41 Schools, accommodating more than 90,000 students. It is an academic organization with highly qualified and motivated scientists supported by modern infrastructure.
Urbanization has grown to be one of the most important human-environmental interactions. Urban dwellers are often exposed to levels of air pollution that are harmful to their health while the urban heat island effect reinforce the impact of heatwaves on human health.
Professor Dimitris Melas
Project Manager
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics (AUTH)
The contribution of AUTH to LIFE SIRIUS is performed by the School of Physics, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics. The LAP has been active in a variety of research fields in the wider area of Meteorology, Atmospheric Physics and Air Quality, with long experience in project coordination and management.
