Ioanna is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Energy Department of Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre of The Cyprus Institute. She boasts a multi-disciplinary background, with a BSc in Biology from the University of Sheffield (obtained in 2012) and an MSc in Energy Science from the University of Utrecht (obtained in 2015). Her PhD studies in Energy, Environment and Atmospheric Sciences combined natural with social sciences to investigate the topic of energy poverty in the EU and in Cyprus and were completed in June 2022 at the Cyprus Institute. Some of her main interests involve sustainable energy use in the urban environment, occupant-centric smart buildings, thermal comfort, urban and energy vulnerabilities and associated health issues.