Elena Vyshkvarkova is a Leading Researcher in the Laboratory of large-scale air-sea interaction and climate change. In 2010, she graduated from the East Ukrainian National University; specialty in hydrology. In 2014, she received a PhD in meteorology, climatology, agrometeorology. Since 2013, she has been working at research institutes (until 2015 – the Marine Hydrophysical Institute, from 2015 to the present – the Institute of natural and technical systems). Her research interests are climate change, extreme precipitation, and the Black Sea region.