Dr. Silas Michaelides is an Adjunct Professor at the Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C) of The Cyprus Institute. He has been the Director of the Department of Meteorology of Cyprus, a position he has reached having climbed all the scientific ranks of this governmental organization, for more than 40 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology, an MSc in Agricultural Meteorology, a Master’s degree in Public Sector Management and a BSc in Mathematics. He has published 125 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, He has also published two books on precipitation, and he has acted as the Guest Editor of more than 30 Special Issues and Conference Proceedings. He is a Member Emeritus of the European Geosciences Union, a Member of the American Meteorological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and a Member of the Hellenic Meteorological Society. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Cyprus Remote Sensing Society.