Dr. Emmanouela Kamperi is an agronomist and landscape architect and a member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP) at the Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture (LFLA), Department of Crop Science, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece. She graduated from the Agricultural University of Athens in 2011, specializing in Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, and completed her postgraduate studies in Landscape Architecture in 2013. She obtained her PhD at the LFLA in 2021, focusing on the psychophysiological and psychophysical evaluation of the design principles of healing gardens. Dr. Kamperi’s research interests include the in vitro propagation and conservation of native and endangered plant species, their potential utilization as ornamental plants, and the impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies in Mediterranean ornamental horticulture. Her research also encompasses healing gardens and therapeutic landscapes, evidence-based and participatory landscape design, and the assessment of human responses to planting design. She is particularly interested in connecting plant conservation and sustainable ornamental horticulture with landscape architecture, exploring the ecological, aesthetic, and therapeutic roles of plants in the design of outdoor environments.