Dr. Andreas Matzarakis studied Meteorology at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, Germany. He completed his dissertation on the bioclimate of Greece in 1995 at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. Between 1995 and 2001, he worked as a research assistant at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Freiburg. He wrote his habilitation on the 'thermal component of the urban climate'. Between October 2001 and July 2015, he worked as a senior research associate at the University of Freiburg, where he was appointed Adjunct Professor in October 2006. From August 2015 to March 2024, he served as the head of the Research Centre Human Biometeorology of the German Meteorological Service. Between 1996 and 2014, he chaired the commission for climate, tourism, and recreation of the International Society of Biometeorology and served as the vice-president of the International Society of Biometeorology between 2006 and 2009. His research interests include applied climatology, climate impact research, human biometeorology, tourism climatology, and urban climate.