Rafaela Agathokleous was born in Limassol, Cyprus on June, 1990. She studied Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering at Cyprus University of Technology until 2012. She then had her Master of Science (MSc) in the Department of Engineering and Design at Brunel University London in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Management where she graduated in 2013.

In 2012 she participated as a last year undergraduate student in a competition organized by the Research Promotion Foundation in Cyprus and she earned first prize praise. She has 2 Journal publications and 9 Conference publications on aspects concerning the [...]characterisation of crystalline PV panels, optimisation of thermosiphon solar water heaters and building integrated PVs. Her special fields of interest include applications of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and especially Solar Energy.

Rafaela is currently employed as a Research Associate at Cyprus University of Technology in a EU funded project, and PhD student in the field of building integrated photovoltaic systems. In 2015 she earned a scholarship foundation from the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation and in 2016 a scholarship from the A.G. Leventis Foundation.

From 2015 she is a Reviewer in Renewable Energy Journal and from December 2016 an Assistant Editor in Energy the International Journal.

Rafaela is a member at the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and member at the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK).