Alexandre Ramos is a post-doc researcher at the University of Lisbon in the group of Climatology and Climate Change. His research interests are on: climatic extremes, the analysis of weather types and moisture transport. He has published more than 35 peer-reviewed contributions. He has been awarded for his research on the characterization of precipitation extreme events over Iberia and on the role played by Atmospheric Rivers in the western Mediterranean and his active contribution to different MedCLIVAR activities, such as workshops and special issues.