About Me

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I am a PhD candidate employed by Leiden Observatory (Sterrewacht). I am currently working on "Modelling the detectability, interiors and evolution of Tidally Heated Exomoons (THEMs)" under the superivision of Matthew Kenworthy and Dominic Dirkx. I am also a member of the Astrodynamics and Space Missions group at TU Delft, conducting interdisciplinary research.

Elina Kleisioti's CV (Updated Jan 2021).

Main Interests



Detectability of extrasolar moons

Italian Trulli




Thermal-orbital and interior modelling

Italian Trulli

PEPSCI Network

I am part of the PEPSci Network, which combines research in Astronomy with other fields, such as biology and geophysics.

Contact Information

Huygens Laboratory
Niels Bohrweg 2
2333 CA Leiden
Room 1125

E-mail: kleisioti@strw.leidenuniv.nl