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Elli Danae Vartziotis is a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Her doctoral dissertation explores STS perspectives on the integration of AI into environmental sustainability, and she is a member of the newly established NKUA Observatory for Research on Existential Threats and contributes as a researcher to the NKUA team for two EU Erasmus+ projects: Ethics4Challenges (E4C) and Blooming AI. Her expertise is grounded in a record of high academic achievement, including earning her MSc in Science, Technology, Society (STS) with the highest distinction. Her critical analysis of how technology is leveraged to address climate crises is informed by her B.Sc. in Chemical and Process Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and her M.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT in the US. Prior to her current research, she demonstrated significant innovation as a Research Assistant at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, where she focused on resilience and sustainability, specifically regarding urban flood modeling. Her work has been recognized through prestigious honors, most notably the George and Marie Vergottis Fellowship and a full research scholarship from the MIT Laboratory.