I'm Elena Guk.
I'm an independent researcher in meteorology and neurodiversity, and individual travel designer, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
I work on three things that don't look connected, but in each one I do the same thing: check what's actually there, instead of trusting the convenient assumption.
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Antarctic meteorology
I check AI weather forecasts against real Antarctic station measurements, and show where reanalysis hides the errors.
I also create meteovisualisations and analyse weather in the context of travel accessibility.
Autism, culture & employment
I stand for equal rights to work for neurodivergent people.
I want to study how autistic migrants get misread during employment, where a cultural and a neurotypical reading overlap.
Accessible travel design
I help to plan trips around real conditions, for travellers that standard tourism doesn't fit. For example individuals with health conditions, highly sensitive or neurodivergent.
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