In this episode, Katarzyna Zmudzinska meets Dr Gabriele Enea, Assistant Group Leader of Air Traffic Control and Weather Systems at MIT (The Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lincoln Laboratory, for a discussion about disruptive weather and air traffic.

We get to know Gabriele’s story and hear about the most common types of disruptive weather events and how they impact operations. Gabriele explains what we can expect from the weather in the coming years and the ways in which its impacts can be mitigated.

From the episode, we learn about the different approaches taken in Europe and the USA to handling weather impacts, as well as some of the most exciting research projects currently underway at MIT.

Gabriele answers the signature questions and asks a surprise question to the host.