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Stamatios Krimigis

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in 2013. As a researcher, Krimigis has published nearly 600 articles in scientific journals and books, including ground-breaking findings on solar observations, planetary magnetospheres, and the charged particles that flood the space between the planets. Krimigis has over 21,000 citations, making him
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Krimigis's research has focused on the study of the magnetospheres of planets and the heliosphere. His pioneering work on space instruments has contributed significantly to our understanding of space weather and the interactions between solar wind and planetary environments. His work with the Voyager
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missions. His Low Energy Charged Particle Experiment (LECP) instrument flies aboard both Voyager spacecraft; on Voyager 1, LECP data was essential to determining that a spacecraft had left the solar system for the first time in 2012. Krimigis was also instrumental in establishing NASA's
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Krimigis is the only scientist in the world to lead or participate in space physics experiments on all nine classical planets. He has served as a principal investigator on five
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In 2016, Krimigis received NASA's highest service honor, the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, for his lifelong efforts to advance space exploration and science.
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Krimigis's publication record spans from "Interplanetary diffusion model for time behavior of intensity in a solar cosmic ray event," published in the
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program, for which the APL-built New Horizons to Pluto was the first mission. He is also a co-investigator on the
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and beyond. He has contributed to exploration missions to almost every planet of the Solar System. In 1999, the
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in 1965, to "Search for the exit: Voyager 1 at heliosphere's border with the galaxy," published in
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spacecraft has provided invaluable data on the outer planets and the boundary of the solar system.
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In 2017, Krimigis's contributions to the Voyager program were highlighted in the documentary film "
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An interplanetary diffusion model for the time behavior of intensity in a solar cosmic ray event
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Krimigis has designed, built, flown and analyzed data from 21 instruments in various NASA and
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Award, for major contributions to science in Greece and abroad (May 11, 2015)
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in 1965 in Physics under the mentorship of renowned space scientist
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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni
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International Academy of Astronautics von Karman Award (2017)
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Homeric Award from the Chian Federation of America (2005)
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Greek-American space exploration scientist (b. 1938)
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Infrared interferometer spectrometer and radiometer
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Vrontados
Chios
Applied Physics Laboratory
Thesis
An interplanetary diffusion model for the time behavior of intensity in a solar cosmic ray event
Doctoral advisor
James Van Allen
Greek
space exploration
Solar System
International Astronomical Union
8323 Krimigis
Vrontados
Chios
Greece
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
Master of Science
Ph.D.
James Van Allen
Emeritus
Johns Hopkins
Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland
Academy of Athens
Greece
NASA
Voyager 1
Voyager 2

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