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{{Short description|Greek-American planetary scientist (b. 1938)}}
Stamatios (Tom) M. Krimigis has been Head of the Space Department (01/1991-04/2004) of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL),
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and Emeritus Head and Principal Staff Scientist since then. He had also served as Chief Scientist (1980–1990), and Supervisor for Space Physics and Instrumentation (1968–79).
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In 2004 he was elected to the Chair of “Science of Space” in the Academy of Athens, and has served as Greece’s Alternate Head Delegate to the ESA Council (12/06-09/10).
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He is currently Chair of the National Council of Research and Technology of Greece (9/10). As Head of the Space Department, he directed the activities of about 600 scientists,
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engineers, and other technical and supporting staff. The Space Department's principal areas of work include the design, construction, test, and launch into space of entire satellites,
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and of scientific instruments that perform measurements on a large variety of earth-orbiting and interplanetary missions. The Department has combined excellence in space engineering
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together with in-depth science capability in designing and executing some 63-satellite missions and well over 175 instruments since 1959 with sponsorship by NASA and other government agencies. After stepping down as Department Head in 2004 he resumed his science work full time.
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'''Stamatios (Tom) Mike Krimizis''' ({{lang-el|Σταμάτιος Κριμιζής}}, born September 10, 1938) is a Greek-American scientist in [[space exploration]]. He has contributed to many of the United States' unmanned space exploration programs of the [[Solar System]] and beyond. He has contributed to exploration missions to almost every planet of the Solar System.<ref name=CV>[http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/CASSINI/SMK_BriefBio&Publ_9-10.pdf Brief Curriculum Vitae and publications], Johns Hopkins University.</ref><ref name=europlanet>[http://www.europlanet-eu.org/outreach/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=41 Europlanet Interview: Stamatios (Tom) Krimigis], Europlanet.</ref> In 1999, the [[International Astronomical Union]] named the asteroid [[8323 Krimigis]] (previously 1979 UH) in his honor.<ref name=europlanet/>
Dr. Krimigis graduated from the Gymnasium of Chios, Greece, the University of Minnesota (B. Phys., 1961) and the University of Iowa (M.S., 1963; Ph.D., 1965, both in physics).
As a student of J. A. Van Allen and later on the Physics and Astronomy Dept. faculty, he built instruments for Mariners 3, 4 (Mars), Injun 4, 5 (Earth), OGO-4 (Earth), Mariner-5 (Venus),
and Explorers 33 and 35 (Moon, Anchored IMP). He joined JHU/APL in 1968.
 
==Biography==
Dr. Krimigis' research interests include the Earth's environment, its magnetosphere, the sun, the interplanetary medium, and the magnetospheres of the planets.
He was born in 1938 in [[Vrontados]] of [[Chios]], [[Greece]], where he attended school.<ref name=europlanet/> In the United States he studied at the [[University of Minnesota]], and earned his Bachelor of Physics, 1961, his [[Master of Science]] at the [[University of Iowa]] in 1963 and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1965 in Physics.<ref name=europlanet/> He was a student of [[James Van Allen]].<ref name=europlanet/>
As Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, he has designed, built, flown and analyzed data from 21 instruments on NASA/ESA space science missions, including the
Low Energy Charged Particle (LECP) Experiment on Voyagers 1 and 2, and the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE), a collaborative
U.S.-German-U.K. program that created the first artificial comet in space on December 27, 1984. Together with five other scientists, he was invited to the
White House for lunch to brief President Reagan on both of these projects on March 26, 1986. He was one of the Group of American intellectuals from
World of Arts, Sciences, and Politics invited to meet with President Gorbachev during his first visit to Washington, D.C. in December 1987.
He also participated in a briefing of President Bush in the Oval Office on July 7, 1990, following the successful Voyager encounter with Neptune.
He is currently a Principal Investigator for the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan, a Co-Investigator on the Ulysses, ACE and MESSENGER missions and Collaborating scientist on the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper belt. He is currently Co-investigator on the ESA Proba-3 ASPIICS instrument and the NASA Solar Probe Plus EPI-Lo experiment.
 
He is Head [[Emeritus]] of the Space Department [[Applied Physics Laboratory]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]] [[Laurel, Maryland]], United States and he is a member of [[Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy of Athens]], [[Greece]], where he has the Chair of Science of Space.<ref name=europlanet/> He is also the President of the Greek National Council for Research and Technology.<ref name=CV />
Dr. Krimigis spearheaded the establishment of NASA's Discovery program for low-cost planetary missions. The first such mission, NEAR, was developed at APL,
launched in 1996, orbited asteroid Eros for a year, and landed on February 12, 2001. The NEAR team has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Trophy for Achievement in 2001. Together with two other colleagues, he was recognized for "Laurels" in Space for the
NEAR achievement by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine in 1997, and again in 2001. He was also recognized in 2001 with “Laurels” for his role in resurrecting
the mission to Pluto, New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006. He was member of the teams that were awarded the Smithsonian Collier Trophy for Voyager (1980)
and the Air and Space Museum Trophy for NASA’s missions Voyager (1989), and Cassini (2012). Dr. Krimigis has built instruments that have flown to all eight planets,
the only scientist to do so, and his work on the New Horizons mission to Pluto (the ninth planet until 2007) will complete the set.
 
Krimigis has been the Principal Investigator for MIMI on ''[[Cassini–Huygens]]'', the Low Energy Charged Particle Experiment (LECP) on ''[[Voyager 1]]'' and ''[[Voyager 2]]'', and for the CPME on [[Explorer program|Explorer]] 47.<ref name='APL'>{{cite web | url = http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/CASSINI/SMK_BriefBio&Publ_9-10.pdf | title = STAMATIOS M. KRIMIGIS - Curriculum Vitae | accessdate = 2012-03-05 | author = STAMATIOS M. KRIMIGIS | publisher = Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)}}</ref>
Dr. Krimigis has published more than 530 papers (27 in Science, 10 in Nature) in journals and books, is co-editor of the book Saturn from Cassini-Huygens (Springer, 2009);
has been awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1981 and again in 1986, over forty NASA Group Achievement Awards for
Voyager, AMPTE, Galileo, NEAR, Cassini, MESSENGER, ACE, etc, the ESA group awards for Ulysses and Cassini-Huygens, has been a member of the
National Academy of Sciences' Space Science Board, Chairman of the Board's Committee on Solar and Space Physics (1983–1986), member of
NASA's Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society,
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Trustee and Chair of Basic Sciences section
of the International Academy of Astronautics. He received the International Academy of Astronautics Basic Sciences Award in 1994. At the World Space Congress (2002)
he was presented with the COSPAR Space Science Award, and in November 2004 he received the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Lifetime Achievement Award.
He has participated as member or Chairman in many national and international conferences in space science and space systems management, and has lectured in major
conferences and National Academies in all five continents. The International Astronomical Union in 1999 named asteroid "8323 Krimigis" (previously 1979 UH) in his honor.
The President of the Hellenic Republic has awarded him the Gold Cross『Commandeur de l' Ordre du Phoénix』in 1997. He was awarded
Honorary Doctorates from the University of the Aegean (12/2009, Financial and Management Engineering), the University of Athens (05/2010 Department of Physics),
and the Hellenic International University (5/19/11, Science of Engineering). Most recently, the Council of European Aerospace Societies awarded Dr. Krimigis its 2010 CEAS Gold Medal.
 
He is Co-Investigator for LAN/HI-SCALE on ''[[Ulysses (spacecraft)|Ulysses]]'' solar polar orbiter, EPIC on [[GEOTAIL]], EDP for ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' mission, TRD on [[Mariner program|Mariner]] 3, and for the LECR on [[Mariner 4]].<ref name=europlanet/><ref name='APL'/>
Citations: There are over 9500 citations to the work of S. M. Krimigis, not including citations to book chapters and conference proceedings.
Krimigis has also worked on the [[Advanced Composition Explorer]], the [[Mariner 5]], ''[[MESSENGER]]'' and ''[[New Horizons]]'' programs.<ref name='APL'/>
An interview with Thompson-Reuters on recent citations can be found at http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/planet/11sepPlanetKrim/.
Krimigis was featured in the 2017 documentary film ''[[The Farthest]]'' about the Voyager program.
 
== Honors ==
The complete CV including the list of publications through 2011 can be accessed on-line at SMK_BriefBio_Publ_5-12.pdf.
* Fellow, [[American Physical Society|APS]], [[American Geophysical Union|AGU]], [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]], [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|AIAA]].
* Lifetime Achievement Award, Johns Hopkins [[Applied Physics Laboratory]] (2004).
* Member of the [[Academy of Athens (modern)|Academy of Athens]], Chair of Science of Space (2004).
* [[Committee on Space Research|COSPAR]] Space Science Award (2002).
* [[Smithsonian Institution]] Trophy (2002).
* [[Aviation Week and Space Technology]] ''Laurels in Space'' Award (1996, 2001).
* NASA [[NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal|Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement]] (1981, 1986).
* Basic Sciences Award, [[International Academy of Astronautics]] (1994).
* [[Council of European Aerospace Societies]] Gold Medal (2011).
* [[National Air and Space Museum]] Lifetime Achievement Trophy Award (2015).
* [[Hellenic Physical Society]] Award, for major contributions to science in Greece and abroad (11 May, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web | title = Announcement of ΕΕΦ Award | url = https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF-files/ekdilwseis/Ekdilwseis/2015/VraveysiStamatiKrimizi11052015.pdf | access-date=2022-09-09 | website = University of Athens |language=el-gr}}</ref>
* [[Space Flight Award |American Astronomical Society Space Flight Award]] (2015).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astronautical.org/awards/space-flight/|title = Space Flight Award &#124; American Astronautical Society}}</ref>
* NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2016/160701.asp|title=Press Release|access-date=2016-07-07|archive-date=2016-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908084946/http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/pressreleases/2016/160701.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Over 40 NASA and ESA Group Achievement Awards.
 
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/12749/ Dr Krimigis at I.A.U.]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/1105voyager_bios.html#tom/ Brief Biography from NASA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090929081321/http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/new/Krimigis.htm Info]
 
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