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Curriculum Vitae

General Information

Full Name Savvas Raptis
Current Role Researcher, Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Location Maryland, USA
Research Areas heliophysics, machine learning applications, space plasma physics and space weather

Research Appointments

  • Jun 2023 - Present
    Researcher
    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA
  • Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
    Visiting Researcher
    European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC), Leiden, Netherlands
  • Nov 2022 - May 2023
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2022
    PhD Researcher
    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Education

Leadership and Supervision

  • 2025-2029: NSF GEM Focus Group Leader (Multiscale Dayside Transients and their effect on Earth's magnetosphere).
  • 2025-Present: Chair, AGU SPA Early Career Leadership Advisory Committee (EC-LAC).
  • 2023-Present: Organizer/convener/chair roles across AGU, EGU, MMS community workshop, and LMAG workshops.
  • Mentoring and co-supervision activities at AGU, GEM, EGU, JHU/APL internship programs, co-supervision of graduent students.

Service and Reviewing

  • Science/instrument/working-team roles: IMAP, MMS (EPD/EDP), SMILE, Plasma Observatory, and Center for Geospace Storms (CGS).
  • Grant reviewer for NASA Heliophysics programs (HSR, HGIO, LWS).
  • Editorial board roles: Discover Space (Springer Nature) and Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.
  • Reviewer for major journals including Science Advances, PRL, ApJL, GRL, JGR, ApJ, A&A, Annales Geophysicae, and others.
  • Conference judging service for AGU/EGU/GEM/TESS student presentation programs.

Contact and Profiles