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Evangelia Samara
Catholic University of America, Goddard Space Flight Center, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Royal Observatory of Belgium
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Employment
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The Catholic University of America Postdoctoral researcher2025 - 2026
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Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Postdoctoral Fellow (NPP)2023 - 2025
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Royal Observatory of Belgium PhD student2018 - 2022
- 2015 - 2016
Education
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens M.Sc in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Mechanics2016 - 2018
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens B.Sc in Physics (major in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Mechanics)2011 - 2016
Projects & Funding
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SPD Thomas Metcalf Travel Award American Astronomical Society2026 - 2026
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NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPP) ORAU2023 - 2025
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PhD scientific fellowship Royal observatory of Belgium2018 - 2022
Publications (28)
- Solar Orbiter’s Far-side Magnetogram Impacts on Coronal Holes and Solar Wind Predictions (accepted for publication) Save
- Advancing Heliophysics and Space Weather Modeling Through Open Science Save
- The COSPAR international space weather action teams (ISWAT) initiative: a driving force for the COSPAR space weather roadmap Save
- Assessment of space weather modeling capabilities and transition to operations Save
- Why Do Solar Wind Models Get It Wrong? Understanding the Capabilities of Time-dependent Solar Wind Simulations Save
- The Challenge of Predicting the Solar Wind Speed near Sunspot Minimum Save
- Validation of EUHFORIA cone and spheromak coronal mass ejection models Save
- Calibrating the WSA Model in EUHFORIA Based on Parker Solar Probe Observations Save
- A new type of cloud discovered from Earth in the upper Martian atmosphere Save
- Employing the Coupled EUHFORIA‐OpenGGCM Model to Predict CME Geoeffectiveness Save
- Helio1D modeling of temporal variation of solar wind: Interfacing between MULTI-VP and 1D MHD for future operational forecasting at L1 Save
- Unifying the validation of ambient solar wind models Save
- Validation of heliospheric modeling algorithms through pulsar observations II: Simulations with EUHFORIA Save
- Over-expansion of coronal mass ejections modelled using 3D MHD EUHFORIA simulations Save
- Influence of coronal hole morphology on the solar wind speed at Earth Save
- Dynamic Time Warping as a Means of Assessing Solar Wind Time Series Save
- How the area of solar coronal holes affects the properties of high-speed solar wind streams near Earth: An analytical model Save
- Evidence for local particle acceleration in the first recurrent galactic cosmic ray depression observed by Solar Orbiter Save
- Coronal Hole Detection and Open Magnetic Flux Save
- 2019 International Women’s Day event Save