Roussos, Elias
Scientist
International Max Planck Research School Alumni
Planetary Plasma Environment
Planets and Comets
Planetary Plasma Environment
Planets and Comets
Main Focus
Research topics
- Radiation belts of Jupiter and Saturn; origin, structure and dynamics
- Energetic charged particle acceleration in the magnetospheres of the outer planets
- Moon and ring-magnetosphere interactions
- Science preparation for the JUICE mission to Jupiter
- Instrumentation: radiation simulations of the PEP/JEI detector of the JUICE spacecraft
- Planetary space weather
Professional Experience and Education
| May 2009 - Today | Post-doc researcher position at MPI for Solar System Research |
| Feb. 2005 - May 2008 | PhD student at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research & University of Braunschweig, Germany |
| Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2004 | M.Sc. in Space Studies at the International Space University, |
| April 2004 - July 2004 | Internship at ESA/ESTEC (part of the MSc program) |
| Sept. 1998 - Mar. 2003 | B.Sc. in Physics (specialization in Astronomy/Astrophysics & Mechanics) at the University of Athens, Greece |