Matina Gkioulidou

Expertise: Data
Science area: Inner magnetosphere, ionospheric outflows
Tools/Assets: Van Allen Probes and other NASA missions
Short bio: Matina Gkioulidou is a senior staff scientist in the Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University, and the supervisor of the Magnetospheric Electrodynamics Section of the Space Physics Group of the Space Exploration Sector. Her background is in data analysis and instrumentation of energetic ions in the Earth's magnetosphere, focusing on ring current dynamics, and in particular, how mesoscale injections affect the global ring current buildup.