Stamatios M. Krimigis has been Head of the Space Department of The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Emeritus Head and Principal Staff Scientist since then. He had also served as Chief Scientist, and Supervisor for Space Physics and Instrumentation. 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. He is currently Chair of the National Council of Research and Technology of Greece. As Head of the Space Department, he directed the activities of about 600 scientists, 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, 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 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. 

September 10th, 1938 in Greece (Age 86)