Saman Karimi

Johns Hopkins University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
3400 N Charles St., 301 Olin Hall
Baltimore, MD, 21210
[email protected]

Positions 

Associate Research Scientist (2024 – Present)
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Assistant Research Scientist (2019 – 2024)
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Geophysical Adviser (May 2018 – Present)
Geothermal Technology Inc. (GTI)

Dean's Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 – 2019)
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Visiting Assistant Research Professor (Jan 2016 – Dec 2016) 
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Graduate Research Assistant (2010 – 2015)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Graduate Teaching Assistant (2009 – 2015)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Education

Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences (2015)
University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Advisor: Andrew Dombard
Thesis Title: Studying the Thermal and Structural Evolution of Planetary Bodies

Carey School of Business (2024)
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Applied Leadership, Executive Education


M. Sc., Geophysics (2009)
Tehran University (Tehran, Iran)
Institute of Geophysics,
Thesis Title: A Study of Fault Detection Using Geomagnetic Data

B. Sc., Physics (2006)
Iran University of Science and Technology (Tehran, Iran)

Grants, Awards and Honors

Geothermal Exploration of Colorado (2025-2026)
Project: Searching for Potential Geothermal Resources
Role: Science-PI

Geothermal Potential (2021)
Project: Potential for Geothermal Energy in Baltimore/MD
Role: PI

NASA, Lunar Data Analysis Program (2020-2022)
Project: Analysis of Elastic Thickness of the Moon
Role: Co-I

Maryland Innovative Initiative, (2020)
Project: RAD-EGS: A Novel Approach to Harvesting Geothermal Energy
Role: Science PI

Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, (2016-2019)
Geothermal Initiative
Johns Hopkins University

NASA/JAXA Travel Award (2018)
for participating in the International Venus Conference in Japan,

NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) (2013)
Travel Awards

Travel Awards (2012, 2013)
University of Illinois at Chicago

Representative of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (2011 – 2013)
at the Graduate Student Council 
University of Illinois at Chicago


Invited Talks
November 2021 — Orion Gate Group, Brazil
November 2020 — Tehran University, Geophysics Institute
October 2020 — UC Santa Cruz, IGPP
September 2020 — Lunar and Planetary Institute
May 2017 — Applied Physics Lab (APL)
May 2016 - 2024 — Johns Hopkins University



Services

Reviewer — Nature Astronomy, Geophysical Research Letters, Icarus
Reviewer — Several NASA Panels such as MDAP, LDAP, CDAP, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, etc.
Convener — Planned and ran a series of talks at Johns Hopkins University (Summer 2019), Fall AGU Sessions, etc.



Teaching

Instructor at Johns Hopkins University (EPS)

• Introduction to Global Environmental Change
• Remote Sensing of the Environment
• Sustainability Research Lab

• Exploring the Earth’s Interior
• Earth, Environment and Energy
• Global Environmental Change

• 200-level field trip course (1 week)