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Constantinos Charalambous is a key figure in planetary seismology and robotic surface operations, best known for his central role in NASA’s InSight mission to Mars. His research focuses on Martian regolith mechanics, seismic instrumentation, and the deployment of surface sensors. Charalambous made foundational contributions as a co-author on the landmark 2019 paper describing SEIS, InSight’s Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure—a six-axes seismometer that, after 42 years, finally returned high-quality seismic data from Mars. That work has garnered over 375 citations, underscoring its transformative impact on planetary science. He also led studies on the InSight robotic arm’s activities, using its motion to characterize the regolith’s response to vibrations and to constrain grain size distributions through wind dispersion effects during tether burial. His work on site tilt and lander transfer functions from the short-period seismometer has helped isolate local noise sources, enabling clearer detection of marsquakes and dust devils. Charalambous’s blend of instrumentation, field operations, and regolith physics has been vital to InSight’s success, making him a leading voice in understanding the Martian subsurface and surface environment.