Robyn Millan
| Robyn Millan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Experimental physics |
| Institutions | Dartmouth College |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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Website Robyn Millan at Dartmouth College | |
Robyn M. Millan is an American experimental physicist,[1] best known for her work on radiation belts that surround the earth.[2][3][4]
Education
Millan received a B.A. in Astronomy and Physics (1995), a M.A. in Physics (1999), and a Ph.D. in Physics (2002), all from the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
Career and impact
Millan is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College.[3] Her research includes the use of high-altitude scientific balloon experiments to study Earth's radiation belts, specifically, the loss of relativistic electrons from the outer radiation belts into Earth's atmosphere. Millan is principal investigator for the BARREL (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses) project,[5] in which two balloon launches in 2013 and 2014 (of 20 such balloons) floated in the circular wind patterns above the South Pole.[2][6] Each balloon tracked electrons from space that get swept up in Earth's magnetic field and slide down into Earth's atmosphere.[2][7] The first test of BARREL—funded by NASA and also supported by NSF's Office of Polar Programs that supports logistics of all research in Antarctica—began in December 2008.[3]
Her prior positions include research appointments at Dartmouth and at the University of California, Berkeley. Millan served on the NRC Committee on the role and scope of mission-enabling activities in NASA's space and earth science missions and on the panel on solar wind-magnetosphere interactions for the committee for a decadal strategy for solar and space physics (heliophysics).
Millan has inspired several young researchers as a positive influence on women in the area of space physics. A former student and project manager for the SpaceX launch, Julianna Scheimann, made efforts to re-land the first stage booster and has worked for the SES-9 launch. Scheimann worked with Milan on the very early BARREL prototype payloads and conducted her senior thesis on the BARREL piggyback test flight.[8]
Awards and honours
In 2011, Millan received the Dartmouth dean of the faculty award for outstanding mentoring and advising and for overall career distinction.[9] In 1995, Millan received the Department of Astronomy's Dorthea Klumpke Roberts award.[10]
Selected works
- Breneman, AW; Halford, A; Millan, R; McCarthy, M; Fennell, J; Sample, J; Woodger, L; Hospodarsky, G; Wygant, JR; Cattell, CA; Goldstein, J; Malaspina, D; Kletzing, CA (2015). "Global-Scale Coherence Modulation of Radiation-Belt Electron Loss from Plasmaspheric Hiss". Nature. 523 (7559): 193.
- Clilverd, Mark A.; Rodger, Craig J.; Millan, Robyn M.; Sample, John G.; Kokorowski, Michael; McCarthy, Michael P.; Ulich, Thomas; Raita, Tero; Kavanagh, Andrew J.; Spanswick, Emma (2007). "Energetic Particle Precipitation into the Middle Atmosphere Triggered by a Coronal Mass Ejection". Journal of Geophysical Research. 112 (A12 (Space Physics)).
- Millan, R. M.; Lin, R. P.; Smith, D. M.; McCarthy, M. P. (2007). "Observation of Relativistic Electron Precipitation During a Rapid Decrease of Trapped Relativistic Electron Flux". Geophysical Research Letters. 34 (10).
- Millan, Robyn Margaret; Lin, R. P.; Smith, D. M.; Lorentzen, K. R.; McCarthy, M. P. (2002). "X‐Ray Observations of MeV Electron Precipitation with a Balloon‐Borne Germanium Spectrometer". Geophysical Research Letters. 29 (24).
- Yando, Karl; Millan, Robyn M.; Green, Janet C.; Evans, David S. (2011). "A Monte Carlo Simulation of the NOAA POES Medium Energy Proton and Electron Detector Instrument". Journal of Geophysical Research. 116 (A10 (Space Physics)).
References
- 1 2 "Faculty profile: Robyn M. Millan". Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Zell, Holly (June 1, 2015). "BARREL PI Robyn Millan". NASA. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Zell, Holly (May 26, 2015). "Launching Balloons in Antarctica". NASA. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
- ↑ "New X-ray Actions Revealed". Phys.org. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ↑ Frazier, Sarah (September 24, 2015). "NASA's BARREL team returns from Sweden". Phys.org. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ↑ Dartmouth College (July 23, 2015). "Destructive High-Energy Electrons Streaking into Earth's Atmosphere from Space". Science Daily. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ↑ Morrow, Ashley (July 30, 2015). "BARREL Mission Overview". NASA. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Fiorentino, Anna (February 2016). "Dartmouth Engineer Oversees First NASA Satellite Launch for SpaceX". Dartmouth Engineer. Thayer School of Engineering. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ Relman, Eliza (August 2, 2011). "10 Profs. Receive College Awards". The Dartmouth. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Student Prizes & Awards". Department of Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
External links
- Robyn Millan's faculty profile at Dartmouth College
- Robyn Millan on Scopus