Robyn Millan

Robyn Margaret Millan is an American experimental physicist, best known for her work on radiation belts that surround the Earth.

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.

Career and impact Millan is a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College. in which a total of 47 balloon launches floated in the circular wind patterns above the South Pole in 2013 and 2014 and above Sweden in 2015 and 2016. Each balloon measured X-rays produced by the rain of relativistic electrons falling to Earth from the Van Allen radiation belts.

Awards and honours In 2017, Millan received the NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal. In 2011, Millan received the Dartmouth Dean of the Faculty award for outstanding mentoring and advising and for overall career distinction. In 1995, Millan received the Department of Astronomy's Dorthea Klumpke Roberts award.

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