Robyn Millan

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.{{r|Dartmouth bio}}

Millan is a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College. 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,{{cite web |first=Sarah |last=Frazier |date=September 24, 2015 |work=Phys.org |url=http://phys.org/news/2015-09-nasa-barrel-team-sweden.html |title=NASA's BARREL team returns from Sweden |access-date=July 29, 2016}} 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.{{Cite web|title=BARREL {{!}} Science Mission Directorate|url=https://science.nasa.gov/missions/barrel/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=science.nasa.gov}}{{cite web |author=Dartmouth College |title=Destructive High-Energy Electrons Streaking into Earth's Atmosphere from Space |date=July 23, 2015 |work=Science Daily |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150723111345.htm |access-date=July 29, 2016}} Each balloon measured X-rays produced by the rain of relativistic electrons falling to Earth from the Van Allen radiation belts. 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.

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.

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 Scheiman, made efforts to re-land the first stage booster and has worked for the SES-9 launch. Scheiman worked with Milan on the very early BARREL prototype payloads and conducted her senior thesis on the BARREL piggyback test flight.{{cite web |last=Fiorentino |first=Anna |title=Dartmouth Engineer Oversees First NASA Satellite Launch for SpaceX |date=February 2016 |work=Dartmouth Engineer |publisher=Thayer School of Engineering |url=http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/magazine/dartmouth-engineer-oversees-first-nasa-satellite-launch-for-spacex/ |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902142455/http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/magazine/dartmouth-engineer-oversees-first-nasa-satellite-launch-for-spacex/ |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

In 2017, Millan received the NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.{{Cite web|url=https://home.dartmouth.edu/faculty-directory/sites/dartmouth.edu.faculty-directory/files/millan_cv_short_oct2017.pdf|title=CV - Robyn Millan}} In 2011, Millan received the Dartmouth Dean of the Faculty award for outstanding mentoring and advising and for overall career distinction.{{cite news |last=Relman |first=Eliza |title=10 Profs. Receive College Awards |date=August 2, 2011 |work=The Dartmouth |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2011/08/02/10-profs-receive-college-awards/ |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902145710/http://thedartmouth.com/2011/08/02/10-profs-receive-college-awards/ |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} In 1995, Millan received the Department of Astronomy's Dorthea Klumpke Roberts award.{{cite web |title=Student Prizes & Awards |website=Department of Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley |url=http://astro.berkeley.edu/programs/student-awards |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902145738/http://astro.berkeley.edu/programs/student-awards |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}

• {{cite journal |last1=Breneman |first1=AW |last2=Halford |first2=A |last3=Millan |first3=R |last4=McCarthy |first4=M |last5=Fennell |first5=J |last6=Sample |first6=J |last7=Woodger |first7=L |last8=Hospodarsky |first8=G |last9=Wygant |first9=JR |last10=Cattell |first10=CA |last11=Goldstein |first11=J |last12=Malaspina |first12=D |last13=Kletzing |first13=CA |title=Global-Scale Coherence Modulation of Radiation-Belt Electron Loss from Plasmaspheric Hiss |journal=Nature |year=2015 |volume=523 |issue=7559 |pages=193–5 |doi=10.1038/nature14515|pmid=26123022 |bibcode = 2015Natur.523..193B |s2cid=205244036 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Clilverd |first1=Mark A. |last2=Rodger |first2=Craig J. |last3=Millan |first3=Robyn M. |last4=Sample |first4=John G. |last5=Kokorowski |first5=Michael |last6=McCarthy |first6=Michael P. |last7=Ulich |first7=Thomas |last8=Raita |first8=Tero |last9=Kavanagh |first9=Andrew J. |last10=Spanswick |first10=Emma |title=Energetic Particle Precipitation into the Middle Atmosphere Triggered by a Coronal Mass Ejection |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |date=2007 |volume=112 |issue=A12 (Space Physics)|pages=n/a |doi=10.1029/2007ja012395|bibcode=2007JGRA..11212206C |url=https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/6704/1/art_882.pdf |doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Millan |first1=R. M. |last2=Lin |first2=R. P. |last3=Smith |first3=D. M. |last4=McCarthy |first4=M. P. |title=Observation of Relativistic Electron Precipitation During a Rapid Decrease of Trapped Relativistic Electron Flux |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |date=2007 |volume=34 |issue=10 |pages=L10101 |doi=10.1029/2006gl028653 |bibcode=2007GeoRL..3410101M|doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Millan |first1=Robyn Margaret |last2=Lin |first2=R. P. |last3=Smith |first3=D. M. |last4=Lorentzen |first4=K. R. |last5=McCarthy |first5=M. P. |title=X-Ray Observations of MeV Electron Precipitation with a Balloon-Borne Germanium Spectrometer |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |date=2002 |volume=29 |issue=24|pages=47-1-47-4 |doi=10.1029/2002gl015922|bibcode=2002GeoRL..29.2194M |s2cid=121379165 }}
• {{cite journal |last1=Yando |first1=Karl |first2=Robyn M. |last2=Millan |first3=Janet C. |last3=Green |first4=David S. |last4=Evans |title=A Monte Carlo Simulation of the NOAA POES Medium Energy Proton and Electron Detector Instrument |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |date=2011 |volume=116 |issue=A10 (Space Physics)|pages=n/a |doi=10.1029/2011ja016671|bibcode=2011JGRA..11610231Y }}

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• [https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/robyn-m-millan Robyn Millan]'s faculty profile at Dartmouth College
• [https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004297838&origin=resultsAnalyzer&zone=authorName Robyn Millan] on Scopus

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