Allison N. Jaynes
Assistant Professor
Department:
Department of Physics & Astronomy
College:
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University:
The University of Iowa
STEM Area of Research:
Physics
Education:
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2013
Email:
Phone:
(319)-335-3799
Office:
404 VAN
Personal Link:
Research Interests:
Experimental space physics
- Inner magnetosphere and radiation belts particle dynamics, particularly high-energy electrons and protons
- The physics of the aurora in Earth’s ionosphere
- Relativistic particle effects throughout the magnetosphere in the vicinity of magnetic reconnection
- Solar driving of the near-Earth space environment
- Co-Investigator on NASA’s Van Allen Probes and MMS missions
- Hardware and instrument development focused on the above science questions