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Dr. Allison N. Jaynes is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Iowa. She holds a PhD from the University of New Hampshire and has contributed significantly to experimental space physics, focusing on inner magnetosphere particle dynamics, radiation belts, and auroral physics. Her work involves NASA missions like Van Allen Probes and MMS, and she leads initiatives like the SCOSTEP PRESTO committee for Sun-Earth environment predictions.
Education: PhD in Physics from the University of New Hampshire.
Research interests include high-energy electrons/protons in the magnetosphere, auroral dynamics, and instrument development. Notable contributions include studies on pulsating aurora, microburst precipitation, and radiation belt loss processes. She co-leads the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) Science Team and serves on the National Academies' Heliophysics Decadal Survey Steering Committee.
Awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2020), AGU James B. Macelwane Medal (2023), and APS Katherine E. Weimer Award (2023). She mentors four PhD students and one postdoc, emphasizing equity in STEM and active learning.
Her labs, including the Magnetospheres & Aurora Dynamics Lab and ELIPSIS Lab, develop advanced instrumentation. Major grants include a $586K NSF project on particle-atmosphere interactions and a $543K award for the PLASMIC detector.
Recent highlights include leadership in the LAMP rocket mission (studying pulsating aurora) and co-authoring papers on Jupiter’s magnetosphere and interplanetary space weather.
