Robyn Margaret Millan is an American experimental physicist,[1] best known for her work on radiation belts that surround the Earth.
[2][6][7] Each balloon measured X-rays produced by the rain of relativistic electrons falling to Earth from the Van Allen radiation belts.
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.
[9] In 2011, Millan received the Dartmouth Dean of the Faculty award for outstanding mentoring and advising and for overall career distinction.