Credit: Jerod Ringwald, Daily Iowan
Allison Jaynes, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa, poses for a portrait with a space instrument she designed. Jaynes researches specific mechanisms that run higher energies in Earth’s radiation belts while also building instrumentation for rockets and space craft.
Professor Allison Jaynes received a $114,204 award to study how different acceleration mechanisms contribute to create high-energy "killer electrons" in Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. This is a collaboration between Iowa, Auburn University and the University of Colorado Boulder.
The primary sponsor of the grant is NASA.