Allison Jaynes

Allison N. Jaynes is an American experimental plasma and space physicist. Her research concerns the interaction of plasma from the Sun with Earth's magnetosphere and Van Allen radiation belt, and their effects on the atmosphere and auroras; it includes the use of rocket-based probes to observe auroras. She is an associate professor and the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa.