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tigations of the storm-time inner magnetosphere (electrons, ring current, and plasmasphere) and understanding both the large-scale and small-scale processes of relevance, including magnetosphere-ionosphere
coupling, ionospheric conductance influences, and magnetospheric plasma sources. He is also involved in
data analysis and modeling of energetic electrons and ions around Mars, especially using the Mars Global
Surveyor and Mars Express data sets. Dr. Liemohn completed an NRC-sponsored postdoctoral position at
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) before returning to the University of Michigan in 1998. He
earned his Ph.D. in atmospheric and space science from the University of Michigan. Dr. Liemohn has
served as chair of the NASA Geospace Management and Operations Working Group and chair of the NSF
Geospace Environment Modeling steering committee, and he has served on various other NASA, NSF, and
LANL advisory committees.
ROBYN MILLAN is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College. Her research
includes the use of high-altitude scientific balloon experiments to study Earth’s radiation belts, specifically
the loss of relativistic electrons from the outer radiation belts into Earth’s atmosphere. Dr. Millan is principal
investigator for the Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) project, which is being
planned for flight in association with the RBSP mission. Her prior positions include research appointments
at Dartmouth and at UC Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. in physics at UC Berkeley in 2002. Dr. Millan
served on the NRC Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA’s Space and
Earth Science Missions.
DONALD G. MITCHELL is the Cassini spacecraft instrument scientist and IBEX co-investigator at JHU/
APL. Dr. Mitchell has been with JHU/APL since 1976. He was the lead investigator for the High Energy
Neutral Atom (HENA) imager for the IMAGE mission. Dr. Mitchell is currently the instrumentation scientist
for the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument for the Cassini Saturn mission and the Radiation Belt Science
of Protons and Ion Composition Experiment. He has many publications in Earth magnetospheric, solar
wind, and outer-planets magnetospheric physics. Dr. Mitchell is a member of the AGU, AAAS, and IAA.
He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of New Hampshire in 1975. Dr. Mitchell has served
on the NRC Committee on International Space Programs and the Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
TAI D. PHAN is a senior fellow at the Space Sciences Laboratory of UC Berkeley. He has worked as a visiting
postdoctoral scientist with the Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik in Germany and as a research
associate for the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics at the National Research Council in Canada. Dr. Phan is
a co-investigator of NASA’s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS)
mission to study the cause of magnetospheric substorms. He leads an interdisciplinary science team of
the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission to study the microphysics of magnetic reconnection. His research
interests include solar wind interaction with Earth’s magnetosphere, and magnetic reconnection in the solar
wind, magnetosheath, and magnetosphere. He earned his Ph.D. in engineering from Dartmouth College.
MICHAEL SHAY is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University
of Delaware. Dr. Shay studies plasma physics using analytical theory and massively parallel computer
simulations. He has extensively studied one multiscale process called magnetic reconnection, in which
a large amount of magnetic energy is explosively released in the form of energetic particle acceleration,
heating, and plasma flows. Dr. Shay is also studying novel simulation techniques that may provide a means
to directly simulate multiscale phenomena. He has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award
from NSF. Dr. Shay earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland.
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tigations of the storm-time inner magnetosphere (electrons, ring current, and plasmasphere) and understanding both the large-scale and small-scale processes of relevance, including magnetosphere-ionosphere
coupling, ionospheric conductance influences, and magnetospheric plasma sources. He is also involved in
data analysis and modeling of energetic electrons and ions around Mars, especially using the Mars Global
Surveyor and Mars Express data sets. Dr. Liemohn completed an NRC-sponsored postdoctoral position at
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) before returning to the University of Michigan in 1998. He
earned his Ph.D. in atmospheric and space science from the University of Michigan. Dr. Liemohn has
served as chair of the NASA Geospace Management and Operations Working Group and chair of the NSF
Geospace Environment Modeling steering committee, and he has served on various other NASA, NSF, and
LANL advisory committees.
ROBYN MILLAN is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College. Her research
includes the use of high-altitude scientific balloon experiments to study Earth’s radiation belts, specifically
the loss of relativistic electrons from the outer radiation belts into Earth’s atmosphere. Dr. Millan is principal
investigator for the Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) project, which is being
planned for flight in association with the RBSP mission. Her prior positions include research appointments
at Dartmouth and at UC Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. in physics at UC Berkeley in 2002. Dr. Millan
served on the NRC Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission-Enabling Activities in NASA’s Space and
Earth Science Missions.
DONALD G. MITCHELL is the Cassini spacecraft instrument scientist and IBEX co-investigator at JHU/
APL. Dr. Mitchell has been with JHU/APL since 1976. He was the lead investigator for the High Energy
Neutral Atom (HENA) imager for the IMAGE mission. Dr. Mitchell is currently the instrumentation scientist
for the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument for the Cassini Saturn mission and the Radiation Belt Science
of Protons and Ion Composition Experiment. He has many publications in Earth magnetospheric, solar
wind, and outer-planets magnetospheric physics. Dr. Mitchell is a member of the AGU, AAAS, and IAA.
He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of New Hampshire in 1975. Dr. Mitchell has served
on the NRC Committee on International Space Programs and the Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
TAI D. PHAN is a senior fellow at the Space Sciences Laboratory of UC Berkeley. He has worked as a visiting
postdoctoral scientist with the Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik in Germany and as a research
associate for the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics at the National Research Council in Canada. Dr. Phan is
a co-investigator of NASA’s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS)
mission to study the cause of magnetospheric substorms. He leads an interdisciplinary science team of
the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission to study the microphysics of magnetic reconnection. His research
interests include solar wind interaction with Earth’s magnetosphere, and magnetic reconnection in the solar
wind, magnetosheath, and magnetosphere. He earned his Ph.D. in engineering from Dartmouth College.
MICHAEL SHAY is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University
of Delaware. Dr. Shay studies plasma physics using analytical theory and massively parallel computer
simulations. He has extensively studied one multiscale process called magnetic reconnection, in which
a large amount of magnetic energy is explosively released in the form of energetic particle acceleration,
heating, and plasma flows. Dr. Shay is also studying novel simulation techniques that may provide a means
to directly simulate multiscale phenomena. He has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award
from NSF. Dr. Shay earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland.