Robert Lin
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Robert Lin is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley
. His research focuses on experimental space physics and high energy astrophysics. He has made major contributions to topics involving solar flares, and plasma phenomenon in the Earth's magnetosphere. In 2006, Lin was elected to the National Academy of Sciences
for his contributions to the "behavior of electrons and ions accelerated by the sun, and detected the accompanying x-ray and gamma-ray emissions."
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. His research focuses on experimental space physics and high energy astrophysics. He has made major contributions to topics involving solar flares, and plasma phenomenon in the Earth's magnetosphere. In 2006, Lin was elected to the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
for his contributions to the "behavior of electrons and ions accelerated by the sun, and detected the accompanying x-ray and gamma-ray emissions."