Member Since 2012
Mackenzie D. Day
Assistant Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Professional Experience
University of California Los Angeles
Assistant Professor
2018 - Present
Education
University of Texas at Austin
Doctorate
2017
Current Roles
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
Honors & Awards
Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences
Received 2022
Mackenzie Day received her B.S. from the California Institute of Technology in 2012 and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017. Mackenzie is now an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and she is a leade...
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Publications
Orbital and In‐Situ Investigation of Periodic Bedrock Ridges in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars
Gale crater, the field site for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, contains a diverse and extensive record of aeolian deposition and e...
May 26, 2022
Alien Aeolian Bedforms: A Comparative Sedimentary Analysis o...
August 30, 2021
Wind Erosion on Mars Exposes Ideal Targets for Sample Return
January 20, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Global Analysis of Dune Patterns on Titan
SURFACE PROCESSES ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM I POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2023
Colin Marvin, Wen Bo, Jani Radebaugh, Andrew Gunn,...
Fields of linear dunes dominate Titans equatorial region. Because dunes evolve in concert with the winds, the patterns they form are tied to the dune ...
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Numerical Modeling of Recurring Slope Lineae and Slope Streak Formation through Dry Grainflow Mechanisms on Mars
GRANULAR AND FLUID PHYSICS ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES I POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 12 december 2023
Stephanie Jarmak, David E. Stillman, Mackenzie D. ...
Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL), seasonally varying low-albedo streaks on steep slopes, remain some of the most poorly understood surface features on Mar...
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Hydrodynamic and Sediment-Transport Controls on the Size of Eolian Dunes Across Planetary Surfaces
GRANULAR AND FLUID PHYSICS ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES III ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 12 december 2023
Mathieu G. Lapotre, Philippe Claudin, Andrew Gunn,...
Despite vast variations in fluid and sediment properties, fields of windblown dunes have been identified well beyond Earth, including on Venus, Mars, ...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2022
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fall Meeting Program Committee
2021 - 2022
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
2019 - 2019
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fall Meeting Program Committee
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