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Member Since 1997
Michael Mischna
Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Professional Experience
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Scientist
2004 - Present
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Doctorate
2004
University of California Los Angeles
Masters
2002
Pennsylvania State University University Park
Masters
1999
Cornell University
Bachelors
1997
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Publications
Why Are Mountaintops Cold? The Transition of Surface Lapse Rate on Dry Planets
Understanding surface temperature is important for habitability. Recent work on Mars has found that the dependence of surface temperature on elevat...
November 28, 2023
Winds at the Mars 2020 Landing Site. 2. Wind Variability and...
December 21, 2022
Winds at the Mars 2020 Landing Site: 1. Near‐Surface Wind Pa...
December 09, 2022
Thermal Forcing of the Nocturnal Near Surface Environment by...
December 17, 2021
Mars Methane Sources in Northwestern Gale Crater Inferred Fr...
November 15, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Connecting Community Scientific Hypotheses to Mars Sample Science
SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST AND FUTURE SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS FOR THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES I POSTER
union sessions | 13 december 2024
Michael Mischna, Victoria E. Hamilton, Philipp R. ...
The return of samples from Mars has been identified as the highest priority planetary mission in the past three National Academies Decadal Surveys. Su...
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An Intermediate-Complexity Model for Simulating Lacustrine Environments on Early Mars
UNRAVELING SOURCE-TO-SINK DYNAMICS FROM SEDIMENTARY RECORDS II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Eleanor Moreland, Sylvia Dee, Yueyang Jiang, Grace...
The stratigraphic record on Mars contains ample evidence that water flowed across the surface early in the planets history (~4 - 3 Ga). While sediment...
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Rocks on Mars: Shape and High Spatial Resolution Mapping from Thermal IR Wavelengths Observations
THE NEW MARS UNDERGROUND II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Sylvain Piqueux, David M. Kass, Armin Kleinboehl, ...
Over the last few decades, various physical properties of the Martian top surface layer (i.e., ~1 m or less) have been constrained from the analysis o...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Canvassing Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Awards Committee
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