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Mackenzie Day
Assistant Professor
310-825-1126
daym@epss.ucla.edu
4656 Geology
PhD The University of Texas at Austin, 2017
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Howard Reynolds Prize for excellence in geology: California Institute of Technology
2011
National Science Foundation Gradate Research Fellowship: National Science Foundation
2012
David Bruton Jr. Graduate Fellowship Award: University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Graduate Dean
2013
Vargas Endowed Presidential Scholarship: University of Texas at Austin, Office of the President
2013
NASA group achievement award, Mars Science Laboratory Team: NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate
2013
NASA group achievement award, Mars Science Laboratory Team: NASA Headquarters, Science Mission Directorate
2015
Vada and Walter Boyle Graduate Fellowship in Petroleum Geology: University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences,
2015
Laura Thomson Barrow Graduate Fellowship: University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences
2016
Research Areas
Geology and Tectonics
Planetary Science