Member Since 2009
Mathieu Gaetan Andre Lapotre
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Member, G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes Committee; Member, Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award Committee; Member, Marguerite T. Williams Award Committee; Member, Robert Sharp Lecture Committee
Professional Experience
Stanford University
Assistant Professor
2019 - Present
Harvard University
John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow
2017 - 2019
California Institute of Technology
PhD Student
2012 - 2017
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Education
California Institute of Technology
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Earth and Space Science
Received 2022
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Robert Sharp Lecture
Received 2021
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Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award
Received 2021
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Publications
Grain Size Measurements of the Eolian Stimson Formation, Gale Crater, Mars and Implications for Sand...

The Stimson formation is a late‐infilling eolian sandstone in Gale crater, Mars that formed from sand accumulation in a dune field analogous ...

November 20, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Segmentation of Dune Crestlines Using Convolutional Neural Networks
AGU 2024
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Timothy Lui, Colin Marvin, Jef Caers, Mathieu G. L...
Dune fields on planetary surfaces such as Earth, Mars, or Saturns moon Titan provide insights into the interaction between winds and sediments. Studyi...
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Aerodynamic Roughness of Rippled Beds Under Active Saltation at Low Atmospheric Pressures
AGU 2024
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Carlos Alvarez Zambrano, Mathieu G. Lapotre, Chri...
Estimates of wind shear stresses on planetary surface rely on an aerodynamic length scale, z0, at which wind speed theoretically becomes zero under ne...
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Were boulder fields along Mars’ putative ocean paleoshoreline deposited by a tsunami?
AGU 2024
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Claire Blaske, Brian Amaro, Euclid Soringa, Mathie...
Extensive evidence, including valley networks, delta deposits, large outflow channels, and aqueously altered minerals, suggests that liquid water was ...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Awards Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Robert Sharp Lecture Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes Committee
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