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Member Since 1997
Michael Mischna
Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Professional Experience
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Scientist
2004 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2004
Current Roles
Immediate Past President
Planetary Sciences Executive Committee
Member
Planetary Sciences Awards Committee
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
AGU Abstracts
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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A Low-Cost Approach to Exploration of Mars as Described in the Mars Exploration Program Future Plan
CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS AND INSTRUMENTS III ORAL
planetary sciences | 13 december 2023
Michael Mischna, Marguerite Syvertson, Rebecca L. ...
The planned Mars Sample Return (MSR) program represents the implementation of the consensus highest-priority science goal for the Mars science communi...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Canvassing Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Planetary Sciences Awards Committee
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