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Member Since 2009
Mathieu Gaetan Andre Lapotre
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
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
Current Roles
Member
G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes Committee
Member
Luna B. Leopold Early Career Award Committee
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
Automatic Characterization of Boulders on Planetary Surfaces From High‐Resolution Satellite Images

Boulders form from a variety of geological processes, which their size, shape, and orientation may help us better understand. Furthermore, they rep...

November 20, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Determination of paleo-transport environments of sand grains using deep learning
UNRAVELING SOURCE-TO-SINK DYNAMICS FROM SEDIMENTARY RECORDS I POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Michael Hasson, Colin Marvin, Mathieu G. Lapotre
As sand moves across Earths landscapes, the shapes of individual grains evolve and microscopic textures accumulate on their surfaces. Because the effi...
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Impact of Atmospheric Density on Dust Settling and Implications for Dust Dynamics on Mars
PROCESSES IN THE PRESENT-DAY ATMOSPHERE OF MARS III ORAL
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
Carlos Alvarez Zambrano, Andrew Gunn, Christy Swa...
Understanding dust dynamics in planetary atmospheres is critical for modeling weather phenomena and climate, designing solar panels to power landed sp...
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Do microbes shape landscapes? Investigating the abundance and distribution of EPS in Mars analog environments
LIFE AND LANDSCAPES ACROSS SCALES: HOW SURFACE PROCESSES SHAPE AND ARE SHAPED BY ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND BEHAVIOR II POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 14 december 2023
Natalie A. Jones, Alicia M. Rutledge, Christopher ...
Mars missions have uncovered promising organic molecules, but no Mars missions to-date have found indisputable evidence for life. Pairing geochemical ...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Awards Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Robert Sharp Lecture Committee
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