Planetary Science

UCLA faculty study the dynamics and physical properties of the interiors, surfaces, and atmospheres of Earth, planets, moons, and other solar system objects. We investigate the convective motions in planetary mantles and cores, the links between the microscopic-scale structure of minerals and planetary scale processes, models of plate dynamics at a range of scales, and the atmospheric, surface, and interior processes in the solar system as revealed by spacecraft missions and ground-based telescopes.

Faculty in Planetary Science

Title	Position	Email Address
Jonathan Aurnou	Professor	jona@epss.ucla.edu
Hao Cao	Assistant Professor	hcao@epss.ucla.edu
Mackenzie Day	Associate Professor	mday@epss.ucla.edu
David Jewitt	Distinguished Professor	jewitt@epss.ucla.edu
Margaret Kivelson	Professor Emerita	mkivelson@igpp.ucla.edu
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni	Department Chair & Professor - Louis B. and Martha B. Slichter Endowed Chair in Geosciences	clb@epss.ucla.edu
Amy Mainzer	Professor	mainzer@epss.ucla.edu
Jean-Luc Margot	Professor	jlm@epss.ucla.edu
Kevin Mckeegan	Professor Emeritus & Distinguished Research Professor	mckeegan@epss.ucla.edu
Jonathan Mitchell	Professor	mitch@epss.ucla.edu
Seul Gi Moon	Associate Professor	sgmoon@epss.ucla.edu
William Newman	Professor	win@ucla.edu
Peng Ni	Assistant Professor	pengni@epss.ucla.edu
David Paige	Professor	dap@epss.ucla.edu
Christopher Russell	Professor Emeritus & Distinguished Research Professor	ctrussel@epss.ucla.edu
Hilke Schlichting	Professor & Associate Dean for Research	hilke@ucla.edu
Gerald Schubert	Professor Emeritus	schubert@ucla.edu
Lars Stixrude	Professor	lstixrude@epss.ucla.edu
Marco Velli	Professor	mvelli@epss.ucla.edu
Edward Young	Professor	eyoung@epss.ucla.edu