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.
For additional information, visit the Institute for Planets and Exoplanets (iPLEX) site.
Faculty in Planetary Science
| Jonathan Aurnou | Associate Professor | aurnou@ucla.edu |
| David Jewitt | Professor | jewitt@ucla.edu |
| Abby Kavner | Associate Professor | akavner@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Margaret Kivelson | Professor Emeritus | mkivelson@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Jean-Luc Margot | Associate Professor | jlm@ess.ucla.edu |
| Jonathan Mitchell | Assistant Professor | mitch@ess.ucla.edu |
| William Newman | Professor | win@ucla.edu |
| David Paige | Professor | dap@moon.ucla.edu |
| Christopher Russell | Professor | ctrussel@igpp.ucla.edu |
| Gerald Schubert | Professor Emeritus | schubert@ucla.edu |