Mathieu Lapôtre
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Mathieu Lapôtre
@marslogander.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Stanford, Planetary Geologist. I study planetary surface processes and what they can tell us about hydrology, climate, and habitability. 🏳️‍🌈
http://epsp.stanford.edu
Just out: PhD candidate @mcolinmarvin.bsky.social shows that like in quartz, #zircon grains preserve microscopic archives of their transport history. But unlike in quartz, those archives remain decipherable for billions of years, unlocking first 90% of #Earth ’s history
@stanforddoerr.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Final stop with postdoc Carlos Alvarez on the "Aerodynamic #roughness of rippled beds under active #saltation at low atmospheric #pressure" (EP54A-03, 146 B).

Fr 4:20-4:30 pm.

#Wind tunnel work reveals impact of #bedforms and #saltation on #Mars.

#AGU24

(10/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Back to #Mars with PhD student Claire Blaske asking "Were #boulder fields along Mars' putative #ocean paleoshoreline deposited by a #tsunami?" (EP51B-06, 146
B).

Fr 9:25-9:35 am.

Or perhaps #floods? #glaciers? #impacts?

#AGU24

(9/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Collaborator @alvitello.bsky.social from U. Padua next will show that " #Vegetation leaves measurable imprints on the #morphodynamics or #meandering #rivers"
(EP51F-1434).

Fr 8:30 am-12:20 pm.

All about how #plants affect #meander shape!

#AGU24

(8/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
PhD student Timmy Lui will take us to #Mars for his " #Segmentation of #dune crestlines using #convolutional #neural #networks"
(EP51D-1378, hall B-C).

Fr 8:30 am-12:20 pm.

A challenging task with potential to reveal much about #Mars #climate!

#AGU24

(7/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Kicking off Fr, PhD student Vittorio Colicci will present his MS work at MIT, "Examining the influence of early #tree #root geometry on #soil cohesion and anchoring strength using 3D-printed reconstructions" (EP51F-1439, hall B-C)

Fr 8:30 am-12:20 pm

#AGU24

(6/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Alternatively, undergrad Brian Amaro will talk about his "Automatic characterization of the size distribution of small #rocks on the #Moon and implications for orbiter-based extrapolations" (P44C-06, Liberty M at Marriott).

Th 4:52-5:02 pm.

#AGU24

(5/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Then former postdoc @agunn.bsky.social (now faculty at Monash) and recipient of #AGU24 's Luna Leopold award will deliver the Sharp lecture (Ballroom B). #Dunes galore on the horizon!

Th 4-5:30 pm.

(4/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Next: #Precambrian #Earth with PhD student @mcolinmarvin.bsky.social, with "Zircon microtextures: A record of Earth's earliest surface environments" (EP43F-03, 146 C).

Th 2:30-2:40 pm.

Tiny scratches pack much info on first ~90% of Earth's history!

#AGU24

(3/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
First stop: #Earth with PhD student Michael Hasson for " #Vegetation alters the migration trajectory of #meander bends"
(EP41E-1245, hall B-C).

Th 8:30 am-12:20 pm.

Cool implications for river evolution in the #Paleozoic!

#AGU24

(2/10)
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Congratulations to @mhasson7 for a brilliant qualifying exam!!! First PhD candidate from @StanfordEarth EPSP 🎉🥳 Time to celebrate with @Liorruba, @nilscp, @mcolinmarvin, and @b_amaro_!
February 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Having LOTS of technical difficulties at #AGU21 this morning but that won’t stop us! Pic of @radjanirad being creative here to allow those on Zoom to see her slides 😅
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wrapping up a week of #Mars analog fieldwork in 🇮🇸 with the incredible SAND-E team
@TAMU @PurdueEAPS @StanfordEarth @MissionCtrlSS @NASA
w/ Ryan Ewing, Liz Rampe, @ironywithab @MasonKashauna @MarionNach @mikethorpe_geo @bedford_candice @mhasson7 @rudolpa and many others!
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Back from a fun and productive week in the field with @mhasson7 and @_algunn!
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
These phone algorithms are really becoming quite good...
February 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Oh Pasadena... 😊
February 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Please consider joining us in Montréal this year and submit your #GSA2020 abstracts to our session - T119. Sedimentary landscapes across the Solar System: Planets, Moons, and Terrestrial Analogues @PlanetaryGSA @GSA_SGD @GSAQGG
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’m a gay planetary geologist and assistant professor at Stanford doing #LGBTQScience to understand the mechanics of geological processes that shape planetary surfaces, and what they can tell us about hydrology, climate, and habitability!
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM