Prof. Dan McKenzie

Prof. Dan McKenzie

Professor of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University

Prof. McKenzie has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the lithosphere, particularly Plate Tectonics and Sedimentary Basin Formation. This seminal work resulted in McKenzie being awarded the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He has recently focused on the study of lithospheres of Venus, Mars and Moon and separately to understand the nature of melts. McKenzie is Fellow of the Royal Society.