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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 1987 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Michael C. Malin is affiliated with Malin Space Science Systems in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of planetary science with a primary focus on Mars and Venus.

Their recent publications include studies on impact craters, planetary interiors, and surface properties. Notable papers include:

  • Largest recent impact craters on Mars: Orbital imaging and surface seismic co-investigation, 2022, Science
  • THE INTERIOR OF VENUS AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS, 2022, University of Arizona Press eBooks
  • TOPOGRAPHY, SURFACE PROPERTIES, AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION, 2022, University of Arizona Press eBooks
  • New Craters on Mars: An Updated Catalog, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • A New Crater Near InSight: Implications for Seismic Impact Detectability on Mars, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

The scientist has frequently collaborated with:

  • G. S. Collins
  • I. J. Daubar
  • Katarina Miljković
  • Aymeric Spiga
  • L. Posiolova

Michael C. Malin has published often in these venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Icarus
  • University of Arizona Press eBooks
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science

The core field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with subfields including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Physiology

Key research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control

Michael C. Malin was recognized as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Michael C. Malin;James F. Bell;Bruce A. Cantor;Michael A. Caplinger

  • Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results

    Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;V. E. Hamilton;Steven Ruff

  • The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey mission

    Philip R. Christensen;Bruce M. Jakosky;Hugh H. Kieffer;Michael C. Malin

  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Instrument Overview

    Mark Robinson;S. M. Brylow;M. Tschimmel;D. Humm

  • A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

  • Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation

    John P. Grotzinger;Joy Crisp;Ashwin R. Vasavada;Robert C. Anderson

  • Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: Interplanetary cruise through primary mission

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Sedimentary rocks of early Mars.

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.

    J.P. Grotzinger;S. Gupta;M. C. Malin;D.M. Rubin

  • Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills

    R. E. Arvidson;S. W. Squyres;R. C. Anderson;J. F. Bell

  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology of a dry to wet eolian depositional system, Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

    J.P. Grotzinger;R.E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;W. Calvin

  • The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

    S. W. Squyres;R. E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;J. Brückner

  • Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

    S.M. McLennan;J.F. Bell;W. M. Calvin;P. R. Christensen

  • Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer: Evidence for near‐surface water

    Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;R. N. Clark;K. S. Edgett

  • Evidence for Persistent Flow and Aqueous Sedimentation on Early Mars

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett

  • Present-day impact cratering rate and contemporary gully activity on Mars.

    Michael C. Malin;Kenneth S. Edgett;Liliya V. Posiolova;Shawn M. McColley

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

    Steven W. Squyres;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell;J. Bruckner

  • Morphology and Composition of the Surface of Mars: Mars Odyssey THEMIS Results

    Philip R. Christensen;Joshua L. Bandfield;James F. Bell;Noel Gorelick

  • Channels on Mars

    Robert P. Sharp;Michael C. Malin

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Bell
James F. Bell Arizona State University
Kenneth S. Edgett
Kenneth S. Edgett Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Raymond E. Arvidson
Raymond E. Arvidson Washington University in St. Louis
Peter C. Thomas
Peter C. Thomas Cornell University
Philip R. Christensen
Philip R. Christensen Arizona State University
Ronald Greeley
Ronald Greeley Arizona State University
Wendy M. Calvin
Wendy M. Calvin University of Nevada Reno
Scott L. Murchie
Scott L. Murchie Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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