{"id":828,"date":"2023-03-30T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T23:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/?page_id=828"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:12:58","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/index.php\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/\">PI &#8211; Mackenzie Day<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1416\" height=\"1416\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MDay_Headshot_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Associate Professor Day is a sedimentologist specializing in aeolian processes on Earth and other planetary bodies. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"ub_divider\" id=\"ub_divider_e76541c4-8d24-4b6c-8faf-f187bac465af\"><\/hr>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/index.php\/graduates\/\">Graduate Students <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_193c-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>PhD and MS students in Day&#8217;s group pursue advanced degrees in Geology or Planetary Science at UCLA while studying aeolian processes on Earth and beyond. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"ub_divider\" id=\"ub_divider_e76541c4-8d24-4b6c-8faf-f187bac465af\"><\/hr>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/index.php\/alumni\/\">Alumni <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"966\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-1024x966.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-1024x966.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-318x300.jpg 318w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-1536x1449.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5913-e1760512068951-2048x1932.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Alumni of Day&#8217;s group have landed in a range of career paths that match their goals. See where former aeolian students are now and what they studied while at UCLA. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"ub_divider\" id=\"ub_divider_e76541c4-8d24-4b6c-8faf-f187bac465af\"><\/hr>\n\n<div class=\"ub_image_slider swiper-container\" id=\"ub_image_slider_0e4546ba-4a6f-46f8-8457-e92ea25559ab\" data-swiper-data='{\"loop\":true,\"pagination\":{\"el\": \".swiper-pagination\" , \"type\": \"bullets\", \"clickable\":true}\n            ,\"navigation\": {\"nextEl\": \".swiper-button-next\", \"prevEl\": \".swiper-button-prev\"},  \"keyboard\": { \"enabled\": true },\n            \"effect\": \"slide\",\"autoplay\":{\"delay\": 3000},\"simulateTouch\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-DSC_0330-scaled-e1760511869954.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_8263.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\">Ibex Dunes <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20191024_213552.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\">SHEAR Research Station <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_7832-e1760511992979.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_8877.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Taco-Tuesday-4.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\">Freshmen Seminar <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3015-e1566433009642.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_4830.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"swiper-slide\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.epss.ucla.edu\/~mday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_5765.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"ub_image_slider_image_caption\">EPSS 111  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div> <div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PI &#8211; Mackenzie Day Associate Professor Day is a sedimentologist specializing in aeolian processes on Earth and other planetary bodies. 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