Dr. Lior Rubanenko

School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
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Dr. Lior Rubanenko
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Research

  • Planetary Geomorphology; planetary physical surface processes

  • Stability of ice on the Moon, Mars and Mercury

  • Formation of impact craters and mechanical erosion of planetary surfaces

  • Aeolian erosion, deposition and sediment transport processes; formation of dunes and ripples

Education

  • BSc, Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, 2012

  • MSc, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2015

  • PhD, Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2020

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University, 2025

  • Associate Researcher, Planetary Science Institute, 2023

  • Assistant Professor, Technion, 2023

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, 2022

  • Postdoctoral scholar, department of Earth and Planetary Science, Stanford University, 2020

Awards and Prizes

  • Co-investigator, NASA Lunar Data Analysis Program (LDAP), 2026

  • Kalaniyot Initiative Research Scholar, 2025

  • Israeli Science Foundation Personal Research Grant, 2023

  • Eugene B. Waggoner Prize for research in planetary science, 2019

  • Harold and Mayla Sullwold Scholars Award, 2018

  • The William Shatner Master’s Scholarship in Earth and Planetary Science, 2014

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