Alistair Hayden, PhD

Department of Public & Ecosystem Health
Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Public & Ecosystem Health
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: ath79@cornell.edu
Research Interest
• Disasters
• Geospatial analysis
• Data-based decision-making
• Real-time data systems
• Hazard mitigation, emergency preparedness, and disaster recovery
• Climate resiliency
• Social vulnerability
Education
- Ph.D. - California Institute of Technology, Geology, 2020
- M.A. - Boston University, Earth Science, 2014
- B.S. with High Honors - University of Michigan; Double major in Geological Science and Interdisciplinary Physics
Biography/Professional Experience
- Cornell University
- Assistant Professor of Practice (2022-present) - California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
- Division Chief (2021-2022)
- Science Fellow (2020-2021)
Publications
- Hayden, A.T., Lamb, M.P., Myrow, P., Mohrig, D.C., Williams, R.M.E., Cuevas Martínez, J.L., Cardenas, B.T., Findlay, C.P., Ewing, R.C., McElroy, B.J. The Oligocene-Miocene Guadalope-Matarranya Fan, Spain, as an Analog for Long-Lived, Ridge-Bearing Megafans on Mars. JGR: Planets, 126 (12): 2021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006993
- Hayden, A.T., Lamb, M.P., McElroy, B.J. Constraining the timespan of fluvial activity from the intermittency of sediment transport on Earth and Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (16), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092598
- Hayden, A.T., Lamb, M.P., Carney, A.J. Similar curvature-to-width ratios for channels and channel belts: Implications for paleo-hydraulics of fluvial ridges on Mars. Geology, 49 (7): 837–841. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48370.1
- Dickson, J.L., Lamb, M.P., Williams, R.M.E., Hayden, A.T., and Fischer, W.W. The global distribution of depositional rivers on early Mars. Geology, 49 (5): 504-509. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48457.1
- Hayden, A.T., Lamb, M.P. Sinuous ridges of the Morrison Formation, USA: meandering, scarp retreat, and implications for Mars. JGR: Planets, 125. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006470
- Hayden, A.T., Lamb, M. P., Fischer, W. W., Ewing, R. C., McElroy, B.J., Williams, R. M. E. Formation of sinuous ridges by inversion of river-channel belts on Earth and Mars. Icarus, 332: 92-110. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.04.019
- Marchant, D.R., Mackay, S.L., Lamp, J.L, Hayden, A.T., and Head, J.W. A review of geomorphic processes and landforms in the Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land: implications for evaluating climate change and ice-sheet stability. Geological Society of London, 381. 2013.
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Awards and Honors
- 2020-21 California Council on Science and Technology Science Policy Fellowship
- 2017-20 NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship
- 2017 National Geographic Explorer
- 2014-17 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2013-14 Fulbright Fellowship to Finland
- 2012-13 NSF Graduate STEM Fellowship in K-12 Education
- 2012 Antarctica Service Medal