Dan McKenzie | |
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| Born | 21 February 1942 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge, (BA 1963, PhD 1966) |
| Awards | A.G. Huntsman Award (1980) Balzan Prize (1981) Wollaston Medal (1983) Japan Prize (1990) Royal Medal (1991) Copley Medal (2011) William Bowie Medal (2001) Crafoord Prize (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geophysics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | The shape of the earth (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | Teddy Bullard |
Dan Peter McKenzie CH FRS (born 21 February 1942) is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, and one-time head of the Bullard Laboratories of the Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. He wrote the first paper defining the mathematical principles of plate tectonics on a sphere, and his early work on mantle convection created the modern discussion of planetary interiors.