Later Career
McKenzie continues to work at the Bullard Laboratories in Cambridge where he is Professor of Earth Science. Most recently his research has provided new insights into the tectonic evolution of Mars and Venus.
In 2002 he was awarded the prestigious Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his contributions to research in the field of plate tectonics, sedimentary basin formation and mantle melting.
With his appointment to the Companions of Honour in 2003, he brings the current Cambridge membership of this elite group to four: Brenner, McKenzie, Hobsbawm and Hawking.
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