Honored to have given two invited talks at #GSAConnects2025 — one on the exhumation of high-pressure rocks in the Andes, and another reporting on the Penrose 2025 Conference on Eclogites. Grateful for the discussions, colleagues, and energy of this amazing community! 🌎⛰️🪨

Excited to join #GSAConnects2025 with the @UNC_EMES team! EMES is proud to showcase research on subduction, orogens, climate, uplift, and more! Come find us, connect, and be part of the conversation! 🔥🗻 #GeoTwitter #Petrology #Subduction

Sonoma Coast Field Trip @ GSA Penrose / IEC-15: What Insights Do Subduction Complexes Provide into Subduction Processes?

GSA Penrose/IEC-15 @California — at DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma Wine Country.

Franciscan at Tiburon Peninsula - Embracing a Brighter Future for Subduction Reserach with GSA Penrose 2025 / IEC-15 ⛰️🐍🌋🫨🪨

After two years in the making, we are heading to California 🍇 for this extraordinary meeting that we have been organizing. Approximately 100 subduction experts from around 20 countries will gather to shed light on our field and discuss the next steps. 🪨⛰️🌋🌎🫨

Very proud of my graduates, both award winners of our EMES research symposium and graduate excellence AY24-25 🎉🪨⚒️

Our #PTp latest article #EPLS Donoso-Tapia et al.. 2025 article about deserpentinization and reserpentinization in 🇪🇨 Raspas complex was feature in New Studies on Serpentinites of ⁦‪@AAPG‬⁩ CORE ELEMENTS ⁦‪@UNC‬⁩ ⁦‪@UNC_EMES‬⁩ newsletters.aapg.org/new-studies-...

Paper Alert 📢 Serpentinites of the Guatemala Suture Zone (GSZ) 🪨💚⚒ ajsonline.org/article/129404

So proud of our PTp graduate Anna Strickland, who is laser💥 GSZ metamorphic minerals at @UCSB LASS #AGeS_Grad @UNC_EMES

Hydrology Paper of the Day @unc-emes.bsky.social on water in areas of serpentinized mantle: the Andean Raspas Complex in Ecuador; examining the geochemistry of fluid circulation in dehydration of serpentinite occurring during metamorphism; and linking fluids, geochemistry and earthquakes.

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New paper from the Petrology and Tectonic processes Lab at UNC!🌋 Grad student Damián Donoso-Tapia just published the second first-author paper of his PhD in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Find the link in the post below!

We are thrilled for our own Dr. Kennet Flores on winning an NSF CAREER award! With this grant, he and his lab will continue working on fluid migration and fluid-rock interactions at subduction interfaces. @drchikitoo.bsky.social

UNC -Petrology & Tectonic processes (PTp) Lab paper alert 🚨- Record of de-serpentinization and re-serpentinization of an exhumed slab sliver: Implications for fluid circulation in subduction zones 🪨💦🌋 #UNC #Serpentinites #Subduction #Andes #Ecuador www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Record of de-serpentinization and re-serpentinization of an exhumed slab sliver: Implications for fluid circulation in subduction zones

Fluid release associated with serpentinite dehydration (de-serpentinization) during subduction plays a key role in fundamental geological processes su…

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I am honored to announce that I am the recipient of a NSF CAREER Award for investigating subduction zone fluids, scale of fluid migration, and fluid-rock interactions. The educational component includes activities for NC Latino youth & K-12 Earth/Environmental Science teachers @unc-emes.bsky.social

Nicaragua 🇳🇮 to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Pacific Coast 🌋 🪨💚🌊💚🪨 🏄 [Momotombo-Apoyeque-San Elena Península-Tempisque]

Very proud of UNC PTp - Damian’s first national meeting talk today #Serpentinites #dehydration #rehydration #AGU24 UNC Earth Marine and Environmental Sciences

Subduction was the way to end the day! Excellent poster presentations by Anna and Damian yesterday!

UNC Dept of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences@unc-emes.bsky.social · 2y ago

Spend your afternoon with us learning about subduction zones, hazard and risk during the poster session! In addition to three co-convened sessions, graduate student Anna Strickland and assistant professor Dr. Kennet Flores will share their recent research. @drchikitoo.bsky.social

Very proud of UNC PTp grads, busy and successful VPG Subduction poster session 🪨 🌎 🌋 #AGU24 #UNC

UNC petrology & geochemistry 🪨 #AGU24 @UNC_EMES @UNC

@unc-emes.bsky.social Check out our poster (V43B-3193) on Thursday afternoon! Enigmatic metatrondhjemite enclosed in an exhumed, subduction-interface, serpentinite-mélange (Guatemala Suture Zone): Insights into potential fossilized slab-melts 🌋

2025 Penrose on the most beautiful, insightful, and exciting Rocks 🪨 .... ❤️Eclogites💚 and other subduction-related metamorphic rocks! #Penrose #California #Eclogite #Subduction #GSA