Francisco Apen

Position
Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Office Phone
Office
​209 Guyot Hall
Bio/Description

Title: Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Area(s): Geology

Research Summary: My research interests center around understanding the formation, evolution, and structure of continental lithosphere through petrology, thermochronology, radiogenic isotope geochemistry, major-/trace-element geochemistry, and numerical modeling. As a first-generation college graduate and first-generation American, I am invested in various DEI efforts and actively seek to recruit students from underrepresented groups as a way of bringing more diversity to the geosciences.

Keywords: petrochronology, geochemistry, petrology, crustal evolution