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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Thank you 🙏🏼 so much, and huge congratulations 🎉 on the 2025 Randolph W. “Bill” and Cecile T. Bromery Award, well deserved and so proud of you!

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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! 🌎⛰️🪨

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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. 🪨⛰️🌋🌎🫨

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

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-...

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New Studies on Serpentinites

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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

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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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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UNC Dept of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences @unc-emes.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Thank you 🙏🏼, so good to know Ananya Malik also got it 🎉🎉🎉

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Thank you 🙏🏼 for your support and advice

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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UNC Dept of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences @unc-emes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

@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 🌋

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

119 Ma Pillow basalts of the Nicoya plateau complex in my homeland 🏡. The Nicoya plateau is on of the few places where we can find oceanic plateaus above the sea level 💚💙❤️

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Dr. Kennet E. Flores @drchikitoo.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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

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