Genna Chiaro, Ph.D.
gennachiaro.bsky.social
Genna Chiaro, Ph.D.
@gennachiaro.bsky.social
Geologist, backpacker, board game lover, mushroom forager, tide pool lurker, salamander and slime mold superfan.

I study granites and rhyolites to understand how magma is stored in Earth’s crust 🌎🌋

Currently a postdoc working on Mono Basin eruptions 🔎🪨🤘🏼
I could use a body double/accountability partner!
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh man. I didn’t see those results 😭 only 25% people voted for sanidine. Dang
September 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Gasp. Take a look at these cathodoluminescence images of felspars (sanidine and plagioclase) and take that back! These erupted out during a crystal-rich supereruption. Feldspar textures are amazing. And don’t forget the kspar megacrysts in Yosemite!
September 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Yes. I am currently rereading 1984 and there are too many parallels…
September 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The same exact thing happened to me yesterday hahaha 😂 I didn’t realize until I scrolled to the very bottom of the page
July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The curly girl Reddit community helped me immensely when I got started. I would recommend getting a razor cut (they cut your hair w a razor blade so each curl is defined) but not a devacut (devacuts were too expensive and didn’t work for my 2b curly hair). Deep condition w clarifying wash 1x/month!
July 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Karl Poppers paradox of tolerance needs to be spread far and wide. Unfortunately, we may be too late. I really hope we aren’t.
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
That’s a great idea- I will do that from now on. Thanks!
July 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is unfortunate - I made my AGU 23 presentation on a Mac and during my talk it had the incorrect formatting (no gridlines, different plot backgrounds, etc) and it really threw me off. It was fine in the pre-presentation screening though, so it was a big surprise. Maybe this is for the best?
July 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I stumbled upon the synchronous fireflies while backpacking in the smokies and staying at a site close ish to elkmont. I can look and see what my itinerary likely was (this was back in 2018) if you are interested in backcountry fireflies in the smokies!
May 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM