Rate My Professor Garrett Apuzen-Ito

Garrett Apuzen-Ito is Professor in the Geophysics and Tectonics division of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he serves as Department Chair. He earned his PhD in Marine Geology and Geophysics from the MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program. Apuzen-Ito first joined UH Manoa in 1996 through a SOEST Young Investigator's Award, subsequently held a tenure-track position at the University of California, Davis, and then returned to UH Manoa. His research centers on geodynamical processes in the convecting mantle, lithosphere, and crust linked to magmatism and tectonics across ocean basins, including the formation and evolution of ocean island chains such as the Hawaiian Islands. He employs geophysical methods including seismology, gravity, and topography, alongside geochemistry and numerical models. Apuzen-Ito teaches graduate-level courses in Continuum Mechanics and Geodynamics and Gravity, Magnetics, and Heat Flow, as well as the undergraduate course Physics of the Earth and Planets. He advises doctoral students who utilize high-performance computing to investigate ocean island formation, mantle dynamics, and offshore volcanism.