Roger Fu
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Head Tutor
Roger Fu is a paleomagnetist working on planetary, Earth history, and climate problems.
Roger Fu is enthusiastic about old rocks and optics, among other things. He graduated from the EPS department (and Astrophysics) at Harvard in 2009, after which he lived for almost two years among the Mapuche people of Chile to study traditional astronomy. He holds a PhD in planetary sciences from MIT and has since focused on a mixture of planetary magnetism and tectonic reconstructions here on Earth. Since 2017, he has headed the Paleomagnetics Lab at Harvard University.
Roger is especially proud of the quantum diamond microscope, a micrometer-resolution magnetic field imager that he has developed in collaboration with folks in applied physics. This technology has allowed paleomagnetists to visualize and quantify the magnetic minerals in their rocks, leading to more confident conclusions about Earth and planetary history and granting access to problems previously not available to paleomagnetic investigation.
Research interests include the formation and interior evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies. Roger’s primary tool is paleomagnetism, which he complements with geodynamical modeling.
Contact Info
20 Oxford St. Cambridge MA 02138
617.384.6991
https://paleomag.fas.harvard.edu/
Research Group Coordinator: Alison Meurer