Principal Research Geologist, Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Franek Hasiuk is a Principal Research Geologist at Sandia National Laboratories, where he applies his skills in the geochemical and petrophysical analysis of rocks to various projects in subsurface energy. Franek earned his PhD from the University of Michigan and his professional career has included ExxonMobil Upstream Research, Iowa State University, and the Kansas Geological Survey. Now at Sandia, he works on a variety of projects related to geologic and stored hydrogen, nuclear waste, geothermal, lithium, carbon storage, salt, and road building materials. The through-going theme is the need to turn rocks into numbers and build geological models with them.