Recipient of the Karcher Award for Outstanding Young Geophysicist from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2000; ENI Award 2014: New frontiers of Hydrocarbons - upstream, ENI - Italy (2014); Finalist, Publication Competition Award, Decision Analysis Society, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) (2017).
Research Experience
Current Professor (Research) at Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (since 2019); Co-director, Stanford Center for Earth Resources Forecasting (SCERF), Stanford University (since 2008); Co-director, Basin Processes and Subsurface Modeling (BPSM), Stanford University (since 2010); Co-director, Stanford Rocks and Geomaterials Project (SRGP), Stanford (since 2022). Formerly: Co-director, Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Project (SRB), Stanford University (2019-2022); Associate Professor (Research), Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2017-2018); Associate Professor (Research), Energy Resources Engineering and Geophysics, Stanford University (2013-2017); Associate Professor (Research), Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2008-2012); Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University (2006-2008); Research Associate, Stanford University (1999-2006).
Background
Research interests include rock physics, wave propagation physics, spatial data science, and machine learning with broad applications in Earth sciences. Aims to discover and understand fundamental relations between geophysical data and rock properties, quantify uncertainty in subsurface models, and address value of information for decision making under uncertainty.