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Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: Iran
email: fbazarga@mines.edu

Farhad received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics and Master of Science degree in geophysics from the University of Tehran. After graduation, Farhad worked for a few years as a geophysicist with WesternGeco and PGS Inc., and then he decided to continue his studies at CWP at the Colorado School of Mines. Farhad’s CWP advisor is Dave Hale. He enjoys classical music, programming, playing the violin, reading, swimming and racquetball.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: Italy
email: fbroggin@mines.edu

In 2004, Filippo received a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. He earned a Master of Science degree in 2007 in Applied and Exploration Geophysics from Universiti degli Studi di Milano. During his thesis work, he developed software to calculate synthetic seismograms using the reflectivity method. Filippo joined CWP in August 2008 and is working with Roel Snieder. During the summers of 2010 and 2011, he interned with Schlumberger Cambridge Research in the United Kingdom. Filippo’s biggest interests are music, travel, computer science and sports. He thinks that Afterhours is the greatest band in the world.

Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics
Home Country: USA

email: asfish@mines.edu

Ashley graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science degree in geophysical engineering and a minor in McBride Honors Public Affairs. As an undergraduate, she held summer employment with the Aspen Center for Physics, Crystal River Oil and Gas and Cimarex Energy. During the school year, she worked for Cimarex Energy as a Geophysical Analysis Team member and intern. In addition, she enjoyed working as a head student ambassador and resident assistant for CSM. As a member of the CWP Imaging Team, Ashley assisted with the development of an automatic microseismic event detection algorithm for her senior design project. She is excited to have Paul Sava advising her Master of Science research in the field of microseismic imaging. Outside of geophysics, Ashley’s interests include: golf, argentine tango, parkour, self-defense, community volunteering, hiking, travel, foreign languages, cultural immersion, pencil drawing and glider flying.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: France
email: cfleury@Mines.edu

Clement was a CWP visiting scholar for six months as part of his Master of Science research project, while working towards both his “Ecole d’Ingenieur” degree from ESPCI (Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles) and his Master of Science degree in Physical Acoustics from the University Paris Diderot, in France. Following the successful defense of his thesis in France, Clement returned to CWP in Fall 2009 as a Ph.D. candidate. After completing his first year, he went to the University of Edinburgh during the summer of 2010 for collaborative research. He has now completed his two comprehensive exams and is fully involved with his research project. During the summer of 2011, Clement will intern at Schlumberger in Cambridge, United Kingdom, after which he will return to CWP and work towards finishing his thesis. Clement’s research interest is wave propagation in complex media and his advisor is Roel Snieder. Clement is currently developing a reverse-time migration algorithm for imaging multiply scattered waves. His hobbies include various sports (volleyball, handball, rugby and skiing, to name a few) and jazz music.

Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics
Home Country: USA
email: jgodwin@miines.edu

Jeff graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in geophysical engineering. While an undergraduate, he held summer employment with IHS (software testing), Landmark Graphics (software development), and Marathon Oil (geophysicist). As a CSM senior design project member, he assisted the development of online geophysical education software. Jeff’s research interests include: microseismic event location, medical imaging and unconventional geophysics. His CWP advisor is Paul Sava. Outside of geophysics, Jeff’s hobbies include: hiking, backpacking, swing dancing, robotics and politics.

Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics
Home Country: Mexico

email: ojarillo@mines.edu

Oscar graduated from Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in geophysical engineering. While an undergraduate, he participated in the Society of Exploration Geophysicist (SEG)’s 3rd Latin American Challenge Bowl held in Manizales, Colombia, in August 2010. He also took part in the 1st Contest of Earth Sciences Knowledge within the framework of the 50th anniversary of the Union Geofísica Mexicana (UGM) in November 2010. Oscar’s main research interest is seismology, especially theoretical seismology and seismic data processing. His CWP advisor is Ilya Tsvankin.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: India
email: nkamath@miines.edu

Nishant received an integrated Master’s degree in 2008 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. From 2008-2010, he worked for WesternGeco as an on-board data processor. Nishant’s CWP advisor is Ilya Tsvankin and he is currently working on full waveform inversion for layercake VTI media. His extracurricular interests include: reading books, watching movies, playing tennis, table tennis and cricket. He also likes mathematics, mountains and trying out different kinds of food.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: Nigeria
email:ckanu@miines.edu

Kanu received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria. He then earned a post-graduate diploma in earth system physics at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Italy. In 2008, Kanu began work on his Master of Science degree in geophysics at Indiana University, Bloomington. His research focused on modeling the creep response of the Southern Hayward Fault to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake on the San Andreas Fault. His current research interests are in monitoring time-lapse changes in sub-surface reservoirs and microseismicity. He is currently working with Roel Snieder, his advisor at CWP. Apart from research, Kanu follows and plays various sports and music.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: USA
email: aknaak@miines.edu

Ali earned her Bachelor of Science degree in physics and mathematics from Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina in 2010. She is working at CWP with Professor Roel Snieder on applying synthetic aperture to controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) data. Her academic interests are in improving CSEM, communicating science, mathematics, and physics. Her hobbies are road biking, hiking, playing disc golf, swimming, reading and volunteering at the local animal shelter. She loves working, playing and living near the mountains.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: South Korea
email: mykwon@mines.edu

Jae received his Bachelor of Science degree in geology and Master of Science degree in geophysics from Seoul National University in South Korea. His thesis topic was DC resistivity inversion with the application of reciprocity theorem. Jae worked as a geophysical engineer for several years in Korea and Libya, where he participated in many geotechnical, environmental projects. He is a recipient of the SEG scholarship. In summer 2008, he interned at Schlumberger-Doll Research Center and then he interned with ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in summer 2010. His current research interests are the integration of seismic and electromagnetic data and the application of inverse scattering series for CSEM. Jae’s advisor is Roel Snieder. Jae enjoys listening to music, programming, as well as reading geography and history books.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Home Country: The People's Republic of China
email: lliang@mines.edu
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Luming received his Bachelor of Science (2005) and Master of Engineering (2008) degrees in Computer Science from Central South University, Changsha, China. Luming joined CWP in August 2008 and he is working with Dave Hale, his CWP advisor, in seismic data interpolation, computer graphics and seismic image processing. Luming interned in summer 2009 with Landmark Graphics/Halliburton. Luming’s biggest interests are: playing soccer, reading, listening to music, watching movies and playing computer games with others.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: The People's Republic of China
email: yma@mines.edu

Yong received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in acoustics in 2004 and 2007, respectively, from the Institute of Acoustics, Nanjing University (NJU), China. His thesis work at NJU focused on nonlinear ultrasound propagation in biologic tissue and applications of nonlinear ultrasound to medical imaging and therapy. Yong joined CWP in August 2007 and has worked on multi-scale velocity heterogeneity effects on wave-equation migration with Paul Sava. He is working on image-guided full waveform inversion under his current advisor Dave Hale. In summer 2009, 2010 and 2011, Yong interned at ConocoPhillips in Houston, Texas, to work with geophysicists in the Seismic Velocity Modeling group on a full waveform inversion project.

Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics
Home Country: USA

email: amunoz@mines.edu

Andrew graduated from Texas A&M University in December 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geophysics. While at Texas A&M, Andrew participated in undergraduate research involving potential field geophysics and three-dimensional tsunami modeling using GPUs. He held an internship with Devon Energy and two internships with Newfield Exploration as a geophysicist. Andrew accepted a full-time offer to work at Newfield Exploration as a geophysicist upon completion of his Masters degree at the Colorado School of Mines. His advisor at CWP is Dave Hale. Andrew’s research interests include: seismic interpretation tools, computer graphics and seismic image processing. Andrew’s hobbies include: running, swimming, cycling, ultimate frisbee, hiking, snowboarding, and cooking.

Degree Program: M.Sc., Geophysics
Home Country: USA
email: zpember@mines.edu

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Francesco received a BSc in telecommunication from Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 2004, from where he also earned a MSc in 2007. During his master's studies, he worked with the geophysical research team, and his thesis dealt with high-resolution imaging in Kirchhoff migration by means of least-squares inversion and sparsity constraint. Francesco joined CWP in August 2008 under advisor Paul Sava. In CWP he has worked on shot-encoding for fast wave-equation depth migration and his current interests are in numerical modeling and migration velocity analysis. During the summers of 2009 and 2010, he worked in Milan at Eni on his research project on migration velocity analysis in the shot-domain. Included in Francesco's interests are listening to and playing classical music, swimming and reading novels.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: India
email: bshekar@mines.edu

Bharath graduated in 2008 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, with an Integrated MSc degree in exploration geophysics. He joined CWP in August 2008 and is working with Prof. Ilya Tsvankin. Past projects at CWP included the estimation of interval shear-wave anisotropic attenuation in VTI and orthorhombic media using the PP + PS =SS and velocity-independent layer stripping methods.  His current project is titled "Attenuation estimation for heterogeneous transversely isotropic media."  His other research interests are VSP, microseismic and surface seismic imaging/processing. He has interned with ExxonMobil URC where he worked on multicomponent processing.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: Trinidad & Tobago

email: ssingh@mines.edu

Satyan graduated from the University of West Indies in 2008, with a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum geosciences. While an undergraduate, he had a summer internship with BP Trinidad and Tobago, which was followed by his employment as an exploration geophysicist at BG Trinidad and Tobago. After one year of employment in the oil and gas industry, he decided to pursue a Master of Science degree in geophysics at Texas A&M University. Satyan joined CWP in August 2011 and his advisor is Paul Sava. His current research interests are high performance computing and seismic imaging. Apart from academic research, Satyan enjoys playing table tennis, cricket and football.

Degree Program: Ph.D., Geophysics
Home Country: USA
email: stesmith@mines.edu

Steve Smith (MS, Acoustics, Penn State; BS, Engineering Physics and BA, Music, U. Colorado) did his MS thesis work in virtual acoustic source synthesis. Steve has worked as an R&D engineer in intelligent beamformers and speech recognition systems for Shure microphones and audio electronics. He has also worked as a professional seismic analyst for the theoretical geophysics group at the University of Colorado, Boulder. While at CWP Steve completed research internships in multicomponent modeling, and inversion of reflection and VSP seismic with VeritasDGC and ExxonMobil Upstream Research. Steve’s previous CWP research includes modeling and waveform/velocity inversion around superheated nuclear waste disposal tunnels. He is currently working on induced (time-lapse) anisotropic seismic signatures, AVO, and geomechanical inversion around producing reservoirs. His interests also include migration/imaging and seismic application of rock physics. Steve is advised by Ilya Tsvankin. His co-advisor is Roel Snieder. When not working, Steve practices judo.