Faculty & Staff

CWP Leadership Team

Jeffrey Shragge

Jeffrey Shragge

Professor; CWP Director

(303) 273-3552

Computational Seismology

  • 3D acoustic and elastic wave propagation
  • 3D/4D velocity inversion
  • 3D/4D Reverse-time migration (RTM)
  • Wave-equation migration
  • Rock physics
  • Computational geometry and differential meshing signal processing
  • Imaging
Eileen Martin

Eileen Martin

Associate Professor; Jointly Appointed: Geophysics and Applied Math & Statistics

303-273-3455

Research Areas

  • Near-surface, engineering, environmental and urban geophysics
  • Analysis of large sensor networks
  • Fiber-optic sensing, including distributed acoustic sensing
  • Signal processing, imaging, and inverse problems
  • Data-intensive high performance computing
  • Passive seismic methods
Paul Sava

Paul Sava

Department Head; Professor; C.H. Green Chair of Exploration Geophysics

303-384-2362

Imaging & Inversion

  • Wavefield modeling and analysis
  • Tomography and inversion
  • Elastic and electromagnetic wave propagation
  • Earth and planetary science
Ilya Tsvankin

Ilya Tsvankin

University Distinguished Professor

(303) 273-3060

Wave Propagation & Anisotropy

  • Seismic wave propagation
  • Inversion and processing for anisotropic media
  • Multicomponent and time-lapse seismic
  • Fracture characterization

Research Associates and Post-doctoral Fellows

Aaron Girard

Aaron Girard

Research Associate

Research areas
  • Ambient seismic signal processing for imaging and inversion
  • Seismic modelling and imaging using HPC
  • Reservoir monitoring
  • Mine site monitoring
Shihao Yuan

Shihao Yuan

Research Associate

Research areas
  • Full waveform inversion
  • Seismic imaging and monitoring
  • Rotational ground motion observation, modelling and analysis
  • Fiber-optic sensing, including distributed acoustic and electromagnetic sensing
  • Signal processing and inverse problems

Emeritus Faculty

While still considered part of the CWP family, these faculty are no longer accepting/advising students.

Ken Larner

Ken Larner

Emeritus Professor

Dave Hale

Dave Hale

Emeritus Professor

John Stockwell

John Stockwell

Research Associate