Faculty & Staff
CWP Leadership Team
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
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
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
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
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
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.
John Stockwell
Research Associate