Author Biographies

Jingyi Chen

Jingyi Chen received Ph.Ddegree in Solid Geophysicsfrom Institute of Geologyand Geophysics, ChineseAcademy of Sciences(IGGCAS) in 2005, Beijing,China. He is now DeckerDawson assistant professorof geophysics at TheUniversity of Tulsa. Hisresearch interests includeseismic forward modeling,seismic inversion, seismicmigration and rock physics.

David Cho

David Cho graduated fromthe University of Calgary in2007 with a B.Sc. in Physicsand Geophysics. He joinedSchlumberger in 2008 as aGeophysicist in the ReservoirSeismic Services group wherehe specialized in seismicmodelling, AVO, inversionand reservoir characteriza-tion studies. In 2010 heresigned from Schlumbergerto pursue his graduatestudies full time at the

University of Calgary where he is currently enrolled in the Ph.D.program in Geophysics. His research focus is on seismic analysisof fractured media.

Christopher R.Clarkson

Christopher R. Clarkson is aprofessor and the Encana-AITF Chair inUnconventional Gas andLight Oil in the Departmentof Geoscience and anadjunct professor with theDepartment of Chemicaland Petroleum Engineeringat the University of Calgary.His work focus has been onexploration for and develop-

ment of coalbed methane, shale gas/oil, tight gas/oil, andconventional reservoirs. He has studied both primary andenhanced coalbed methane recovery processes in the San JuanBasin of New Mexico/Colorado and is particularly interested inthe physics of gas storage and transport in CBM and shalereservoirs and the application of production dataanalysis/reservoir simulation to optimize gas recovery andwell performance. Clarkson holds a Ph.D. degree in geologicalengineering from the U. of British Columbia, Canada. Theauthor of numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific andengineering journals, Clarkson received the Rossiter W.Raymond Memorial Award from AIME and the Alfred NoblePrize from ASCE for his paper "Application of a NewMulticomponent Adsorption Model to Coal Gas AdsorptionSystems" published in the Society of Petroleum EngineersJournal (September, 2003). Clarkson was an SPE DistinguishedLecturer for the 2009/2010 lecture season.

Patrick F. Daley

Patrick Daley is a ResearchAssociate with CREWES(Consortium for Research inElastic Wave ExplorationSeismology). Patrick receiveda B.Sc. in Mathematics fromthe University of Alberta in1974, an M.Sc. in Physicsfrom the University ofAlberta in 1976, and a Ph.D.in Geophysics in 1979 fromthe University of Alberta. Dr.Daley worked as an inde-pendent contractor with

research centres of major oil companies before joining CREWES atthe University of Calgary. His major interests are in the areas ofmathematical geophysics and numerical modeling of wave prop-agation. In the past, has served as a Special Editor of Geophysicsand he presently serves as an Associate Editor of CJEG.

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Jon Downton

Jon Downton is a SeniorResearch Advisor withHampson-Russell Software& Services. Jon has workedas a reservoir geophysicist,research geophysicist andresearch manger. He was acofounder and Vice Presidentof Integra Geoservices. Afterselling Integra to Core Labsin 1999, he went back and didhis Ph.D. on AVO inversion.Since that time, his researchhas focused on reservoir

geophysics and the seismic processing associated with this. Hiscurrent research passion is the prediction of fractures fromseismic anisotropy. Jon has extensive experience in estimatingrock and fluid properties from seismic data, including AVO,inversion and rock physics.

Jon has presented numerous papers at SEG, EAEG and CSEGconferences, for which he has received Best Paper awards, the mostrecent of which was winning the Best Exploration Paper at VIIINGEPET in the fall of 2011. He has also been a keynote speaker atCSEG and EAEG conferences. Jon is a member of the CSEG, SEG,EAEG and APPEGA and is a past president of the CSEG.

Robert J. Ferguson

Robert Ferguson is an asso-ciate professor of geophysicsat the University of Calgaryand a Director of theConsortium for Research inElastic Wave ExplorationSeismology (CREWES). Robreceived a B.Sc. inGeophysics from theUniversity of BritishColumbia in 1989, an M.Sc.in Geophysics from theUniversity of Calgary in1996, and a Ph.D. in

Geophysics from the University of Calgary in 1999. He workedas a research scientist on the seismic-imaging team at Chevron.He then joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austinbefore returning to the University of Calgary. Dr. Ferguson’sinterests are in modeling, imaging , and inversion of multicom-ponent seismic data.

Scott Hadley

Scott Hadley currently holdsthe position of VPExploration at FairborneEnergy Ltd. Scott is aProfessional Geologist with26 years of experienceworking primarily in theWestern Canada andMichigan Basins. He beganhis career as an ExplorationGeologist with AmocoCanada Petroleum. In 1996-97 he attended AmocoCorporations Petrophysics

training program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Upon his return to AmocoCanada he worked in the Exploration and Production TechnologyGroup as a Staff Petrophysicist. Between 1998 and 2001 he heldvarious management roles and director positions with severalTSX Venture Exchange oil and gas companies. Mr. Hadley holdsa H.B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Western Ontario anda M.Sc. in Geology from McMaster University. Mr. Hadley is aprofessional member of APEGGA, CSPG , AAPG and the CWLS.

Lee Hunt

Lee Hunt was the 2011/2012CSEG DistinguishedLecturer. He graduated fromthe University of Albertawith a B.Sc. in geophysics in1990, after which he startedhis career working forPanCanadian PetroleumLtd. His experience rangesfrom interpretation tomanaging a business unit,and he has conductednumerous winter accessonly drilling campaigns in

NEBC and Northern Alberta. He has drilled over 300 wells inmost of the play types within the Western CanadianSedimentary Basin. These drilling experiences include heavyoil, shallow gas, deep carbonate exploration, deep basin, PeaceRiver Arch, Saskatchewan and Manitoba oil, and includevertical as well as horizontal drilling. His work has focussed onperforming quantitative analysis of multiple attenuation, reso-lution enhancement, depth and geo-hazard predictions, AVO,AVAz, VVAz, curvature, and the prediction of fluid, lithology,porosity, fracture treatment characteristics, and production.

Lee and his co-authors won Excellence of Oral Presentation forthe 1997 SEPM Convention, the 2000 CSEG Convention BestPaper Award, the 2008 CSEG Convention Best GeophysicalAbstract, the 2008 CSEG Best Technical Luncheon Talk, the 2010CSEG Convention Best Geophysical Oral Presentation, and theBest Exploration Paper at VII INGPET in 2011. He was a partici-pant in the creation of APEGGA’s Q.I. Practise Standard as wellas APEGGA's Guideline for the Ethical Use of Geophysical Data.

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Edward S. Krebes

Edward S. Krebes received aB.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics fromthe University of Alberta in1973, an M.Sc. in Physicsfrom the University ofBritish Columbia in 1974,and a Ph.D. in Geophysicsfrom the University ofAlberta in 1980. In 1979-80,he worked as an explorationgeophysicist for AMOCOCanada. He joined theUniversity of Calgary in1980, where he is now a

professor of geophysics in the Department of Geoscience. Hisprimary research interests are in theoretical and computationalseismology.

Diane Lespinasse

Diane Lespinasse receivedher B.Sc in GeophysicalEngineering fromUniversidad Simon Bolivar(USB) in Caracas Venezuela.In 2004 she worked for TRXConsulting processing andinterpreting VerticalElectrical Sounding data.She worked for Minpro C.Aas a seismic interpreterbefore moving toCalgary(2008). In September2009, Diane Lespinasse

joined the M.Sc Geophysics program at the University ofCalgary as part of the CREWES project. Since then, her researchhas been dedicated to study the seismic response of coalbeds.

Laurence Lines

Laurence “Larry” Linesreceived B.Sc. and M.Sc.geophysics degrees from theUniversity of Alberta (1971,1973) and a Ph.D. ingeophysics from theUniversity of BritishColumbia (1976). His indus-trial career included 17 yearswith Amoco in Calgary andTulsa (1976-1993). Followinga career in industry, Dr. Linesheld the NSERC/Petro-Canada Chair in Applied

Seismology at Memorial University of Newfoundland (1993-1997)and the Chair in Exploration Geophysics at the University ofCalgary (1997-2002). From 2002-2007, he served as the Head,Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University ofCalgary. In professional service, Larry was the President of theSociety of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) in 2008-2009. Previousto that, he served the SEG as Geophysics Editor (1977-99),Distinguished Lecturer, Geophysics Associate Editor, TranslationsEditor, Publications Chairman, and as a member of The LeadingEdge Editorial Board. He has served as CJEG Editor twice. Larryand co-authors have won the SEG’s Best Paper in GeophysicsAward twice (1988, 1995) and have twice won Honorable Mentionfor Best Paper (1986,1998). Larry is an Honorary Member of SEG,CSEG, and the Geophysical Society of Tulsa. Additionally, he is amember of APEGGA, CGU, EAGE, and AAPG. Larry is marriedwith two children, and enjoys hobbies of choir, softball, andhiking with his Alaskan malamute.

F. Mahmoudian

Faranak Mahmoudianreceived her B.Sc. in physicsin 2000 from Khage-Nasir-Toosi University ofTechnology in Iran andM.Sc. in Geophysics in 2006from University of Calgary.She worked for ShellCanada 2006-2009.

She has been conducting herPhD work with Dr. GaryMargrave from 2009 till now.She has worked on seismic

ray theory, fracture reservoir analysis, AVO analysis and phys-ical modeling for her PhD. She loves everything in geophysics!She is married and has two children, Romina and Ryan.

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Gary F. Margrave

Gary Margrave is a Professorof Geophysics at theUniversity of Calgary andalso Director of theConsortium for Research inElastic Wave ExplorationSeismology (CREWES). Heobtained his Ph.D. ingeophysics from theUniversity of Alberta in 1981,and his M.Sc. in physics fromthe University of Utah in1977. Prior to coming to theUniversity of Calgary, Dr.

Margrave worked in industry, spending with ChevronCorporation is a variety of research and development positionsrelated to seismic exploration. Dr. Margrave’s expertise is in theresearch, teaching and application of exploration seismology,including seismic data processing, migration and mathematicalsignal theory. His specific research interests include signal bandestimation, seismic attenuation, deconvolution, imaging, inver-sion and seismic wave propagation. He also teaches seismic dataprocessing as a capstone undergraduate course and courses inimaging, inversion, and data analysis at the graduate level. He isactively supervising about ten graduate students who areconducting research on themes relevant to CREWES. He is amember of CSEG, SEG, AGU, AMS, and APEGGA.

Scott Reynolds

Scott Reynolds currentlyholds the position ofManager of Geophysics atFairborne Energy Ltd Scottis a graduate from theUniversity of Saskatchewan,with a Bachelor ofEngineering with aGeophysics Option. Hestarted his career withPanCanadian Petroleum Ltdin 1991 and has beenemployed by Renaissance

Energy, Suncor Energy, Startech Energy, ARC Resources, KetchResources and Kereco Energy Scott has been at FairborneEnergy Ltd for 4 years and has been involved in Fairborne’squantitative interpretation efforts from their inception He iscurrently a member of APEGGA and the CSEG.

Enders Robinson

Enders A. Robinson receiveda S.B. degree in mathematicsin 1950, a S.M. in economicsin 1952, and a PhD ingeophysics in 1954 at MIT.As a research assistant inmathematics from 1950 to1952 he digitized seismicrecords by hand andprocessed the data on theMIT Whirlwind digitalcomputer. These results ledto the formation of the MITGeophysical Analysis Group

(GAG) in 1952. For many years Robinson was a consultant forAmoco Production Company in Tulsa working with Dr. SvenTreitel, and their papers, collected in the Robinson-TreitelReader, served as a basic reference for digital processing. In 1965Rudolf Prince, David Brown, George Cloudy, Pat Poe, DavidSteetle, Bill Shell, and Robinson formed Digicon Inc., a companyto apply digital computing to the geophysical industry. In 1996,Digicon merged with Veritas to form VeritasDGC. In 2007, CGGmerged with VeritasDGC and changed its name to CGGVeritas.Robinson was on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin,Uppsala University, the University of Tulsa, and ColumbiaUniversity, where he is now Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar WorzelProfessor Emeritus of Geophysics.

Daniel Trad

Daniel Trad is researchadvisor with CGGVeritas. Hereceived his Licenciatura(1994) in Geophysics fromthe Universidad Nacional deSan Juan, Argentina, and hisPh.D. (2001) from theUniversity of BritishColumbia (UBC), Canada.Before joining the industry in2003, he worked in Argentinaand Brazil in robust algo-rithms for processing of elec-

tromagnetic data (1993-1997) and at UBC, Vancouver (1997-2002)on high resolution Radon transforms. In 2003 he joined theresearch group in Calgary at Veritas working on FiveDimensional Interpolation and signal processing. From 2010 to2012 he worked in the CGGV dedicated centre for Total in Pau,France. In 2007 he received a CGGVeritas award for innovationand in 2011 the CSEG technical achievement award, both for hiswork on Five Dimensional Interpolation. Currently he works inresearch for multicomponent seismic and deblending of marinestreamer data.

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Sven Treitel

Sven Treitel is a graduate ofMIT, where he received hisPhD in geophysics in 1958.

From 1958 to 1960 he workedfor Chevron in Cuba andthen joined Amoco’sResearch Center in Tulsa, OK.While at Amoco, he carriedout investigations in seismicsignal processing and in thenumerical simulation ofseismic wave propagation.With Enders Robinson, he

wrote the book “Geophysical Signal Analysis”, published byPrentice Hall in 1980, and reissued by the Society of ExplorationGeophysicists (SEG) in 2000. A more recent book, also co-authored with Enders Robinson, “Digital Imaging andDeconvolution” was issued by the SEG Press in 2008.

Treitel has authored and co-authored over eighty technicalpapers. In 1991 and again in 1993 he was a Visiting Professor inthe Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences atMIT. He retired from Amoco in 1993.

In 1994 Treitel was awarded the German government’s Alexandervon Humboldt Prize, which allowed him to spend a year inGermany as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Karlsruhe. Heserved as editor of GEOPHYSICS from 1995 to 1997. He is anHonorary Member of the SEG, and of the EAGE. In 1995 heformed TriDekon Inc., a geophysical consultancy in Tulsa, OK.

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