PIONEER WOMEN OF GEOPHYSICSDr. Fernanda Araújo

IN ACTION

Education: Ph.D., Geophysics; Federal University of Bahia-PPPG, Brazil

Ph.D. Advisors: Dr. Ru-Shan Wu and Dr. Arthur Weglein

Dissertation Topic: Linear and non-linear methods derived from inverse scattering theory: backscattering tomography and internal multiple attenuation.

First job as a geoscientist: Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Intern

Ways Fernanda makes an impactEducation and First Job• Mentors young geoscientists and summer interns • Led Junior Achievement Economics class for high school students• On organizing committee for Annual Warrior Sporting Clays Tournament

benefiting U.S. Veterans support organization Hope for the Warriors and Team Red, White & blue.

• Team coordinator for Annual Holiday Toy Drive benefitting Children’s Assessment Center.

• Coordinated the annual ConocoPhillips Conservation Day in partnership with Katy Prairie Conservancy.

• Participate in annual Habitat for Humanity house building projects.• Led semi-annual 40 hour course in seismic attribute interpretation.• Participated in annual Elves andMore build-a-bike events.• Recipient of the J. Clarence Karcher Award from the Society of Exploration

Geophysicists (SEG).

How Fernanda is employed• May 1993 - September 1993: Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited

• Intern: Developed and patented approach for internal multiple suppression.

• 1994 – 2005: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company.• Senior Research Geophysicist:

• Developed seismic inversion, attribute analysis and applied alignment algorithm for conditioning large data volumes for reservoir characterization.

• Patented and developed a method to determine multiple velocity in marine seismic data.

• 2005 – 2015: ConocoPhillips Company• Staff Geophysicist:

• Led interpretation of GoM deep-water, coordinated seismic data processing, and enhancement efforts.

• Led Eagle Ford microseismic program and project coordinator for exploration unconventional plays

• 2015 – present: EOG Resources• Geophysical Advisor:

• Leads microseismic design projects, provides geophysical technical expertise, and interprets seismic data, and creates reservoir models.

Family kayaking, Kodiak Island, Alaska. Volunteering, Katy Prairie Conservancy Teaching field course, Del Rio, Texas

Teaching field course, Del Rio, Texas Geology field trip, Karoo, South AfricaFernanda and the Texan Cheerleaders