Mailing Address:

Rice University
Department of Earth Science, MS-126
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX
77251-1892, USA

Physical Address:

Rice University
Department of Earth Science, MS-126
6100 Main street
Houston, TX
77005-1892, USA

Research Interests:

• seismic modeling and inversion techniques
  
• inverse theory
  
• wide-angle seismic data acquisition, modeling and interpretation
  
• geophysical studies of the lithosphere, sedimentary basins, and shallow environment
  

Education:

• Ph.D. Geophysics, 1989: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  Thesis: "Seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle in the Peace River Arch Region" (Advisor: R. M. Ellis)
• B.Sc. Physics & Applied Math, 1984: University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
  

Professional Experience:

• 2008-present: Professor / 2000-2008: Associate Professor / 1995-2000: Assistant Professor
  Department of Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX.
  
• 1993-94: Senior Research Associate
  Bullard Laboratories, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
  
• 1991-93: Visiting Fellow
  Continental Geoscience Division, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
  
• 1989-91: Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
  

Current and Past Funded Research:

• "Advanced high resolution seismic imaging, material properties estimation and full wavefield inversion for the shallow subsurface", Department of Energy, Environmental Management Science Program, 1997-2001 (with extension) [with A. Levander (PI) and W. Symes].
  
• " The S reflector and rifting processes: Iberia Abyssal Plain/Galicia Bank", National Science Foundation, Marine Geology & Geophysics Program, 1997-2002 (with renewal) [with D. S. Sawyer (PI)].
  
• "2D and 3D seismic imaging of seamount collision and subduction across the central Chilean margin", National Science Foundation, Marine Geology & Geophysics Program, 1996-1999.
  
• "Collaborative Research: Crust-mantle Interactions During Continental Growth and High-Pressure Rock Exhumation at an Oblique Arc-Continent Collision Zone: the SE Caribbean margin", National Science Foundation, Continental Dynamics Program, 2001-2004. [with A. Levander (PI), H. G. Ave Lallemant, and A. Lenardic].
  
• " Collaborative Research: Seismic Characterization of a Gas Hydrate System in the Gulf of Mexico - A Novel Approach to Evaluate High-Resolution Wide-Angle Data", National Science Foundation, Marine Geology & Geophysics Program, 2001-2003. [with I. Pecher (UTIG)].
  
  

Other Geophysical Experience:

• Participation in five land crustal-scale seismic refraction experiments in Canada and Europe
• Participation in two marine crustal-scale seismic experiments off Chile and Portugal.
• Participation in shallow high-resolution seismic surveys in Utah, New Mexico, Washington State, and Texas.
  
• Distribution of 2D and 3D seismic modeling, inversion and analysis software to more than 300 scientists in over 40 countries.
  

Professional Membership:

• American Geophysical Union
  
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists
  
• Geological Society of America
  

Selected publications and abstracts

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