Curriculum Vita
Mrinal K. Sen
Institute for Geophysics
The
J. J. Pickle Research Campus Fax: +1-512-471-8844
1987 Ph.D. Geology and Geophysics,
1979 M.Sc. Applied Geophysics, Indian
1977 B.Sc. Applied Geophysics, Indian
09/07- John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology
08/04- Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, The
08/04- Research Professor, Institute for Geophysics, The
09/07- Faculty member, Graduate Studies Committee, Computational and Applied mathematics, UT Austin.
09/06-08/07 Weeks Endowed Fellow, Dept. of Geological
Sciences, The
09/03–08/06
99/98–98/04 Senior Research Scientist, Institute for
Geophysics, The
01/02–08/03 Fellow of Edwin Allday
Centennial Chair in Subsurface Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, The
09/92–08/98 Research Scientist, Institute for
Geophysics, The
09/89–08/92 Research Associate, Institute for
Geophysics, The
09/87–09/89 Project Seismologist, Woodward-Clyde
Consultants,
09/82–05/87 Graduate Research Assistant,
07/81–08/82 Geophysicist, OMNI Tape Company,
09/79–06/81 Geophysicist, INDICOS Computer Services,
09/01 - Associated
Faculty, Mission Oriented Seismic Research Program,
11/01–12/01 Visiting
Professor, Section Applied Geophysics,
07/98–08/98 Consultant,
Upstream Strategic Research Group, MOBIL Oil Company,
06/98–07/98 Consultant,
Rock Physics/Seismic Attributes Group,
08/93 Visiting
Scientist, NRL-SSC, Bay
06/87–08/87 Research Seismologist, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics
02/85–06/85 Geophysical
Intern, SOHIO Petroleum Company,
Inverse Theory (GEO384M)
Advanced Theoretical Seismology (GEO 391)
Seismology II (GEO 390D)
Seismology III
Solid Earth Geophysics (GEO354/GEO384D)
Linear systems and inverse methods
Seminar courses on seismic migration and inversion
Asymptotic methods in seismic wave propagation
Mathematical Methods in Geophysics
Quantitative Seismic Interpretation
“Global optimization methods in
geophysical inversion,” SBGF 2001, ONGC,
“Seismic modeling, migration, and inversion” (one-week short course taught at companies) (ONGC 2003, 2004, 2005; Oil India 2007)
“Seismic modeling and inversion: the state of the art”–SBGF 2005 (Sep. 10), SPG 2006 (Jan. 8)
“Seismic inversion: theory and practice”
“Pre-stack time and depth migration” (one-week short course taught at ONGC, Jan. 2006; Dec 2008)
“Pre- and Post-stack Inversion” (one-week short course taught at ONGC, Dec. 2006; Jan 2008; Dec 2008)
“AVO and Seismic Attributes” (one-week short course taught at ONGC, Dec. 2006; Dec 2007; Dec 2008)
“Elastic wave theory,” (two-day short course taught
at Conoco-Phillips.
“Innovative techniques for reservoir characterization using seismic data “(one week short course taught at ONGC India Jan 2008)
· Theoretical and Computational Seismology: Wave propagation, Anisotropy, Synthetic seismograms.
· Exploration Geophysics: Seismic Processing, AVO, Imaging, GPR, Post and Pre-stack inversion, Reservoir characterization.
· Inverse Theory and Optimization.
· Computational Methods: Supercomputing and parallel computation applications in Geophysics, uncertainty in climate models.
Member, Research Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Associate Editor, Geophysics, Seismic Migration section, June 06-present.
Associate Editor, Geophysics, Seismic Modeling and Wave Propagation section, June 06-present.
Associate Editor, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 2005-present.
Member,
Editorial Board, International Journal of Geophysics, 2008-present
Member, Editorial Board (Advisory Committee), Journal of Indian School of Mines, 2006-present.
Associate
Editor, Computational Seismology and
Geodynamics, American Geophysical
Member,
Member,
American Geophysical
Member, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Member, Society of Industrial and Applied
Mathematics (
Member, International Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (past)
Member, Computer Application Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (past).
Member, Technical Program Committee (key contact - seismic inversion), Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ annual
meeting,
Co-convenor, Workshop on ‘Seismic Interferometry’, SEG annual meeting,
Co-convenor, Workshop on ‘Bayesian method
for geological model building’, EAGE meeting,
Co-chair, Technical Program Committee, SEG representative, Society
of Petroleum Geophysicists’ annual meeting,
Member, Technical Program Committee (key contact - seismic inversion), Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ annual
meeting,
Co-chair, Technical Program Committee, SEG representative, Society of Petroleum Geophysicists’ annual
meeting, Kolkata
Co-chair, Technical Program Committee, SEG representative, Society of Petroleum Geophysicists’ annual
meeting,
Member, Technical Program Committee, Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ annual meeting,
Invited
Participant, National Research Council (NRC) planning workshop on 'How
uncertainty is related to ocean science models?' Sept. 99,
Member, External Review Board of the Marine Geosciences Division Basic and Applied Research programs, Office of Naval Research, 1999.
Invited Participant (Unclassified), DARPA Geophysics seminar on Detection of Underground Facilities, Mar. 99.
Invited panel
member, DOE workshop on Global
inversion of Geophysical Data,
Invited
Participant, two-week workshop on Inverse
Problems at the
Member, Appointments committee [tenure and promotion
committee], Jackson School of Geosciences, 2009-2012.
Chairman, Geophysics Curricular Group, Dept. of Geological Sciences
Chairman, Graduate curriculum committee, Dept. of Geological Sciences
Chairman, Internal JSG Hires, UTIG
Member, Exploration Geophysics Search Committee, Dept. of Geological Sciences
Member, Endowed chair nomination committee, Dept. of Geological Sciences
Member, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) computational geosciences faculty search committee, Institute of computational and engineering sciences, UT Austin.
Member, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) computational geosciences director search committee, Institute of computational and engineering sciences, UT Austin.
Member, UTIG search committee
Member, JSG Energy initiative search committee
Member, UTIG Fellowship committee
Member, Graduate admissions and support committee (UTIG representative)
Member, Graduate studies committee (GSC), Department of Geological Sciences
Member, Graduate studies committee (GSC), Computational and Applied Math Program,
UT Austin
Member, Graduate studies sub-committee (GSSC),
three-year term, Computational and
Applied Math Program, UT Austin, Area C: Mathematical modeling of a natural, engineered, or other system.
Member, Steering Committee,
Chairman, UTIG Computer committee 2000–2005
Co-chairman, UTIG Seminar committee 2003–2005
Recipient of John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Applied
Seismology, 09/07
Joseph C. Walter Jr. Award for Research Excellence - 2007
Listed in Marqus Who’s Who
Recipient of Weeks Endowed Fellowship, Dept of
Geological Sciences at the
Recipient of
“Free gas and gas hydrate saturation estimation from
multi-component seismic data offshore
“Joint stochastic inversion of pre-stack seismic
data and well logs for high-resolution reservoir delineation and improved production
forecast.” Paper by Varela, Torres-Verdin, and Sen
presented at SEG 2003 in
“Multilayer AVO inversion using genetic algorithms.” Paper by Sen and Stoffa presented at the SEG/EAEG Summer Research Workshop ‘92, selected the best paper on AVO inversion.
Recipient of SEG Scholarships, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87.
Recipient of ISM silver medal for ranking first in
first class in B.Sc. and M.Sc. at
Recipient of J. Watumul Foundation Award for the most outstanding student
in Geology and Geophysics at the
Recipient of National Merit
Scholarship, Gov’t. of
L. N. Frazer,
M. F. Wheeler, Clint Dawson, H. Klie–UT Computational and Applied Math
J. T. Fokkema,
S. Fomel–UT Bureau of Economic Geology
R.
S.
U. Dutta, N. N. Biswas,
Doug Foster,
R.
Art Weglein–University of
C. S. Rai, C. Sondergeld–University of
L. Lake–UT Dept. of Petroleum Engg, C. Torres-Verdin–UT Dept. of Petroleum Engr.,
C. Connor –Southwest Research Institute,
S. K. DeSarkar–Mobil,
J. Gettrust–NRL/SSC, D. Lindwall -NRL/SSC, W. T. Wood–NRL/SSC.
D. Helmberger–CalTech, L. Burdick–Woodward-Clyde.
N. Bangs, C. Frohlich, C. Jackson, K. McIntosh, J. Pulliam, S. Grand–UT Department of Geological Sciences, P. L. Stoffa, L. Zhao.