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Research Interests:
- Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms and global optimization methods
- Stochastic geophysical inversion and uncertainty quantification
- Time-lapse seismic reservoir characterization
- Joint inversion of reservoir's static and dynamic properties
- Geophysical data processing and interpretation

Current Education:

Thesis Title:		MCMC Algorithms, Integrated Bayesian Inference of Reservoir's Petrophysics and Fluid Flow Imaging and Corresponding Uncertainty Analysis
Degree:		PhD, Geophysics
Department:		Geological Sciences
Committee Supervisor:		Dr. Mrinal Sen

UTIG Advisor: Dr. Mrinal Sen

Prior Education:

M.S., Geophysics, 2004		The Pennsylvania State University
Marine Geology, 2001		Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S., Geophysics, 1998		University of Science and Technology of China
B.S., Computer Sciences, 1998		University of Science and Technology of China

Awards
SEG Foundation Scholarship, Society of Exploration Geophysics, USA, 2007-2008
Chevron Scholarship, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Spring 2007
BP Fellowship, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, 2005
Institute Director Fellowship of SCSIO, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2000
Excellent Graduate Fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999

Publications/Expanded Abstracts:
Hong, T., and M. K. Sen, A new MCMC algorithm for parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis, Geophysics Journal International, (In review)

Hong, T., M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, H. Klie, S. G. Thomas, A. Rodriguez, and M. F. Wheeler, Integrated time-lapse seismic inversion for reservoir's petrophysics and fluid flow imaging, Expanded Abstract, 77th SEG Conference, San Antonio, 2007.

Hong, T., and M. K. Sen, A new MCMC algorithm for parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis, Expanded Abstract, 77th SEG Conference, San Antonio, 2007.

Hong, T., and M. K. Sen, Real-coded multi-scale genetic algorithm for seismic waveform inversion, Expanded Abstract, 76th SEG Conference, New Orleans, 2006.

Hong, T., and C. Marone, Effects of normal stress perturbations on the frictional properties of simulated faults, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6, doi:10.1029/2004GC000821, 2005.

Dugan, B., C. Marone, T. Hong, and M. Migyanka, Data Report: Compressibility, Permeability, and Grain Size of Shallow Sediments from ODP Sites 1194 and 1198, Proceedings of the ODP, Scientific Results, 194, 2003.

Hong, T., and C. Marone, Effects of variable normal stress on shear strength and friction, Eos, Trans., Am. Geophys. Un., Fall 2003, San Francisco.

Hong, T., P. Chen, and X. Qiu, Demultiplexing and format conversion of marine multi-channel seismic data, Tropic Oceanology, Vol.21, No.2, 2002.

Liu Y., D. Xi, C. Zhang, T. Hong, and J. Shi, Dynamic response of marble and sandstone under rotational stress, Chinese Journal of Rock and Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 20, No.2, 2001.