The focus of my research, with students and colleagues, has been on integrating rock physics, geostatistics and wave propagation, and their broad applications in reservoir characterization and monitoring. Over the years, I have been involved in the research activities of different industrial cons...
The focus of my research, with students and colleagues, has been on integrating rock physics, geostatistics and wave propagation, and their broad applications in reservoir characterization and monitoring. Over the years, I have been involved in the research activities of different industrial consortia - Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics (SRB), Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting (SCRF), which I currently co-direct, Basin and Petroleum System Modeling (BPSM) and Smart Fields Consortium (SFC). My research uses theoretical, computational, and statistical models, to discover and understand fundamental relations between geophysical data and reservoir properties, to quantify uncertainty in our models, and to address value of information for decision making under uncertainty. I am particularly interested in forging links between research disciplines in geosciences, engineering, and decision sciences. I believe such research links across traditional boundaries are critical for the future of energy resources research.