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Research Geophysicist
February 2019 - Present​ | Houston, TX

Strategic Research Unit
Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Geomechanics
Hydraulic Fracturing Monitoring

Stanford University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geophysics
June 2017 - February 2019​ | Stanford, CA

Supervisor: Gary M. Mavko
Used rock physics model to understand anisotropic and viscoelastic phenomena in the Vaca Muerta Formation.
​Characterized reservoir with microseismic data and perforation shot data in the Vaca Muerta Formation.

University of California, Berkeley
PhD student in Applied Geophysics
August 2012 - May 2017​ | Berkeley, CA

Advisor: James W. Rector
​Developed new microseismic processing and modeling algorithm in Marcellus shale
Significantly improved microseismic event location accuracy with Bayesian inversion

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Graduate Research Assistant
November 2016 - May 2017​ | Berkeley, CA

Worked on a soil box imaging project

Total
Intern in Geophysics
May 2016 - October 2016 | Houston, TX

Mentor: Jing Du
Microseismic imaging of hydraulic fracturing.

Stanford University
Exchange Student in Geophysics
January 2015 - March 2016 | Stanford, CA

Predicted lithofacies and pore fluid in a North Sea turbidite system with seismic attributes
Taking various courses with Stanford Exploration Project and Energy Resources Engineering program

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Intern in Geophysics
June 2015 - August 2015 | Houston, TX

Mentor & Supervisor: Jon Cocker
Evaluated active surface seismic as a potential method to monitor hydraulic fracturing stimulation
Built a model and workflow based on Lost Hills oil field for active seismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Intern in Geophysics
May 2014 - August 2014 | Livermore, CA

Mentor: Dennise Templeton
Developed and applied a multiple-event microseismic location program on Newberry Geothermal Site
Interpreted microseimsic result on Newberry Geothermal Site

ConocoPhillips
Intern in Geophysics
May 2013 - August 2013 | Houston, TX

Mentor: Ali Tura (Geophysics) & Hari Sudan (Reservoir Engineering) 
Manager: Arcangelo Sena
Analyzed the sensitivity of seismic attributes on rock parameters in ConocoPhillips Ekofisk oil field
Developed a seismic forward modeling manager based on existing rock physics model

Texas A&M University
Master Student in Petroleum Engineering
August 2010 - August 2012 | College Station, TX

Advisor: Behnam Jafarpour, Co-Advisor: Akhil Datta-Gupta
Developed a 3D non-isothermal reservoir simulator
Carried out reservoir characterization using both deterministic and stochastic estimation methods

Nankai University
Student Research Assistant in Physics
September 2006 - June 2010 | Tianjin, China

Advisor: Feng Song & Liqin Tang
Simulated the nonlinear propagation of light in 3D periodic structures
Studied the fluorescence enhancement in the vicinity of superlens and metal nanoparticals

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Intern in Optics
June 2008 - July 2008 | China

Mentor: Yang Xiang
Built and modified an optical inspection and alignment system