University of Calgary

Post-Doc, Geoscience

Thesis Title: Extending high-frequency asymptotic solutions to wave equations to lower-frequency regimes

About

My current research is directed towards the application of full-waveform tomography (lately popularized by G. Pratt at UWO) to the full reflection problem in a practical seismic context.

My PhD research was focused on adapting high-frequency asymptotic methods to low-frequency regimes in seismic imaging. Traditional imaging techniques, including both phase-space path-integral methods and ray-tracing/Kirchhoff methods, are fundamentally high-frequency approximations. Exploration seismology, however, is firmly in the "low-frequency" regime, where the scale of variation within the medium is comparable to or smaller than the scale of the wavelengths used for imaging. I developed techniques to bridge the gap between the theory and its application.

Side projects for me typically include applied mathematics, and most recently I've been involved with developing mathematical models for smoldering combustion in the forest-floor duff layer.

I also have strong interests in metabolism, nutrition, and exercise science.