Postdoctoral Fellow, Jackson School of Geosciences, the University of Texas at Austin Mail address: Telephone: Email: Website: 10100 Burnet Rd. #130, Austin TX 01-650- 308-6506 tzhu@jsg.utexas.edu http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/tyzhu/ RESEARCH INTERESTS Seismic attenuation, wave propagation, subsurface imaging, CO 2 monitoring, microseismic monitoring, tomography, borehole geophysics EDUCATION 2014 Stanford University, Department of Geophysics Advisor: Jerry M. Harris Thesis: Seismic modeling, inversion, and imaging in attenuating media 2008 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology & Geophysics Advisor: Zhongjie Zhang Thesis: Numerical simulation of wave propagation in fractured media 2005 China University of Geosciences (Beijing) Advisor: Zhongjie Zhang Thesis: Anomalous polarization in anisotropic media (Best B.S thesis in 2005 in China University of Geosciences) Ph.D. M.S. B.S. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2014.08 - present Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow Jackson school of Geosciences, UT- Austin Peer- reviewed papers Submitted PUBLICATIONS 12. Sun, J., Zhu, T., and Fomel, S., Viscoacoustic modeling and imaging using the low- rank approximation. Geophysics, submitted (Feb. 05, 2015) 11. Zhu, T., Retrieving the Green s function of attenuating media by time- reversal modeling: Geophysical Journal International, submitted (Nov. 23, 2014) 10. Zhu, T., Implementation aspects of attenuation compensation in reverse- time migration: Geophysical Prospecting, submitted (Oct. 23, 2014) 9. Zhu, T., and Harris J. M., Estimation of P- wave velocity, S- wave velocity and attenuation factor by iterative joint inversion of crosswell seismic data: Journal of Applied Geophysics, submitted (Oct. 14, 2014) Published/in press 8. Zhu, T., and Harris J. M., (2015), Improved seismic images by Q- compensated reverse- time migration: application to the crosswell field data, west Texas: Geophysics, 80 (2), B61- B67. doi: 1
10.1190/geo2014-0463.1 7. Zhu, T., and Harris J. M., (2015), Application of boundary- preserving seismic tomography for delineating boundaries of reservoir and CO 2 saturated zone: Geophysics, 80(2), M33- M41. doi: 10.1190/geo2014-0361.1 6. Zhu, T., (2015), Viscoelastic time- reversal imaging: Geophysics, 80(2), A45- A50. doi: 10.1190/geo2014-0327.1 5. Zhu, T., Harris J. M., and Biondi B., (2014), Q- compensated reverse time migration: Geophysics, 79(3), S77- S87, doi:10.1190/geo2013-0344.1. (Most Downloaded Articles in Geophysics over the past 12 months) 4. Zhu, T., (2014), Time reverse modeling of acoustic wave propagation in attenuating media: Geophysical Journal International, 197(1), 483-494, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt519. 3. Zhu, T., and Carcione J. M., (2014), Theory and modeling of constant- Q P- and S- waves using fractional spatial derivatives: Geophysical Journal International, 196(3), 1787-1795, doi:10.1093/gji/ggt483. 2. Zhu, T., and Harris J. M., (2014), Modeling acoustic wave propagation in heterogeneous attenuating media using decoupled fractional Laplacians: Geophysics, 79(3), T105- T116, doi:10.1190/geo2013-0245.1. 1. Zhu, T., Carcione J. M., and Harris J. M., (2013), Approximating constant- Q seismic propagation in the time domain: Geophysical Prospecting, 61(5), 931-940, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12044. In prep o Zhu, T., Ajo- Franklin J., Daley T.M., and Fomel S., (2015), Spatial- temporal seismic attenuation changes caused by sequestrated CO2 from a continuously seismic monitoring data in Frio site, Texas, Geophysics o Zhu, T., and Harris J. M., (2015), Time- lapse data processing and estimating pore pressure from differential velocity tomography in McElroy, West Texas: Geophysics o Zhu, T., and Fomel S., (2015), Seismic diffraction imaging without source: Geophysics o Carcione J.M., Zhu, T., and Botelho M.A.B., (2015) Reverse- time migration of surface- radar and SH seismic data with including the effects of wave loss. Extended conference abstracts 9. Harris J.M. and Zhu, T., (2014), Q- compensation for high resolution seismic imaging: SBGF, November 2014. 8. Sun, J., Zhu, T., and Fomel, S, (2014), Viscoacoustic modeling and imaging using the low- rank approximation. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts: 3997-4002. doi: 10.1190/segam2014-1596.1 7. Zhu, T., (2014), An approach to compensate for attenuation effects in reverse- time migration. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts: 3796-3800. doi: 10.1190/segam2014-0596.1 12. Zhu, T., and Harris, J. M., (2013), A constant- Q time- domain wave equation using the fractional Laplacian. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2013: pp. 3417-3422. doi: 10.1190/segam2013-0664.1 5. Zhu, T., and Harris, J. M., (2013), Application of seismic boundary- preserving constrained inversion for delineating reservoir body. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2013: pp. 562-566. doi: 10.1190/segam2013-0695.1 (Best student paper award in SEG2013) 2
4. Shen X., Zhu T., and Harris J. M., (2012), Early- arrival waveform inversion: Application to cross- well field data: SEP- 147, Stanford University 3. Zhu, T., Carcione, J. M., and Harris, J. M., (2012), Approximating constant- Q seismic propagation in the time domain. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2012: pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1190/segam2012-1415.1 2. Zhu, T., and Harris, J. M., (2011), Iterative joint inversion of P- wave and S- wave crosswell traveltime data. SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2011: pp. 479-483. doi: 10.1190/1.3628126 1. Quan Y., Zhu T., Harris J. M., Burnstad R. M., and Zarantonello, S. E., (2011), Image integration with learned dictionaries and application to seismic monitoring: SEG Expanded Abstracts 30, 4217, DOI:10.1190/1.3628087. Conference abstracts 6. Zhu T., (2014), Retrieval of the Green s function in lossy media using time- reversal propagation: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 17-22 Dec (Poster). 5. Zhu T., (2014), Implementation of Q- RTM: SEG workshop Attenuation and Scattering, (Poster). 4. Zhu T., (2013), Time reversal imaging in attenuating media: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec (Poster). 3. Zhu T., (2012), Deriving time- domain constant- Q wave propagation using the fractional Laplacian: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (Oral) 2. Zhu T., (2008), Numerical modeling of seismic scattering in viscoelastic and fractured media: 13th International Workshop on Seismic Anisotropy, August 2008, USA. (Poster). 1. Zhu T., (2007), Finite- Difference Modeling in 2- D Viscoelastic- Fractured media: International Geophysical and Geological Conference and Exhibition SEG/EAGO Tyumen, 4-7 Dec, Russia. AWARDS AND HONORS 2014 Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Jackson School of Geoscience, UT- Austin 2014 Chevron/SEG scholarship Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2013 Best Student Paper Award Society of Exploration Geophysicists (one recipient each year) 2013 ConocoPhillips Fellowship Stanford University 2009 Hal Dean Fellowship Stanford University 2008 Geophysics Fellowship Stanford University 2008 Outstanding Graduate Student Chinese Academy of Sciences 2005 Award of Best student thesis China University of Geosciences (Beijing) 2004 National Fellowship Ministry of Education of China FUNDING OBTAINED Jackson Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship: research allowance $20,000 (2014-2016) Apr 08, 2015 INVITED TALKS 3
Mar 30, 2015 Mar 12, 2015 Mar 02, 2015 Sep 17, 2014 Apr 12, 2014 Mar 05, 2014 Feb 07, 2014 Jan 24, 2014 Department of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Geosciences, Penn State University Department of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Dallas Department of Geology & Geophysics, the University of Oklahoma Microseismic imaging of fractures: preliminary results FRAC consortium meeting 2014, The University of Texas at Austin An approach to compensate for attenuation effects in RTM School of Earth Sciences Research Review 2014, Stanford University Attenuation compensation for high- resolution seismic imaging Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University Attenuation: adding value to high- resolution seismic imaging Geophysics seminar, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Attenuation: adding value to high- resolution seismic imaging BEG Geophysics seminar, The University of Texas at Austin Teaching assistant Instructor Mentor TEACHING & MENTORING Borehole geophysics modeling and imaging (2012 Spring) Introductory seismology (2012 Fall) Waves and fields in geophysics (2013 Fall) (Co- instructor with Prof. Jerry Harris) Matthew Li (Sep 2013 May 2014) (Palo Alto high school) Topic: Improve seismic imaging by iterative time- reversal approach SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Geophysical Union (AGU), Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE), Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2013-2014 Department seminar speaker search committee 2012 Peer reviewer of Italy scientific research quality in 2004-2010 2009-2010 VP of SEG Stanford Student Section EDITORIAL SERVICE 2012 - present Reviewer Geophysical Journal International 2013 - present Reviewer Geophysics 4
2013 - present Reviewer Computers & Geosciences 2013 - present Reviewer Chinese Journal of Geophysics 2014 - present Reviewer Wave Motion 2014 - present Reviewer Journal of Applied Geophysics 2014 - present Reviewer Solid Earth 2014 - present Reviewer Computational Geosciences 2014 - present Reviewer Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 2014 - present Reviewer International Journal of Solids and Structures Registration 5