About

Our work is focused on discovering and understanding the relations between geophysical measurements (e.g., seismic and electrical) and the underlying rock and fluid properties (composition, porosity, permeability, microstructure). Our approach is to combine combine laboratory measurements, geophysical field data, chemistry, mechanics, geologic concepts, theory, and numerical simulations in order to build predictive models of rock behavior.

The Rock Physics Group is directed by Prof. Gary Mavko, and co-directed by Sr. Research Scientists Jack Dvorkin and Tiziana Vanorio. Currently we have two postdoctoral scholars, 10 graduate students, a lab assistant, and two visiting faculty.

We are a part of the SRB project, in collaboration with the Stress and Crustal Mechanics Group.