Associate Professor Ge Jin has been elected to be Council Chair for the Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG). In this role, Jin will be a voting member of the SEG Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.

Jin has been an active member of SEG since 2014. He has been an author, reviewer, and editor for Geophysics, Interpretation, and The Leading Edge, and since 2019, he has served on the SEG Research Committee, where he advocates and works towards improving the abstract format, poster, and workshop experience of The International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE). Jin is also part of the Technical Committee of IMAGE and has been responsible for organizing Distributed Acoustic Sensing sections and post-conventional workshops in recent years.

In his position statement for the positing, Jin indicated that he will use his position towards achieving two main goals: sustainable development of exploration geophysics and engagement of the younger generation.

The Geophysics Department congratulates Dr. Jin on his achievement!