Ilya Tsvankin
University Distinguished Professor, Geophysics
Contact
303-273-3060
ilya@mines.edu
Personal website
Labs and Research Centers
Education
- PhD, Geophysics, Moscow State University
- BS and MS, Exploration Geophysics, Moscow State University
Research Areas
- Seismic wave propagation
- Processing and inversion of seismic data for anisotropic media
- Multicomponent seismology
- Fracture characterization
Recent Courses
- Seismic Data Processing
- Introduction to Seismology I
- Introduction to Seismology II
- Advanced Seismology
Awards and Recognitions
- SEG Outstanding Educator (2020)
- Honorary Membership Award of the SEG (2015)
- Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal Award of the SEG (1996)
- Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2011)
- Best Paper in Geophysics Award of the SEG (2009)
- Honorable Mention for Best Paper in Geophysics Award of the SEG (1999, 2002)
- Shell Faculty Fellow, recipient of Shell Faculty Career Initiation Grant (1996 – 99)
- Gold Medal in Geophysics for Outstanding Young Scientists of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1988)