April 30, 2019
Congratulations to ERL alum Dr. Xinding Fang, who will receive the 2019 J. Clarence Karcher Award from the Society for Exploration Geophysicists for “significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist of outstanding abilities.” The honor recognizes his work in several areas borehole wave propagation to anisotropy to rock physics and fracture characterization. Dr. Fang received his PhD in ERL / EAPS in 2013 working with Dr. Michael Fehler. He worked at Chevron to gain industry experience before returning to academia, and is now an Associate Professor at Southern University of Science & Technology in Shenzhen, China. The Karcher Award has gone to severl ERL-affiliated researchers in recent years including Dr. Yunyue Elita Li in 2018, Dr. Yingcai Zheng in 2015, and Dr. Alison Malcolm in 2012.
http://erlweb.mit.edu/announcements/erl-alum-prof-xinding-fang-receive-seg-karcher-award
J. Clarence Karcher Award
To honor the memory of J. Clarence Karcher and his enormous contribution to exploration geophysics, the J. Clarence Karcher Award is awarded in recognition of significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist of outstanding abilities who, in the unanimous opinion of the Honors and Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, merits such recognition. Recipients must be less than 35 years of age on November 1 of the year preceding presentation of the award. A maximum of three awards can be given each year. Return to SEG Honors and Awards.
Recipients of the J. Clarence Karcher Award
2018 Yunyue Elita Li
2018 Matteo Ravasi
2018 Tieyuan Zhu
2017 Tristan van Leeuwen
2017 Sjoerd de Ridder
2016 Nishank Saxena
2016 Dario Grana
2015 German Rubino
2015 Joost van der Neut
2015 Yingcai Zheng
2014 Ivan Vasconcelos
2014 Elliot Grunewald
2013 Sam T. Kaplan
2013 Gilles Hennenfent
2013 David F. Halliday
2012 Pawan Dewangan
2012 Jyoti Behura
2012 Alison E. Malcolm
2011 Guojian Shan
2010 Jeffrey Shragge
2010 Deyan Draganov
2009 Haiyan Zhang
2009 Bogdan G. Nita
2008 Dirk-Jan van Manen
2007 Robert G. Clapp
2007 Matthew M. Haney
2007 Antoine Guitton
2005 Simon A. Shaw
2005 Mustafa Naser Al-Ali
2005 Andrey V. Bakulin
2004 Yu Zhang
2004 Henning Kuehl
2003 Edward Jenner
2002 Rob W. Vestrum
2002 Oleg V. Mikhailov
2001 Sergey B. Fomel
2001 Muhammad M. Saggaf
2000 Tapan Mukerji
2000 Tamas Nemeth
1999 Kenneth H. Matson
1999 Andreas Rüger
1998 Tariq Ali Alkhalifah
1998 Jörg Schleicher
1998 John E. Eastwood
1997 Vladimir Grechka
1997 Spyros K. Lazaratos
1997 Eric Verschuur
1996 Maarten de Hoop
1996 James W. Rector III
1996 David E. Lumley
