• Education
  
  • Ph.D., Geophysics, Stanford University, 1995
    Thesis: Waves and Scales in Heterogeneous Rocks.
    Advisor: Professor Gary Mavko
    
  • M.Sc.(Tech.), Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, India, 1989
  • B.Sc., Physics, Banaras Hindu University, India, 1986

• Ph.D. Thesis
  Waves and Scales in Heterogeneous Rocks. Models frequency-dependent pore fluid effects on seismic velocities in anisotropic cracked rocks. Combines effective medium and ray theory results with numerical computations to investigate scale effects on seismic velocities in heterogeneous rocks.
  Advisor: Professor Gary Mavko

• Current Position
  Associate Professor (Research), Stanford University

• Academic Honors
  • Karcher Award, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
  • Michael L. Haider Fellowship, Stanford University
  • Cecil. H. Green Fellowship, Stanford University
  • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Fellowship, India
  • M.Sc. (Tech.) First in Class, Banaras Hindu University, India
  • University Grants Commission Scholarship, India
  • B.Sc. First in University, Banaras Hindu University, India

• Research Experience
  • Estimating uncertainties and value of information in rock physics inversions;
  • Applications of rock physics in 4D seismic monitoring of reservoirs;
  • Scale-dependence of seismic velocities in heterogenous media;
  • Rock physics, poroelasticity and crack models of rocks;
  • Seismic velocity dispersion in fluid saturated rocks;
  • Upscaling of rock physics models;
  • Impact of seismic resolution on geostatistical integration.

• Co-authored Rock Physics Handbook with Gary Mavko and Jack Dvorkin.
  Co-authored Quantitative Seismic Interpretation with Per Avseth and Gary Mavko.
  

• Professional Society Affiliations: SEG, AGU

Publications
Tapan Mukerji