Personnel
Faculty and Staff
Yingcai Zheng
Robert and Margaret Sheriff Professor in Applied Geophysics Director of Rock Physics Lab
Contact
Office: 129-B SR1
Phone: (713) 743-6513
Email: yzheng24@central.uh.edu
Research Interests
Seismology, rock physics, fractures, geothermal, CCS, Personal Page
Min Sun
Researcher 4, Lab Manager
Contact
Office: 104-A SR1
Phone: (713) 743-3982
Email: msun3@uh.edu
Research Interests
Lab measurements of fluid properties and model development.
Leon Thomsen
Research Professor
Contact
Office: 121-B SR1
Phone: (713) 743-3386
Email: lathomsen@uh.edu
Research Interests
Seismic anisotropy, reservoir geophysics.
Colin Sayers
Research Professor
Contact
Office: 121-B SR1
Phone: (713) 743-3386
Email: cmsayers@central.uh.edu
Research Interests
Geomechanics, rock physics, reservoir geophysics, Personal Page
Research Interests
DAS and borehole geophysics
Research Interests
Rock physics, seismic rock physics
Graduate Students
Research Interests
Deep learning for seismic interpretation, numerical modeling of seismic wave propagation, seismic imaging, and poroelasticity
Research Interests
TBD
Research Interests
Gulf Coast Nodal Seismic Deployment, Passive Seismic Monitoring, Ambient Noise Seismic Interferometry, Seismic Analysis of Rocket Launch Signals
Research Interests
Shear-Wave Splitting, CCS, Underground Hydrogen Storage, and Fracture Characterization.
Research Interests
Deep earthquakes, geomechanics modeling
Research Interests
Geomechanical Modeling in HFTS-1, Borehole Acoustic Imaging and Fracture Characterization, Well Log Interpretation
Research Interests
Strain Measurement, Hydraulic Fracturing and Induced Seismicity Monitoring
Recently Graduated Students
- Mayra Dyana Lopez Carrasquilla, 2026, Ph.D
- Sharmila Appini, Ph.D., 2025, now @ bp Houston
- Teng Long, 2024, Ph.D. now @ bp Houston
- David Li, 2023, Ph.D. now @ Los Alamos National Lab
