Arthur C.H. Cheng received a bachelor’s degree with distinction in engineering physics from Cornell University and an ScD in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1978. He is an adjunct professor in the Earth Systems Science Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a cofounder, with Yunyue Elita Li, of the Sustainability Geophysics Project. Prior to taking his current position, he was a professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was a cofounder of the Earth Resources Laboratory at MIT, where he was a principal research scientist and project leader for the Borehole Acoustics and Logging Consortium from 1983 to 1996. He worked for Western Atlas, Baker Hughes Inteq, SensorWise, RockSolidImages, and Halliburton Technology in various managerial and consulting capacities before returning to academia at NUS in 2014. He has published more than 150 papers and holds 29 patents. He has coauthored two books on borehole acoustics. He has served SEG in many capacities: on the SEG Council, the Board of Directors, as chair of the Research Committee, and as organizer of multiple workshops. He was also one of the cofounders of the SEG Advanced Modeling Corporation (SEAM). He is currently the senior assistant editor for Geophysics, a mentor and sponsor of SEG’s EVOLVE program, and vice chair of the SEG Foundation Board of Directors. He received the Life Membership Award from SEG in 2013, the Distinguished Technical Achievement Award from the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts in 2015, the Formation Evaluation Award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers in 2016, and Honorary Membership from SEG in 2021. 

Position Statement

Over my 48 years as an SEG member, I have worked across the full spectrum of SEG’s most important functions: content creation in meetings and workshops, student education in EVOLVE, excellence promotion in lectures, publication in Geophysics, benchmark modeling in SEAM, and financial support in the SEG Foundation. I have worked with all of SEG’s regional offices: the U.S. Headquarter, China, Middle East, and Southeast Asia. My passion for geophysics and my thorough knowledge about SEG as an organization put me at the best position to transform SEG at this critical moment of energy transition. I recently served on the Strategic Options and the Geothermal task forces to address the existential challenges that SEG faces today. SEG needs to accelerate the transformation to address the issues facing our global community: sustainable energy supply, carbon capture and sequestration, urban development, water resources, and environmental equity. As disciplinary boundaries are melted down by digital transformation, SEG needs to partner with like-minded organizations to continue driving innovation and revolution, as well as serving the traditional oil and gas sector. Finally, SEG needs to expand our business model and coordinate with our Foundation to generate financial support to serve a global membership.

Mauricio Sacchi joined SEG in 1993. He is currently a professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. Sacchi graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from the University Nacional of La Plata, Argentina, in 1988 and a PhD from the University British Columbia, Canada, in 1996. He joined the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta in 1997. His research interests are seismology, geophysical signal analysis, and seismic imaging methods. Sacchi directs the Signal Analysis and Imaging Group, an initiative for advanced research for geophysical signal processing and imaging and has developed and taught short courses for industry and professional associations. Sacchi was the recipient of the 2012 Medal of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG). He was the 2014 Central and South America Honorary Lecturer for SEG and the 2016 CSEG Distinguished Lecturer. Sacchi was editor-in-chief of the journal Geophysics from 2016 to 2018. He was the 2019 recipient of Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal Award from SEG. Sacchi was chair (department head) of the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta from 2010 to 2021. During this period, and despite having a demanding administrative position, he continued to supervise students, manage a research consortium, and teach undergraduate and graduate courses. He is currently associate editor for the IEEE journal Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and a board member of the Journal of Seismic Exploration. 

Position Statement

I want to start by saying that I am honored by the nomination for second vice president of SEG. During the last 25 years, I have gained experience in academia as a mentor of graduate students, a researcher, a lecturer, and an administrator. My students and I have been working on applied problems, always with a solid connection to practical industrial applications. In addition, most of my students work today in applied science positions in different industries. My career developed with close interaction between academia and industry, two sectors to which a large part of SEG membership belongs. I understand the multiple problems young geophysicists face to enter the modern labor market that has been slowly adapting to new complex landscapes with new critical societal demands. These challenges are not restricted to newly graduated SEG members but also many established professionals who have been bearing the brunt of a less-than-ideal scenario for our profession. If elected second vice president, I will assist SEG in the development of roadmaps to ensure that our profession remains indispensable to ensure the sustainable discovery, development, and management of earth’s resources.

Mike Mellen has been a member of SEG since 1979. In recent years he has worked on the SEG Strategic Options Task Force and with the SEG Advanced Modeling Corporation (SEAM). Mellen was also Spectrum Geo’s board representative to the EnerGeo Alliance (formerly the International Association of Geophysical Contractors). Mellen received his master’s degree in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chevron Fellow) and his bachelor’s degree in geophysics from the University of California at Riverside (SEG Scholar). 

Mellen has more than 40 years of diverse experience in the energy industry, including within petroleum exploration and development, technology development, operations, research, and business management. He has held senior positions at Spectrum (executive vice president — imaging), Halliburton (senior director — technology, head of Landmark research and development, and global director — subsurface consulting), ION Geophysical (vice president — imaging), TGS (vice president — technology) as well as a variety of roles in geophysical acquisition, processing, and prospect development at Marathon Oil Company. Mellen has worked with more than 100 exploration and production companies in more than 75 countries around the world. He has a strong business acumen and has managed budgets well over $100 million. He is a pragmatic, complex problem solver with a global perspective and sensitivity to cultural differences. 

Position Statement

I am honored to be nominated to run for SEG Treasurer. I have been a member starting as a student, forming a student chapter, and being elected its president. Over my career, SEG has continued to provide opportunities through collaboration and networking. Now it’s time to give back. 

Being a member of the SEG Strategic Options Task Force gave me an opportunity to review SEG’s strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities to expand its services and influence. We found that active collaboration with other societies can bring great benefit to our members and the influence of geophysics in many industries without giving up our independence or legacy. We looked at potential adjustments to SEG’s business model and the need to provide more value to younger and more global members. 

SEG is in a sound financial position. This gives us the opportunity to make strategic investments. We currently have strong ties and receive significant support from the petroleum industry. We need to maintain those ties but also reemphasize other industries in which applied geophysics does or could provide insight. We need to diversify SEG revenue streams beyond meetings and publications to include modern interactive communities that promote and grow all associated geophysical applications. There are many great ideas coming in from SEG members. By making the right investments and aggressively taking action, we can expand the opportunities for our membership and ensure a bright future for SEG.

Sergio Chávez-Pérez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1960. He received a bachelor’s degree in geophysical engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1984 and a master’s degree in exploration geophysics from the University of South Carolina in 1987. He began his work as an exploration seismologist in Mexico City at the Mexican Petroleum Institute in 1987. Later, he was appointed research associate of engineering seismology at the Center for Seismic Research (1987–1992) and adjunct professor of exploration seismology at UNAM (1987–1992). He went back to the United States in 1992 to pursue his PhD in exploration seismology at the Seismological Lab of the University of Nevada, Reno. He obtained his PhD in December 1997, and since January 1998 he has been a research geophysicist at the Mexican Petroleum Institute. He has also been an adjunct professor of exploration seismology at UNAM (1999–2014 and 2016–present) and at the University of Utah (2004–2014). He became an SEG member in 1981, was a candidate for vice president in 2007, served as an associate editor for Geophysics (Case Histories, 2003–2021; Interpretation Methods 2007–2021), and currently serves as assistant editor for Geophysics (Aug 2021–present). He has been a reviewer for Geophysics and Interpretation, a member of the Latin America Regional Advisory (interim and past chair), Research (past chair), Translations (past chair), and Distinguished Lecturer committees, and a reviewer and session and workshop organizer during annual meetings. Chávez-Pérez is also a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the American Geophysical Union, the Mexican Association of Exploration Geophysicists, the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the Gulf Coast Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology, the Geological Society of America, and the Geophysical Society of Houston. 

Position Statement

We all explore to find our personal and business passions. I was 20 years old when I joined SEG in 1981 during my undergraduate years in Mexico City. I pride myself of having witnessed, for 41 years, the evolution of Geophysics, The Leading Edge, and Interpretation as the main communication tools for SEG members worldwide. 

I am convinced that our main duty, as part of this knowledge-based organization, is to become indispensable to individuals and organizations in applied geophysics all over the world. I have become reloaded and revitalized about this duty after my 2015 SEG Honorary Lecture tour in Latin America and my long-term professional and volunteer services. 

I will focus on: (a) supporting SEG transformation to become indispensable to more individuals and more organizations doing applied geophysical research, teaching, and practice all over the world; (b) further promoting interaction with international undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, researchers, and academics during our lectures, meetings, workshops, and courses; (c) further promoting participation of students and emergent professionals during the challenges of the ongoing energy and urban transitions, and data and workflow transformations; and (d) further promoting and enhancing communication, education, research, and outreach despite language and cultural barriers.

Since 2017, Catherine Truffert has been chief executive officer of IRIS Instruments, a worldwide manufacturer of geophysical equipment for subsurface imaging for natural resource exploration (ores, materials, water), environmental monitoring, and environmental and anthropogenic risk monitoring. 

After obtaining a PhD at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and a postdoc at the Institut Français du Pétrole, she joined BRGM, the French geological survey, for which she was, among other things, director of geology and then director of research divisions. After 22 years, she joined BRGM’s subsidiary IRIS Instruments co-owned with the Japanese company OYO corporation. Her international professional interactions have given her a solid professional network beyond the borders of the United States and Europe. 

Truffert is convinced of the power of knowledge, research, and innovation to ensure the prosperity of organizations and the well-being of humans in a world where, by definition, natural resources are limited. As a researcher, she has published more than 50 papers in geophysics and a patent. As a leader, she has always positioned herself in the service of a common cause, shared by women and men. Thus, she sits on many scientific committees and steering committees, sometimes as a chair. 

As a member and volunteer contributor to SEG, in particular as chair of the Near Surface Technical Section (2019–2020) and as a member of the SEG Council (2021–2022), her primary objective is to actively accompany SEG in its accelerated transformation due to the scientific and business challenges of energy transitions, anthropic pressure, the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, and the impacts of climate change. 

Position Statement

I am honored to have been nominated to run for the position of SEG director at large. For more than 90 years, SEG has accompanied generations of geoscientists throughout their professional active lives, from their early student years to their retirement. With exceptional professional careers, rich in successes, punctuated by failures sometimes, members have always been able to draw techniques, animate their network, and find new positions thanks to SEG. Many of us devote long hours of volunteer work because we are convinced of SEG’s effectiveness, strength and loyalty. 

In the 20th century, SEG went through times that are part of history. In the 21^st century, it faces times that threaten its own destiny. This last year, marked by a deep reflection about its strategic positioning, even shaking its baptismal font, testifies to the importance of this moment. 

SEG’s prosperity depends on being open to all markets involving applied geophysics as well as on the diversity of its members (in age, gender, and geographic origin). All members share a common goal: to make geosciences play a major role in many sustainable development goals. 

My commitment is to bring together the strengths of all disciplines and markets in the geosciences, to bring together researchers and professionals, from academics and industry, to contribute to the sustainability of this Society by making it more inclusive in all respects.

Shawn New is the principal consultant for Katalyst Data Management, where he is responsible for implementation and growth of their U.S. consulting practice. He has 24 years of experience as a data management professional for Marathon, Shell, Chevron, Maersk, BHP, and BP. He has had roles of increasing complexity, from individual contributor to building and leading experienced teams and developing corporate data strategy. His work history includes projects to streamline data operations, improve data quality, build and integrate geophysical data systems of record, and design geoscience technical computing environments. He believes in the application of sound but practical data governance, standards, and processes coupled with the right technologies to meet the needs of data consumers. 

New is an Active member of SEG and serves as current chair of the SEG Technical Standards Committee. In this role, he coordinates revisions to the geophysical data standards (e.g., SEG-D and SEG-Y) and engages operators, vendors, and other standards groups to promote proper use and broader industry adoption. He is also the SEG representative for the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers surveying and positioning committee.

Tracy J. Stark is running for his second term as a District 2 representative. He can best be described as a consultant with a research habit. He prefers to take on projects that require, at least in part, the creation of a new approach or technique to solve a geophysical challenge. Stark started his career with a 10-year stint at the Exxon Production Research Lab in Houston, Texas, after receiving his bachelor’s degree (1979) and PhD (1986) in geological sciences (geophysics option) from the University of Texas at Austin under the guidance of Milo Backus. At Exxon, he worked on the direct hydrocarbon detection team, before creating the surface slice method for 3D seismic interpretation. He was one of three founding members of Exxon’s self-directed visualization team that constructed their blue room for visualization. In 1996, he moved to ARCO’s research lab, helping design and program their two generations of immersive visualization environments. In 2000, he founded STARK Research, where he created techniques to build age volumes and associated wheeler volumes, as well as new spectral decomposition, frequency enhancement, and other interpretation techniques. 

He has volunteered for SEG in a variety of ways during his career. Some highlights include serving on the editorial boards of Interpretation and The Leading Edge, serving as technical program chair for the 2008 Annual Meeting, and co-organizing many postconvention and summer research workshops. He is also an honorary life member and past president of the Dallas Geophysical Society.

Sarah (Shearer) Gach is a geophysical specialist with EOG Resources in Denver, Colorado, working on development and exploration projects in the Rocky Mountains. Her prior experience includes projects from the Green River, Appalachian, and Uinta basins with Ultra Petroleum; the North American magnetic database at the U.S Geological Survey; and Gulf of Mexico gravity modeling at Marathon. She received a bachelor’s degree in geophysical engineering (2002) and a master’s degree in geophysics (2005) from Colorado School of Mines. Her interests include geophysical and geologic integration, gravity and magnetics, and geoscience outreach/student programs. In addition to being a member of SEG, Gach chaired the Applied Science Education Program for multiple SEG Annual Meetings and has been a member and officer of the Denver Geophysical Society (DGS). She has been a key volunteer for the SEG Challenge Bowl and DGS 3D Seismic Symposium. 

Position Statement

It has been an honor to represent District 3 over the last two years as SEG continues to respond to a changing world. Looking forward, I would like to continue to help address upcoming challenges by:

• Making SEG membership a more meaningful experience beyond access to publications and attendance at meetings
• Supporting the Society as it looks to strengthen its scope while honoring its connection to the energy industry
• Embracing digital tools to improve collaboration between members across borders, experience, and industries

Scott Gorham completed a bachelor’s degree in geology with honors from Indiana University before obtaining a master’s degree in geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin under Milo Backus and Clark Wilson. Upon graduation, he gained employment as a geophysicist with Exxon, exploring for hydrocarbons both domestically and internationally in Denver, Colorado; Bordeaux, France; and Houston, Texas. After 10 years with Exxon, he moved to Seneca Resources, conducting geophysical oil and gas exploration primarily in the Gulf of Mexico and Appalachian Basin. He shifted to unconventional resource development in the Appalachian Basin and was Seneca’s director of exploration during the last 10 years of his career before retiring in 2020. 

Gorham has been an Active member of SEG since 1984 and is involved in local geophysical and geologic societies. He served as president of the Pittsburgh Geophysical Society (2015–2016) and was founder of the Appalachian Basin Geophysical Symposium. He bridged the geophysical/geologic divide, serving on the executive board of the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2017–2021) including terms as treasurer, secretary, vice president, president, and past president. 

Position Statement

The geophysical profession continues to face significant headwinds as the transition away from fossil fuels impacts many careers, both existing and future. The good news is that the application of geophysical techniques will continue to benefit our society in numerous ways. Unfortunately, it has been challenging to translate these benefits directly to the job market, impacting opportunities and subsequently youth entering the field. 

During this transition, SEG should focus on facilitating the creation of new opportunities for its members as well as continuing to support the skills and education necessary for ongoing fossil fuel development. These efforts need to be conducted while maintaining a sound financial base for the Society. Goals include: 

• Improve communication with relevant industries to highlight the benefits of geophysical applications and encourage the development of new opportunities
• Facilitate the technical development of current members and ensure that the benefits of society membership offer significant value and are well understood by current and potential members
• Support inclusivity and sustainable ideals

Oliver Kuhn is president and CEO of Quantec Geoscience Ltd., headquartered in Toronto. He received a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from the University of Western Ontario in 1984 and an MBA from Athabasca University in 2014. The first part of his career was spent in seismic processing for oil and gas exploration, mainly with Geo-X Systems in Calgary and Geco-Prakla in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2014, he moved into electromagnetics with Quantec, which serves mainly the mining and geothermal sectors. 

He has been a member of SEG since 1984 and has been active in the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) his entire career. He served as CSEG president in 2006 and has been involved in the Recorder, both as an author and editor. He has also volunteered for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta. Kuhn is currently chair of the technical committee for the Ground Geophysical Surveys Safety Association, an organization focused on electromagnetic ground survey safety.

Luis Donoso is a senior geophysicist at Enap Sipetrol and an adjoint professor of geophysics at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile. He received a master’s degree in geophysics (1988) from the Universidad de Chile and a master’s degree in security and defense (2008) from the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies. From 2006 to 2014, he was a pro-bono technical advisor for the Chilean Senate in renewable energy, climate change, civil protection, and disaster risk reduction regulations. Donoso is the current District 6 Representative and is a former vice president and current member of the Chilean chapter of the International Association of Risk Managers. He is also a member of SEG and the Seismological Society of America. 

Position Statement

In my 35 years of work as a geophysicist, although focused on the oil industry, I have been able to appreciate that activities have been incorporated in a sustained and sometimes intense manner that as little as 20 years ago were not even part of a working hypothesis. Environmental issues, communities, climate change, energy efficiency, sustainable development, and civil protection, to name a few, are disciplines that are already part of the dynamics that a geophysicist must face when facing a professional challenge today. To be able to encourage the new generations of geoscientists and geophysicists, so that these disciplines are part of their academic and professional training process, I consider to be the greatest training challenge we have. That is why I consider the following relevant: 

• Deepen the dissemination of geosciences, in particular geophysics, at all levels of society, especially in decision makers.
• Identify early, the talent in geophysics that can lead processes and projects in the medium term. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the quantity and quality of human resources that emerge when they have adequate support transform them into a positive agent of change in their communities.
• Integrate geophysics in all of its disciplines into the analysis and decision-making processes in civil protection. Year after year, in Latin America and the Caribbean, we lament the loss of human lives and destruction of homes and jobs due to situations that could have been avoided or mitigated with a study that alerted the affected communities to their vulnerabilities. That space for education in risk matters is still empty today in many parts of the region.
• Consolidate SEG as an integrated community, with solid values and ethics at the highest level — an inclusive and fully trusted professional reference throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Helene Hafslund Veire holds a master’s degree in mathematics (1995) and a PhD in geophysics (2005) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She worked at Schlumberger Geco-Prakla as a researcher from 1995 to 2005. She then moved to Statoil (Equinor), where she worked in research and development for several years. Veire also worked as a geophysicist in field development and as a leading advisor for global 4D seismic at Statoil. She spent two years in Rio de Janeiro as a lead geophysicist at Peregrino Field. 

Veire then moved to OMV, working in field development in the Barents Sea, before starting at Aker BP in 2018. She is currently leading a team of specialists in seismic reservoir characterization and EM at Aker BP. Her fields of interest include 4D seismic, seismic reservoir characterization, and rock physics. Veire has been an Active member of SEG since 1996 and is a member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.

Florian Bleibinhaus received a master’s degree (1996) and PhD (2001) in geophysics from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He worked as a postdoc at the Technical University Vienna, University of Salzburg, Virginia Tech, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology before becoming a full professor of applied geophysics at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany. In 2015, he joined Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria as the chair of applied geophysics. He started his career with work on deep seismic sounding data but moved his focus over the years to near-surface problems, including the characterization of aquifers and archeological and building sites. His research interests include reflection seismic imaging, Bayesian inversion, full-waveform inversion of long-offset controlled-source data, and machine learning applications to inverse problems. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, German Geophysical Society, and Austrian Geophysical Society. 

Position Statement

The exploration for oil and gas resources was an important driver for many important geophysical developments over the past 90 years, but this is likely to change as industrial societies struggle to reduce their dependency on oil and gas. I believe that geophysics will play an active role in this transition to renewable energies. That could be CCS, the underground storage of hydrogen, nuclear waste repositories, the development of deep geothermal reservoirs, or shallow magmatic systems. In the face of growing skepticism toward almost any underground usage, geophysicists will need to better understand and inform society of the associated risks and regulations that might mitigate them. This requires the combined strengths of geophysicists worldwide, and to that end, SEG should intensify its efforts to become a more inclusive and diverse society.

Joseph O. Ebeniro has been a member of SEG since 1979 when he joined as a student. Following graduation with a master’s degree and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, he joined the faculty at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. There, he helped develop, for the first time, a master’s program for the Department of Physics. After three years, he was appointed as a research fellow at ARCO Oil and Gas Company in Plano, Texas, where he participated in large offset data analysis and multiple suppression research for two years. On returning to the University of Port Harcourt, he rose to the rank of full professor in 1995 and has continued to mentor geoscientists and supervise students at both the master’s and PhD levels. These graduates are now leaders in the industry as well as professors in universities. In 2015, Ebeniro was appointed as the first substantive director of the newly created Centre of Excellence in Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Benin in Nigeria. The center has graduated students ready for the oil and gas industry. They have now taken positions in the industry, without much further initial training, and they are doing very well. 

Position Statement

My nomination to serve SEG as a District Representative is a very big honor to me. I have voluntarily served on the SEG Membership Committee for more than eight years and have thus been conversant on what it takes to serve the Society. 

Although the oil and gas industry is facing energy-transition challenges, the fossil fuel exploitation will be here for a very long time. SEG still has a lot of activities in fossil fuel development along with transiting to other needed areas of energy activities. All we need now is to diversify our base operations to focus more on environmental and near-surface geophysics to capture the solid mineral exploitation, which has always been relegated to the background. Africa is going to be the major player in these new areas, and SEG should be at the forefront in the development of near-surface geophysics in Africa. District 9 has to be supported in this area.

Abdullatif Al-Shuhail is a professor of geophysics in the Geosciences Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He received a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from KFUPM in 1988 and a master’s degree and PhD in geophysics from Texas A&M University in 1993 and 1998, respectively. He founded and directed the Near Surface Seismic Investigation Consortium at KFUPM from 2006 to 2008. 

In addition to journal and conference papers, he is the coauthor of four books and the coinventor of five USPTO patents. His interests include near-surface effects on petroleum seismic data, seismic investigation of fractured reservoirs, and ground-penetrating radar. He is an Active member of SEG along with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers and the Dhahran Geoscience Society.

Xuri Huang obtained a PhD (1996) and master’s degree (1994) in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in applied geophysics in 1985 from the University of Petroleum (PU) in China, he worked as a teacher and research team member at PU. He earned an EMBA from Peking University in 2015. 

Huang worked for WesternGeco from 1996 to 2001 in the areas of 4D, seismic interpretation, and reservoir characterization. Then, he founded SunRise PetroSolutions Tech. Inc., where he is focusing on tools to close the loop between reservoir engineering and geophysics, geomodeling, seismic inversion, etc. He also served as an associate director for the Reservoir Geophysical Center at BGP from 2010 to 2016. Currently, he is the dean and a professor of the Geoscience Department at Southwest Petroleum University in Chengdu, China. 

Huang is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and SEG. He has served SEG for many years. He was a committee member for an SPE/SEG/American Association of Petroleum Geologists joint workshop on 4D and reservoir surveillance in 2006, 2008, and 2012. He was also a committee member for a 2001 SEG symposium on reservoir geophysics; 2017 Chinese Geophysical Society/SEG International Geophysical Conference; and 2019 forum on fractured reservoir and unconventional resources. He served as technical cochair for an SEG 2017 workshop on carbonate reservoirs, 2018 SEG workshop on reservoir geophysics, and 2019 SEG workshop on foothill seismic. He will serve as a board director for SEG Global Inc. In addition, Huang was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer for the 2009–2010 series, SEG Honorary Lecturer in 2014, and Excellent Lecturer for the China Petroleum Society in 2016. 

Position Statement

As District Representative, I will serve the primary goal of SEG, which is to promote the sciences of exploration geophysics and engineering. I will also work toward ensuring that SEG remains financially and technically healthy and strong. My primary priorities will be:

• Promote the young generation for innovation in geophysics and related fields and encourage more involvement in SEG
• Promote SEG expansion in technical areas in related engineering areas and global regions
• Work with the SEG Foundation for certain fundraising activities, particularly in small businesses and related new areas
• Work with the global branches for more involvement of global geophysicists and geoscientists.

James Shadlow is a geophysicist with 15 years of experience, the last nine of which have been spent at KUFPEC Australia. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2006 with first class honors, majoring in geology and physics. He has spent time in Sydney, Jakarta, and Perth, working on various exploration, development, and production assets across the Asia-Pacific region. Shadlow is part of the company’s technical assurance process. His technical interests include amplitude variation with offset analysis, seismic inversion, and rock physics. He is also a member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia. 

Shadlow joined SEG as a student and has found that being a part of the global community has been immensely beneficial through learning opportunities, technical publications, and friendships. He is honored to be considered for the district election and is looking forward to the opportunity to give back to the Society that has already provided so much to him.