Sergey Fomel
Professor at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolSergey Fomel is a professor of computational and exploration geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin with 23 years of experience applying seismic imaging, wave propagation, and inverse problem techniques to subsurface characterization. Trained at Novosibirsk State University and Stanford (Ph.D.), he moved from research roles and a Schlumberger advisory post into a long-term academic career that blends fundamental theory with practical seismic data analysis. His work spans seismic imaging algorithm development and advanced wave-propagation modeling, often translating inverse-method advances into tools used by exploration teams. Based in Austin, he maintains a research profile that bridges academia and industry, reflecting collaborations from national labs to commercial geophysics. Beyond publications, he is known for turning mathematically sophisticated ideas into usable workflows and software for real-world seismic processing.
23 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma (with honors), Diploma (with honors) at Новосибирский Государственный Университет (НГУ)Ph.D., Ph.D. at Stanford University
English, Russian, French
Github Skills (16)
machine-learning10
atmospheric-modelling10
geophysics10
reproducible-science10
multiphysics10
python10
data-management10
data-science10
css9
git7
smoothing1
signal1
gis1
geospatial1
cicd1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sfomel/ipython
Jun 2015 - Aug 2022
Contributions:19 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
ahay/figs
Sep 2007 - Dec 2022
Figures from reproducible computational experiments
Contributions:1084 commits, 1 PR, 292 pushes in 15 years 5 months
pythondata-sciencefiguresmachine-learningreproducible
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