Thomas Browaeys is a new member of the Bureau, who works with Sergey Fomel on developing computational and theoretical methods for seismic imaging. Dr. Browaeys received his M.Sc. (2001) and Ph.D. (2005) in Geophysics from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France. His thesis focused on theoretical and numerical forward modeling of seismic anisotropy. Employed at the Ecole Normale Superieure in France from 1997 through 2001, Dr. Browaeys was trained as a fundamental physicist, qualified as a physics lecturer in 2000, and received an M.Sc. in physics in 2001. He has experience in theoretical and experimental optics and in seismic wave-propagation computation, which he gained during an internship at Princeton University in 1999. Dr. Browaeys spent 1 year in Los Angeles as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Southern California. He became interested in spatial and circular statistics while analyzing shear-wave polarization directions and developing statistical tools.
Dr. Browaeys is currently involved in research projects on seismic migration and angle-domain common image gathers and anisotropy in seismic wave propagation. His several years’ university teaching experience in Paris (France) include wave and vibration physics, experimental design, and gravimetry.

Education

Ph.D., 2005, Geophysics, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris, France.

M.S., 2001, Geophysics with Honors, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris, France.

M.S., 2001, Mathematical Physics with Honors, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cachan, France.

B.A., 1999, Mathematical Physics with Honors, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cachan, France.

Awards and Honors

French government competitive Ph.D. scholarship, 2001

Recruited member, Corps des Professeurs Agrégés de Physique,
Department of Education, France, 2000

Salary from the French government to study physics, 1997–2001

Selected Publications

Browaeys, J. T., and Chevrot, S., 2004, Decomposition of the elastic tensor and geophysical applications: Geophysical Journal International, v. 159, no. 9, p. 667–678.

Kaminski, E., Ribe, N. M., and Browaeys, J.T., 2004, D-Rex, a program for calculation of seismic anisotropy due to crystal lattice preferred orientation in the convective upper mantle: Geophysical Journal International, v. 158, no. 9, p. 744–752.

Contact

Thomas J. Browaeys
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
E-mail:
Telephone: 281-471-0327

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October 2006