Congratulations to Dr. Ariel Lellouch for receiving the Society of Exploration Geophysicists J. Clarence Karcher award for geophysicists under 35 years of age

Young Geophysicist Award for Ariel Lellouch

Dr. Ariel Lellouch, a senior lecturer at the Department of Geophysics, has received the J. Clarence Karcher Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. It is given in recognition of significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist of outstanding abilities.

The award citation states that Dr. Lellouch has established himself as a leading expert in the use of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) in the borehole environment. He authored the first paper with observations of deep borehole-guided waves on DAS data. He led a research effort that detected guided waves generated by perforation shots and microseismicity in unconventional reservoirs during hydraulic fracturing. From there he developed workflows to use seismic phases from guided waves for fracture imaging and determining elastic properties of reservoirs. Dr. Lellouch’s accomplishments have been recognized by his peers, as evidenced by citation and h-index values commensurate with many late-career scholars. His groundbreaking research discoveries garnered acclaim with Honorable Mention, Best Paper in The Leading Edge in 2021, Honorable Mention, Best Paper at the 2019 SEG Annual Meeting, and his selection as the SEG Middle East and Africa Honorary Lecturer for 2022. With his publishing successes and history of pioneering discoveries, it is no surprise Dr. Lellouch was selected to serve as an associate editor of Geophysics and guest editor for The Leading Edge.