David E. Lumley is President & CEO of 4th Wave Imaging Corp., a seismic imaging R&D start-up company offering expert solutions and services in 4D time-lapse seismic reservoir monitoring and multicomponent seismic data analysis. His previous work experience includes a position as a senior staff research scientist with Chevron Petroleum Technology, and research and operations assignments with Arco Research, Mobil R&D Corp., and Mobil Canada. Prior to that, David worked as a seismic crew leader for Western Geophysical on marine seismic vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic.

David received a BS and MS from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD from Stanford University. As part of Professor Jon Claerbout's Stanford Exploration Project, David conducted pioneering research work on 4D seismic analysis, including his doctoral thesis: "Seismic Time-Lapse Monitoring of Subsurface Fluid Flow". His expertise and research excellence in 4D seismic reservoir monitoring at Stanford was recognized with one of the first SEG Karcher Awards in 1996. David continues to hold a courtesy position as a consulting professor with Stanford University.

Dr. Lumley is very active within the SEG. He has served as an Associate Editor (1995-99) for GEOPHYSICS, and on several technical committees including the Joint SPE/SEG Research Forum Committee (1996), SEG Annual Meeting Technical Program Committees (1997-98), and the SEG Development & Production Forum (1999). He is currently a Reviewer for GEOPHYSICS and THE LEADING EDGE, serves on the SEG Research Committee, and is chair of the 2001 SEG Summer Research Workshop. David is also a member of AGU, SIAM, and SPE.

Dr. Lumley has published his work in several technical journals, and presented numerous papers and invited keynote addresses at technical conferences, workshops and forums. His theoretical and practical contributions cover a wide range of topics including 4D seismic reservoir monitoring, multicomponent seismic data analysis, 3D prestack migration, AVO, multi-parameter inversion, multiple suppression, rock physics, seismic modeling from flow simulation, methane hydrates, and parallel computing. Dr. Lumley is the recipient of the Best Paper Awards at the SOVG Conference in Caracas (1998), the SEG Annual Meeting in Dallas (1997), and the SPIE Conference in Mathematical Geophysics, San Diego (1994). Dr. Lumley was recently honored to serve as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (1998-1999).