2011 Honorary Lecturer Central and South America
| Julian Cabrera Seistech Consulting LLC, Houston, Texas, USA The state and future directions of prestack depth migration | | Biography  Julian Cabrera graduated from the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, with a degree in engineering geophysics in 1981. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics in 1984 and 1989, respectively, both from the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research area was depth imaging. Dr. Cabrera has worked in Mexico, Canada, Venezuela and the USA. He partnered in a start-up company, Inverse Theory and Applications (1984-1990), and worked for Tensor Geophysical (1990-1993) and Western Geophysical (1993-1996), as a key researcher, software developer, and data processing troubleshooter. From 1996 to 2002, he lived and worked in Caracas, Venezuela, as a senior geophysical advisor for PDVSA. In 2003, he returned to the USA, set up his own consulting firm, Seistech Consulting LLC, and began consulting for Pemex E&P. He currently oversees depth imaging projects for Pemex E&P at processing service companies located in Houston, Texas. He has also consulted for TGS Imaging, Fugro Seismic Imaging, and Compania Mexicana de Exploraciones. Dr. Cabrera's main professional expertise in seismic imaging has involved R&D, programming high-performance computers, processing and project supervision, and QC. He has been deeply involved in 3D depth imaging since its early days (1990) in the industry. Haga clic aquí para ver la biografía de Julian Cabrera en español.
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