Kurt Marfurt

Kurt J. Marfurt joined the University of Oklahoma in 2007 where he serves as the Frank and Henrietta Schultz Professor of Geophysics within the ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics. Marfurt’s primary research interest is in the development and calibration of new seismic attributes to aid in seismic processing, seismic interpretation, and reservoir characterization. Recent work has focused on applying coherence, spectral decomposition, structure oriented filtering, and volumetric curvature to mapping fractures and karst as well as attributed assisted processing. Marfurt earned a Ph.D. in applied geophysics at Columbia University’s Henry Krumb School of Mines in New York in 1978. He worked 20 years in a wide range of research projects at Amoco’s Tulsa Research Center after which he joined the University of Houston for 8 years as a Professor of Geophysics and the Director of the Center for Applied Geosciences and Energy (CAGE). He has received best paper (for coherence) best presentation (for seismic modeling) and as a coauthor best poster (for curvature) awards from the SEG and served as instructor of the SEG/EAGE Distinguished Instructor Short Course in 2006 (on seismic attributes). In addition to teaching and research duties at OU, Marfurt leads short courses on attributes for the SEG and AAPG.