Personnel
Mirko van der Baan
Prof. Mirko van der Baan is a professor at the University of Alberta in the Department of Physics, specializing in Exploration Seismology. He graduated in 1996 from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, obtained a PhD with honors in 1999 from the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, and then joined the University of Leeds, UK, where he became the Reader of Exploration Seismology. He also holds an HDR (Habilitation) from University Denis Diderot, Paris, France. Mirko is currently the co-Director of the Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing (C-DaPS). Previously he led the joint-industry project Blind Identification of Seismic Signals (BlISS), focusing on advanced statistical signal processing and technology/knowledge transfer to the hydrocarbon industry. He is one of the founding members of the Integrated Petroleum Geosciences (IPG) professional MSc program at the University of Alberta. Finally he was the 2017 Honorary Lecturer, North America, for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
David Eaton
Prof. David Eaton held the NSERC/Chevron Industrial Research Chair in Microseismic System Dynamics in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary. Together with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, his work focuses primarily on advancement of research, education and technological innovations in microseismic methods and their practical applications for resource development, with a secondary focus on the deep lithospheric structure of continents. In 2007, he rejoined the University of Calgary as Head of the Department of Geoscience, after an 11-year academic career at the University of Western Ontario. His postdoctoral research experience included work at Arco’s Research and Technical Services (Plano, Texas) and the Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa). He has over 300 publications generating nearly 12,000 citations, as well as a textbook on Passive Seismic Monitoring of Induced Seismicity. His external recognitions include the J. Tuzo Wilson medal by the Canadian Geophysical Union, a 2021 Killam Annual Professor award and he is co-recipient of a 2020 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.
Christian Pak
Christian Pak is the Project Manager of the Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing, where his responsibilities include assistance in project administrative duties, project deliverables, events, and ongoing strategic work within the Consortium. He possesses 5+ experience of managing and executing research projects in science and engineering related fields. He also specializes in knowledge dissemination and manuscript editing. Before joining the Consortium, he was the Events and Administration Manager at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Christian received his M.A. in Sinology from The University of Hong Kong.
Affiliate Faculty
Visiting Scientists
Post-doctoral Fellows
- Sven Anders (University of Alberta)
- Mario Costa Sousa (University of Calgary)
- Jörn Davidsen (University of Calgary)
- Jan Dettmer (University of Calgary)
- Juliana Leung (University of Alberta)
- Per Pedersen (University of Calgary)
- Jeff Priest (University of Calgary)
- Rebecca Salvage (University of Calgary)
- Vincent Roche (University College Dublin)
- Hannes Vasyura-Bathke (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ)
- Jiahui Chen (University of Alberta)
- Wardah Fadil (University of Alberta)
- Hongxue Han (University of Alberta)
- Vikram Maji (University of Calgary)
- Saulo Ramos Pereira (University of Calgary)
- Xu Yang (University of Alberta)
PhD Candidates / Students
MSc Students
Undergraduate Honors Students
- Ala’a Ibrahim (University of Alberta)
- Katherine Biegel (University of Calgary)
- Lonn Brown (University of Alberta)
- Hanh Bui (University of Alberta)
- Camilo de la Hoz Lozano (University of Alberta)
- Serafim Grubas (University of Alberta)
- Jinji Li (University of Calgary)
- Kienan Marion (University of Calgary)
- Mark Mlella (University of Alberta)
- Raisha Pradisti (University of Alberta)
- Utkarsh Pratap (University of Alberta)
- Hai Wang (University of Calgary)
- Chuanyao Zhong (University of Alberta)
- Arya Banaeizadeh (University of Calgary)
- Samira Fakhraeian (University of Alberta)
- Areshi Karunarathne (University of Alberta)
- Luana Maria Kiefer de Araujo (University of Alberta)
- Tahmina Mirzayeva (University of Alberta)
- Jesús Rojas Parra (University of Calgary)
- Nicole Virginillo (University of Calgary)
- Yiru Zhou (University of Alberta)
- Matthew Fedorchuk (University of Calgary)
(As of April 2024)
Contact us
general.CDaPS@gmail.com
ADDRESS
4-181 Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS)
University of Alberta Edmonton AB T6G 2E1 CANADA
WORKING HOURS
8 am – 12 noon; 1-4 pm (Mon-Fri)