Jef Caers, born in Belgium, is an
academic
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working as a Professor at the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University. He was awarded the
Andrei Borisovich Vistelius Research Award The Andrei Borisovich Vistelius Research Award is given to a young scientist for promising contributions in research in the application of mathematics or informatics in any field of the earth sciences by the International Association for Mathematica ...
and the
William Christian Krumbein Medal
The William Christian Krumbein Medal is the highest award given alternate years by the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) to senior scientists for career achievement, which includes (a) distinction in application of mathe ...
by the
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences
The International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) is a nonprofit organization of geoscientists. It aims to promote international cooperation in the application and use of mathematics in geological research and technology. IAMG's act ...
in 2001 and 2014 respectively. He is Editor-in-Chief of Computers & Geosciences.
Education
Ph.D. in engineering, 1997,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
, Belgium
M.S. in Mining Engineering & Geophysics, 1993,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
, Belgium
Research
His research interests include
geostatistics
Geostatistics is a branch of statistics focusing on spatial or spatiotemporal datasets. Developed originally to predict probability distributions of ore grades for mining operations, it is currently applied in diverse disciplines including petro ...
,
spatial modeling
Spatial may refer to:
*Dimension
*Space
*Three-dimensional space
Three-dimensional space (also: 3D space, 3-space or, rarely, tri-dimensional space) is a geometric setting in which three values (called ''parameters'') are required to determ ...
and
modeling uncertainty.
Employment
2015–Present, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences,
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
2014–2015, Professor, Energy Resources Engineering,
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
2006–2013, Associate Professor, Energy Resources Engineering,
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
2000–Present, Director, Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting,
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
1999–2005, Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering,
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
1997–1999, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
1997, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...
, Canada
1997–1999, Post-doctoral Fellow of the National Science Foundation of Belgium
1997–1998, Research Fellow of the
NATO
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Selected books
Jef Caers, 2005, "Petroleum Geostatistics”, Society for Petroleum Engineers, p. 96.
Jef Caers, 2011, “Modeling Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences”, (Wiley-Blackwell), p. 246.
G. Mariethoz and Jef Caers, 2014, "Multiple-point Geostatistics: stochastic modeling with training images", Wiley-Blackwell, p. 400.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
KU Leuven alumni
Stanford University faculty
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