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Evan Um

Staff Data Scientist

Geophysics Dept

  • Staff Data Scientist
    Geophysics Dept

BIO

Dr. Evan Chanki Um is a computational geophysicist and data scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He earned a B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Korea University. After completing his military service, he obtained his M.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University, with distinctions such as the inaugural computational geophysics fellowship and the Stanford Graduate Fellowship. His research has been highly numerical-modeling-driven and data-driven. He has over 20 years of experience in large-scale high-performance parallel computing using NERSC supercomputing facilities. His past and current research projects include marine electromagnetic geophysics, borehole geophysics, seismic full waveform inversion, and geophysical monitoring and characterization for various targets (e.g., geothermal reservoirs, geological storages, EOR, fault zones, fracture networks) and geophysical exploration related to oil&gas, hydrogen and critical mineral resources. He actively collaborates with electrical engineers and field experts, playing a key role in designing and implementing numerical modeling experiments to assess innovative geophysical instruments like fiber optic electromagnetic sensors and casing sources. Trained as a computational and mathematical engineer, Dr. Um analyzes and adapts machine learning and statistical learning algorithms for scientific and engineering applications. His recent work integrates traditional multiphysics data (electromagnetic, active and passive seismic, and gravity) with machine and statistical learning algorithms, providing real-time imaging of geological  storage and instantaneous quantification of imaging uncertainties.

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS

  • Geological Project Scientist
    GO Geophysics Dept, Energy Geosciences, Earth&Envmntal Sciences, Berkeley, CA, USA15 Jul 2004 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D. in Geophysics
    Stanford University, Stanford, United States2006 - 2011
  • M.S. in Geological Engineering
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States2003 - 2005
  • B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

AREA

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences

DIVISION

  • Energy Geosciences

RESEARCH AREAS