Attenuation and Dispersion of Elastic Waves in Porous Rocks

Boris Gurevich received his M.Sc. (1981) in geophysical exploration from Lomonosov Moscow State University and Ph.D. in geophysics (1988) from the Institute of Geosystems in Moscow, Russia, where he also worked as a research scientist from 1981 to 1992. After visiting appointments at Karlsruhe University (Germany) and Birkbeck College of the University of London (UK), in 1995 he joined the Geophysical Institute of Israel as a senior research scientist. In 2001, Boris joined Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia as a Professor of Petroleum Geophysics. From 2001 to 2019 he concurrently served as an advisor to the Commonwealth Scienti?c and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national lab. Currently, Boris holds a title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor and is the director of the Curtin University's Centre for Exploration Geophysics. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK) and a recipient of SEG's 2021 Reginald Fessenden Award.