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Erika Gasperikova

Erika Gasperikova

Research Scientist

Building 074B, Room 0102

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-4930

Fax: 510-486-5686

egasperikova@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education
  • Experience
  • Awards
  • Professional Affiliations
  • Boards & Committees
  • Scholarly Service
  • Technology

Biography

My research is primarily in electrical and electromagnetic methods (EM), potential-field methods, and joint seismic and EM interpretations with applications to environmental and groundwater exploration, carbon dioxide sequestration, and natural resources exploration.

Publications

Research Interests

Electrical and electromagnetic methods (EM), potential-field methods, and joint seismic and EM interpretations with applications to environmental and groundwater exploration, carbon dioxide sequestration, and natural resources exploration.

Education

  • Ph.D. Engineering Geoscience, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
  • M.S. Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1996
  • RNDr. Applied Geophysics, Hydrology, and Engineer ing Geology, Comenius University, Bratislava, 1990

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2002-Present
  • Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher and Associate Specialist, University of California, Berkeley, 1999-2002
  • Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1995-1999
  • Summer Internship, Chevron, 1998
  • Research Assistant, University of Utah Research Institute, 1993-1995

Awards

  • Spot Award, LBNL, Lab-wide contribution to a culture of work life balance and ergonomic education, 2017
  • Certificate of Appreciation, LBNL Emergency Response Organization, 2016
  • Geothermal Resources Council Best Presentation Award, 2015
  • Geothermal Resources Council Best Presentation Award, 2011
  • R&D100 Award for Berkeley UXO Discriminator (BUD) from R&D100 Magazine, 2007
  • SERDP Project-of-the-year award for detection and discrimination of buried metallic objects, 2004
  • Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1999
  • Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1995

Professional Affiliations

  • Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
  • Near-Surface Geophysics (NSG)
  • European Association of Exploration Geophysicists and Engineers (EAGE)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Bay Area Geophysical Society

Advisory Boards, Committees, and Councils

  • Member, Public Advisory Board, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Advanced Modeling (SEAM), 2023-present
  • Special-section editor, Geophysical applications to geothermal energy, 2022-2023
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, The International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (IMAGE), 2022
  • Member, Organizing Comittee, SEG Summer Research Workshop: Toward Gigatonnes CO₂ Storage – Grand Geophysical Challenge, 2021-2022
  • Member, Geothermal Task Force, SEG, 2021-present
  • Session Convener, The American Geophysical Union, 2021
  • Chair, Near Surface Technical Section, SEG, 2020-present
  • President, Bay Area Geophysical Society (BAGS), 2017-2020
  • Council Member, SEG, 2017-Present
  • Member, Research Committee, SEG, 2008-Present
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Summer Research Workshop on Geophysical Monitoring of CO2 Storage and EOR Projects, SEG/EAGE, 2017
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Summer Research Workshop on Low Frequencies, SEG/EAGE, 2012
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Workshop ‘Integration of Seismic and EM: Where do we stand?’, SEG, 2012
  • Co-chair and Member, Organizing Committee, Workshop ‘Geophysics and Engineering: Convergence of Disciplines’, SEG, 2011
  • Chair and Organizer, Workshop ‘Advances in Geothermal Systems Exploration, Characterization and Challenges Ahead’, SEG, 2011
  • Session Chairman and Technical Program Reviewer, SEG Annual Meeting, SEG, 2010
  • Session Chairman and Technical Program Reviewer, SAGEEP Annual Meeting
  • Colloquium Committee member, Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1997-1998
  • President of Student Sectionf Student Section, Geophysical Society, University of California-Berkeley, 1995-1999
  • Council member, The Best Practices Diversity Council, LBNL, 2005-2013
  • Chair, Childcare Committee, LBNL, 2007-2008
  • Chair, ESD Diversity Committee, LBNL, 2005 to 2011

Scholarly Service

  • Special-Section Editor, Geophysical applications to geothermal energy, Geophysics, 2022-2023
  • Assistant Editor, Geophysics, 2018-Present
  • Associate Editor, Geophysics, Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods for Geophysics, 2011-Present
  • Special Issue Editor, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2006
  • Reviewer, Geophysics; Geophysical Prospecting; Hydrogeology Journal; Near Surface Geophysics; Journal of Geophysical Research; Earth, Planets and Space
  • Reviewer, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 2002-2003
  • Reviewer, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2002
  • Reviewer, AAPG, 2000
  • Peer Reviewer, SERDP

Technology

  • Detection and Identification of Unexploded Ordnance IB-2190 (hardware) and CR-2344 (software)
  • U.S. Patent 2014-057, A Hybrid MRS-TEM System for Mapping Shallow Aquifers
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