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Jonathan Ajo-Franklin

Visiting Faculty

Building 074, Room 0301

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-495-2728

jbajo-franklin@lbl.gov

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Biography

Jonathan Ajo-Franklin is a Faculty Scientist in the Energy Geoscience Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He received his BA in Computer Science and History at Rice University (1998) followed by an MS (2003) and PhD (2005) in Geophysics at Stanford University. His graduate work focused on high-resolution crosswell geophysics applied to environmental site characterization. From 2005 to 2007 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Earth Resources Laboratory at MIT. Since 2007, he has led a group at LBNL, first as a researcher (2007-2013) and since 2013 as a staff scientist. He leads the Environmental and Applied Geophysics Lab (EAGLe) and the Reservoir Processes group in the Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic Carbon (NCGC).

Jonathan’s research focuses broadly on using geophysical techniques to understand dynamic alterations in subsurface properties of relevance to the environmental and energy sectors. His technological focus in the field is on novel acquisition approaches including semi-permanent seismic sources and fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). He is active in several research efforts applying timelapse borehole seismology to geologic carbon sequestration (GCS), geothermal energy production, and hydraulic fracturing. He also leads projects exploring the use of large fiber optic arrays and DAS for geotechnical monitoring (in permafrost environments) and hydrogeologic monitoring at the basin scale. At a smaller length scale, he has a research program examining the rock physics of GCS, thermo-mechanical fracturing, and permafrost processes at the pore to core scale using dynamic (4D) synchrotron micro-tomography.

Jonathan has been an active member of the American Geophysical Union since 1997 (Near Surface Section) and a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysics since 1996; he was a special (2009-2011) and then associate editor (2011-2016) for Geophysics and is currently a member of the SEG Council (District 3).

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Education

  • Ph.D. Geophysics, Stanford University, 2005
  • M.S. Geophysics, Stanford University, 2003
  • B.A. Computer Science and History, Rice University, 1998

Experience

  • Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013-Present
  • Department Head, Geophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2017-2019
  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2007-2013
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth Resouces Laboratory, MIT, 2005-2007

Awards

  • Best Paper Award, GRC (Lead author H. Knox), 2016
  • R&D 100 Award for development of CASSM (with T. Daley and E. Majer), 2015
  • Best Paper Award, SEG Annual Meeting, 2011
  • Founding Member Fellow, ERL, MIT, 2005-2007
  • Chair's Fellowship For Intergroup Research, Stanford, 2002-2003
  • EPA STAR Fellow, 2001-2004
  • Samuel P. Worden Award for Geophysical Research, 1997

Professional Affiliations

  • Society for Exploration Geophysics: District 3 Representative, SEG Council, 2015-Present
  • Associate Editor for Geophysics, 2011-2016
  • Special Editor for Geophysics, 2009-2011
  • AGU Near-Surface Geophysics Focus Group, Committee Member
  • AGU Hydrogeophysics Technical Committee, Member

Advisory Boards, Committees, and Councils

  • Member, SEG, AGU (Near-Surface Focus Group)
  • Member, Near-Surface Geophysics Focus Group: Executive Committee, AGU
  • Member, Hydrogeophysics Technical Committee, AGU

Scholarly Service

  • Associate Editor, Letters Section, Geophysics
  • Reviewer, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Reviewer, Geophysical Journal International

Project Websites

  • The SERDP Permafrost Thaw Project: Facebook
  • The SERDP Permafrost Thaw Project: Exploring a changing arctic environment...
  • The Center for the Nanoscale Controls on Geologic CO2 (NCGC)
  • BES Geophysics Core Program

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