Biography

• Professor of Reservoir Geophysics, Imperial College London, 2004-date
• Head of R & D, Robertson Research International UK, 2000-2003
• Research manager, Robertson Research Australia, 1997-2000
• PhD - Geophysics (Imperial College London), 1995-1997
• MSc - Geophysics (Monash University), 1992-1994
• Research Geophysicist, Nanjing Geophysical Research Institute, 1983-1991
• BSc - Geophysics (Changchun College of Geology, Jilin), 1979-1983

Research Interests

• Reservoir geophysics
• Seismic wave propagation and imaging
• Seismic inversion and tomography
• Seismic multiple attenuation
• Reservoir characterization
• Signal processing and imaging
• Geodynamics and tectonophysics

Monographs

• Wang Y (2008), Seismic Inverse Q Filtering. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-8540-0.
• Wang Y (2003), Seismic Amplitude Inversion in Reflection Tomography. Elsevier Science.  ISBN 0-08-044243-9.

Recent Publications

• Wang Y (2011), Seismic anisotropy estimated from P-wave arrival times in crosshole measurements. Geophysical Journal International 184, 1311-1316.
• Wang Y (2010), Multichannel matching pursuit for seismic trace decomposition. Geophysics 75, V61-V66.
• Wang Y, Rao Y  (2009), Reflection seismic waveform tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research 114, B03304, pp.12.
• Wang Y (2008), Inverse-Q filtered migration. Geophysics 73,  S1 - S6.
• Wang Y (2007), Multiple prediction through inversion: Theoretical advancements and real data application. Geophysics 72, V33 - V39.
• Wang Y (2006), Inverse Q-filter for seismic resolution enhancement, Geophysics  71, V51 - V60.

Other Duties

• Director of Centre for Reservoir Geophysics 

Professional Association

• Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)
• Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS)
• Research committee member of European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
• Editor-in-chief of Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Links

• Centre for Reservoir Geophysics