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Education

1971 B.A. Math-Physics, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

1971 B.S. Mining Engineering-Applied Geophysics Option, Columbia University, New York, NY

1972 M.A. Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley

1978 Ph.D. Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley

Professional Experience

1978-present Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

1987-1989 Panel on Annual Review of U.S. Progress in Rock Mechanics, National Research Council

1988—present Department Head, Geophysics and Geomechanics Department, Earth Sciences Division

1992-present Interdisciplinary Committee on Rock Mechanics, (G. Cooper, chair), University of California, Berkeley

1993-present Co-subprogram Coordinator, (with Dr. F. Brockman, PNL)

Subsurface Science Program on Bacterial Heterogeneity, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research

1995-present Coordinator of Geophysics for Management and Organization Team, USDOE Yucca Mountain Project

Honors and Awards

American Geophysical Union

American Association for the Advance of Science

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society

Seismological Society of America

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Associate, Seismographic Stations, University of California

IR100 Award, Development of ASP

Patent for Borehole Shear-wave Source #5131488

Laboratory Service (September 1, 1995 through December 31, 1998):

1978 — 1986 Staff Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

1986 — 1994 Staff Scientist, Group Leader Geophysics/Geomechanics Group Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

1994 — present Staff Scientist, Department Head/Subsurface Geosciences Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Publications (January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1998):

Vasco, D.W., J.E. Peterson, Jr., and E.L. Majer, 1996, Nonuniqueness in travel time tomography: Ensemble inference and cluster analysis, Geophysics, , 61, pp. 1209-1227, LBL-37644.

Majer, E.L, A. Datta-Gupta, J.E. Peterson, D.W. Vasco, L.R. Myer, T.M. Daley, B. Kaelin,J. Queen, P.S. D'Onfro, W.D Rizer, D. Cox, and J. Sinton, 1996, Utilizing crosswell, single well and pressure transient test for characterizing fractured gas reservoirs, The Leading Edge, 15, 951-956.

Hubbard, S.S., J.E. Peterson, E.L Majer, P.T. Zawislanski, J. Roberts, and K. Williams, 1997, Estimation of permeable pathways and water content using tomographic radar data, The Leading Edge, 16, 1623-1628.

Hubbard, S., Y. Rubin, and E. Majer, 1997, Ground-penetrating-radar-assisted saturation and permeability estimation in bimodal systems, Water Resources Research Journal, 33, 971-990, LBL-39732.

Wilt, M., C. Schenkel, T. Daley, J. Peterson, E. Majer, A.S. Murer, R.M. Johnston and L. Klonsky, 1997, Mapping steam and water flow in petroleum reservoirs, SPE Reservoir Engineering, November, 284-287.

Majer, E.L., J.E. Peterson, T. Daley, B. Kaelin, L. Myer, J. Queen, P. D'Onfro and W. Rizer, 1997, Fracture detection using crosswell and single well surveys, Geophysics, 62, 495-504.

Romero, Jr., A.E., T.V. McEvilly and E.L. Majer, 1997, 3-D microearthquake attenuation tomography at the Northwest Geysers geothermal region, California, Geophysics, 62, 149-167, LBL-37415.

Vasco, D.W., J.E. Peterson, Jr., and E.L. Majer, 1998, Resolving seismic anisotropy: Sparse matrix methods for geophysical inverse problems, Geophys. J. Int. 63, 970-983.

Hubbard, S.S., Y. Rubin, and E. Majer, 1999, Spatial correlation structure estimation using geophysical and hydrogeological data, Water Resources Research (in press).

Hubbard, S., Y. Rubin. and E. Majer, 1999, Estimation of hydrological properties and their uncertainties, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, (submitted).

Ernest L. Majer
Scientist/Deputy Division Division Director

Geophysics Department

Phone: 510-486-6709
Fax: 510-486-5686
Email: elmajer@lbl.gov