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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
1988present 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).
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Ernest
L. Majer
Scientist/Deputy
Division Division Director
Geophysics Department
Phone:
510-486-6709
Fax: 510-486-5686
Email: elmajer@lbl.gov
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