Teaching

·     Reservoir Geophysics (Graduate student course)

·     Exploration Seismology (Undergraduate student course)

Students

·     Current graduate students: Jian Han, MSc (2021.09-); Ren Luo, MSc (2021.09-)

Awards

·    2020, Shanghai Sailing Program

·    2019, Tongji University ‘Hundred Youth Plan’

Research Interests

·     Rock physics modeling

·     Reservoir Geophysics (Theory, methods, and Application)

·     Inversion theory and method

Projects

·     The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022.01-2024.12

·     Shanghai Natural Science Foundation Project, 2021.07-2024.06

·     Shanghai Sailing Program, 2020.07-2023.06

Publications

Selected peer-reviewed journal papers (corresponding author *)

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Shahpoor Moradi, Kristopher Innanen. Joint inversion of frequency components of PP- and PSV-wave amplitudes for attenuation factors using second-order derivatives of anelastic impedance, Surveys in Geophysics, 2021, 42, 961-987.

·     Huaizhen Chen*. Seismic Frequency Component Inversion for Elastic Parameters and Maximum Inverse Quality Factor Driven by Attenuating Rock Physics Models, Surveys in Geophysics, 2020, 41, 835-857.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Guangzhi Zhang. Estimation of dry fracture weakness, porosity, fluid modulus using observable seismic reflection data in a gas-bearing reservoir, Surveys in Geophysics, 2017, 38, 651-678.

·     Huaizhen Chen*. Estimating elastic properties and attenuation factor from different frequency components of observed seismic data, Geophysical Journal International, 2020, 220, 794-805.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Xinpeng Pan, Yuxin Ji, Guangzhi Zhang. Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo inversion for weak anisotropy parameters and fracture weaknesses using azimuthal elastic impedance, Geophysical Journal International, 2017, 210, 801-818.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Junxiao Li, Kristopher Innanen. Nonlinear inversion of seismic amplitude variation with offset for an effective stress parameter, Geophysics, 2020, 85(4), R299-R311.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Tiansheng Chen, Kristopher Innanen. Estimating tilted fracture weaknesses from azimuthal differences in seismic amplitude data, Geophysics, 2020, 85(3), R135-R146.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Junxiao Li, Kristopher Innanen. Inversion of differences in frequency components of azimuthal seismic data for indicators of oil-bearing fractured reservoirs based on an attenuative cracked model, Geophysics, 2020, 85(3), R163-R175.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Yuxin Ji, Kristopher Innanen. Estimation of modified fluid factor and dry fracture weaknesses using azimuthal elastic impedance, Geophysics, 2018, 83, WA73-WA88.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Kristopher Innanen, Tiansheng Chen. Estimating P- and S-wave inverse quality factors from observed seismic data using an attenuative elastic impedance, Geophysics, 2018, 83, R173-R187.

·     Huaizhen Chen*, Kristopher Innanen. Estimation of fracture weaknesses and integrated attenuation factors from azimuthal variations in seismic amplitudes, Geophysics, 2018, 83, R711–R723.

·     Huaizhen Chen, Xingyao Yin, Jianhu Gao, Bingyang Liu, Guangzhi Zhang*. Seismic inversion for underground fractures detection based on effective anisotropy and fluid substitution, SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 2015, 58, 805-814.