The May luncheon is our annual awards luncheon and the speaker will be John Bradford, President of the SEG.

Title of Mr. Bradford's talk:

Outlook for Applied Geophysics: Communicating the Social Contribution

Mr. Bradford's biography:

John Bradford received BS degrees in both physics and engineering physics from the University of Kansas in 1994, and a PhD in geophysics from Rice University in 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he was a research scientist at the Houston Advanced Research Center and worked on topics ranging from spectral decomposition for seismic exploration to utility detection with GPR. In 2001 he joined the Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface at Boise State University where he served as director from 2006 to 2009. He currently holds the rank of professor in the Department of Geosciences at Boise State. He has worked extensively on methodology development for near-surface seismic and GPR applications with emphasis on imaging, attenuation, and offset-dependent reflectivity. He has published on a diverse array of topics that include hydrocarbon detection, hydrogeophysics, glaciology, and polar ecology. He served as Associate Editor for Geophysics from 2005 to 2008 and co-edited the SEG book Advances in Near-Surface Seismology and Ground-Penetrating Radar. John served as Second Vice President on the 2009-2010 SEG Executive Committee and President of the SEG Near-Surface Section in 2012-2013. He was recognized as one of Houston’s Best and Brightest in 1999, received the Harold Mooney Award from the Near-Surface Section in 2010, and was awarded SEG Life Membership in 2012. He is currently serving as the 2015/2016 SEG President.