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Faculty

Jude Dr. Matt Pranter
Associate Professor
matthew.pranter@colorado.edu
303-492-1461

Research Interests
Reservoir characterization and modeling
Stratigraphic controls on reservoir heterogeneity
Sedimentary and petroleum geology
Reservoir geostatistics

I also collaborate with Dr. Rex Cole from Mesa State College
and Dr. G. Michael Grammer from Western Michigan University.

M.S. Students in Geology

Sait Sait Baytok
MS Student
BS Geophysical Engineering, Kocaeli University (Turkey)
sait.baytok@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Reservoir geophysics
Reservoir characterization
Ali Ali Drushal
MS Student
BS Geology, The College of Wooster
jayne.drushal@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Sedimentary geology
Reservoir geology
Ericka Ericka Harper
MS Student
BS Geology, Mesa State College
ericka.harper@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy
Petroleum geology
Alicia Alicia Hewlett
MS Student
BS Geology, University of Texas at Austin
alicia.hewlett@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Sedimentary geology
Reservoir geology
Kim Kim Hlava
MS Student
BS Geology, Purdue University
kimberly.hlava@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Stratigraphy, Paleontology
Petroleum geology
Jeremy Jeremy Ring
MS Student
BA Geology, University of Colorado at Boulder
jeremy.ring@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Petroleum geology, Stratigraphy
Reservoir characterization
Rachel Rachel Shaak
MS Student
BS Geology, Penn State University
rachel.shaak@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology
Reservoir characterization

Ph.D. Students in Geology

Adel Adel Aboktef
PhD Student
MS Geology, University of Manchester
BS Geology, Alfateh University (Libya)
adel.aboktef@colorado.edu

Research Interests
Clastic sedimentary petrology
Diagenesis
Reservoir geology





Past Graduate Students & Research Staff

Brandon Binford, Master of Science, 2009
Thesis title: Stratigraphic Architecture and Connectivity of High-Sinuousity Fluvial Sandstone
Bodies in Coal Canyon, Colorado, with Subsurface Comparison to Grand Valley Field
Now with EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc., Denver, Colorado
Jill Haynie, Master of Science, 2009
Thesis title: Characterization and Modeling of Petrofacies and Pore-Volume Distribution
within a Gas-Storage Reservoir, Ray Reef Field, Southern Michigan Basin, Michigan
Now with El Paso Exploration and Production, Denver, Colorado
Nick Sommer, Master of Science, 2007
Thesis title: Sandstone-Body Connectivity in a Meandering-Fluvial System: An example
from the Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado
Now with EnCana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc., Denver, Colorado
Quentin German, Master of Science, 2006
Thesis title: Analysis of Fluvial Sandstone-Body Characteristics and Architecture within
a High Net-to-Gross System, Upper Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado
Now with ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas
Dr. Zulfiquar A. Reza, Research Associate, 2004-2006
Reservoir modeling, Petroleum Engineering
Geostatistics, Flow Simulation
Now with Schlumberger Research, Cambridge, UK
Marielis F. Vargas, Master of Science, 2004
Thesis title: Characterization and Modeling of Fluvial Sandstone Distribution and
Static Connectivity, Williams Fork Formation, Rulison Field, Piceance Basin, Colorado
Now with ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas
Amanda I. Ellison, Master of Science, 2004
Thesis title: Numerical modeling of heterogeneity within a fluvial point-bar deposit
using outcrop and lidar data: Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin, Colorado
Now with ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas
Colette B. Hirstius, Master of Science, 2003
Thesis title: Multiple scales of lateral petrophysical heterogeneity within dolomite
lithofacies as determined from outcrop analogs: Implications for 3-D reservoir modeling
Now with Shell Exploration and Production Company, New Orleans, Louisiana



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Reservoir Characterization and Modeling Laboratory

Energy and Minerals Applied Research Center

University of Colorado at Boulder

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