Principal Investigator

Chi Zhang - PI

Chi Zhang  张弛
 
Hometown: Lanzhou, China

Appointments: 

• 2015 – present 

          Assistant Professor
          Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas

• 2013 – 2014

          Postdoctoral Scholar
          Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
          Rutgers University - Newark

• 2012 – 2013

          Postdoctoral Scholar
          Dept. of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines

• 2011 – 2012

          Postdoctoral Scholar
          Idaho National Laboratory

Education:

• Ph.D., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University – Newark, 2012 

          Advisor: Dr. Lee Slater
          Dissertation: Electrical geophysical characterization of biogeochemical processes

• B.Sc., Dept. of Earth Science, Sun Yat-sen University, 2006

Postdoctoral Researchers

Qifei Niu - Postdoc

Qifei Niu

​Appointments: 

• 2016 – present

          Postdoctoral Scholar
          Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas

• 2014 – 2016

          Postdoctoral Scholar
          Dept. of Geophysics and Dept. of Petroleum Engineering
          Colorado School of Mines

• 2014 

          Postdoctoral Scholar
          The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

​Education: 

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2014). 
• M.Eng. in Geotechnical Engineering, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China (2010). 
• B. Eng. in Hydraulic Engineering, Wuhan University, China (2007).

Email: qniu at ku.edu
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Graduate Students

 Fan Zhang

PhD Student since 2015

Dept. of Geology @KU

Education: 
​BS in Geochemistry from Nanjing University, 2015
  
Email: geozf at ku.edu
  
Project: Geophysical characterization of carbonate reservoir rocks

Award: GSA and AAPG grants, AGU travel award, and Departmental Research Award

Publications: check here
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James Colgin
 
Master Student since 2016

  Dept. of Geology @KU

Education:
​  BS in Mathematics from UT-Austin, 2010
BS in Geology, Petroleum Geology Plan from University of Texas of the Permian Basin, 2016​
  
  Email: jcolgin at ku.edu
  
  Project: Digital Rock Physics

Award: AAPG fellowship, AGU travel award, and SPWLA fellowship and award

Publications: check here

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Undergraduate Students

  Connor Armstrong 

  Undergraduate lab assistant

  Dept. of Geology @KU
  
  Email: c907a045 at ku.edu
  
  Project: Geophysical signature of organic contaminated soil

Award: 

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  Trent Horton
 
 Undergraduate lab assistant

 Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering @KU
  
  Email: hortoncbc at ku.edu
  
Project: SIP response of Cu-Mo ore bodies 

Award: 

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  Benjamin Mackey
 
 Undergraduate lab assistant

 Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering @KU
  
  Email: bigmack732 at ku.edu
  
Project: SIP response of Cu-Mo ore bodies 

Award: 

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Visiting Students 

 
 Zhuang Xu
 
 PhD student from China University of Geosciences (CUG) - Wuhan

 Visiting since Aug 2017
  
 

Education: ​​

• MS in Petroleum and Gas Engineering, CUG
• BS in GIS, China University of Petroleum - Huadong

Email: zhuangxu at ku.edu
  
Project: Shale gas reservoir rock characterization using NMR and SIP

Award: 

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 Ling Peng
 
 PhD student from China University of Geosciences (CUG) - Wuhan

 Visiting since Sep 2017
  
 

Education: ​​

• BS in Geophysics, CUG

Email: lingpeng at ku.edu
  
Project: fractal theory in rock characterization

Award: AAPG fellowship

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Alumni

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Yicun Wang 

​Visiting PhD student from Jilin University

Period: Nov 2016 - Nov 2017
     
Project at KU: Investigating Cu-Mo ore bodies using SIP

Award: 

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Yuri Rupert
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Master student at KU

Period: Aug 2014 - Oct 2015
   
Project at KU: Detecting organic contaminants in sediments using NMR
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Award: 

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Jeff Jennings​ 

Master student at KU

Period: Feb 2015 - May 2017
   
Project at KU: Geophysical signature of organic contaminated soil

Award: 

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