Rate My Professor Jeffrey Shragge

Jeffrey Shragge is a Professor in the Department of Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines, where he serves as Director of the Center for Wave Phenomena. He earned his PhD in Geophysics from Stanford University, MSc in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia, and BScH in Physics from Queen’s University. Earlier in his career, Shragge held a position as Research Assistant Professor at the University of Western Australia, receiving the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Early-Career Research in 2014.

Shragge’s academic interests center on computational seismology and advanced geophysical imaging techniques, including 3D acoustic and elastic wave propagation, 3D/4D velocity inversion, 3D/4D reverse-time migration, wave-equation migration, rock physics, computational geometry and differential meshing, near-surface geophysics such as ground penetrating radar, magnetics, conductivity profiling, resistivity, and seismic reflection/refraction, general purpose GPU computing with CUDA, parallel programming using OpenMP and MPI, distributed acoustic sensing, and microseismic elastic velocity estimation and event imaging. His contributions to the field have been recognized through numerous awards and honors, including the 2025 REI Award, 2022 T.K. Young Award, Mines Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching in Geophysical Engineering in 2021 and 2020, Top 25 Presentation at the 2019 SEG Annual General Meeting, ICGEG Annual Meeting Best Presentation Award in 2018 as co-author, Best Student Paper award at the 2013 SEG Annual Meeting for co-advisee Matt Saul, and the 2010 J. Clarence Karcher Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Additionally, his research received the 2012 Best Paper in Seismology Award at the ASEG Meeting. As Director of the Center for Wave Phenomena, Shragge oversees key initiatives in wave phenomena research, fostering advancements in exploration geophysics and related applications.