Gabriela Martinez

Biography

Dr. Gabriela A. Martinez

Geoscientist, Geoscience and Engineering Group

Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), University of North Dakota (UND)

15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-9018 USA

701.777.5000 (phone), 701.777.5181 (fax), gmartinez@undeerc.org

Dr. Gabriela A. Martinez is a Geoscientist at the EERC, where she interfaces with a diverse team of scientists and engineers to assess project uncertainties in oil and gas development and geologic CO2 storage. In this role, she develops and oversees the development of geophysical models of the subsurface and performs regional geological characterizations. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Geosciences and an M.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University, an M.S. degree in Geosciences from Colorado State University, and Licenciature in Geology from Buenos Aires University, Argentina. Prior to her position at the EERC, she was a Senior Petrotechnical Geoscientist at Schlumberger, Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Martinez’s principal areas of interest and expertise include geological data analysis and interpretation, geomechanics, petrophysics best practices, well log geophysics data formation evaluation, sound waveform inversion, data classification and analytics, and velocity modeling of unconventional and fractured reservoirs. She is a member of RMS-SEPM (Rocky Mountain Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology), serving as Secretary of the Board of Directors since 2006. She has authored and coauthored numerous peer-reviewed and other professional publications.