Masmoudi, N., and Alkhalifah, T., 2016, A new parameterization for waveform inversion in acoustic orthorhombic media, Geophysics 81 (4), R157-R171.
Alkhalifah T., Masmoudi N. and Oh JW., 2016, A recipe for practical full-waveform inver- sion in orthorhombic anisotropy. The Leading Edge, 35(12), 1076-1083.
Masmoudi, N., and Alkhalifah, T., 2016, Traveltime approximations and parameter estimation for orthorhombic media, Geophysics 81 (4), C127-C137.
Masmoudi, N., Stovas, A. and Alkhalifah, T. 2017, Scanning anisotropy parameters in horizontal transversely isotropic media. Geophysical Prospecting, 65: 981–991.
Stovas A., Masmoudi N. and Alkhalifah T., 2016, Application of perturbation theory to a P-wave eikonal equation in orthorhombic media. Geophysics, 81(6), C309-C317.
Masmoudi, N., Tsvankin, I., and Alkhalifah, T., 2016, Feasibility of High-resolution Fracture Characterization Using Waveform Inversion, 78th EAGE Expanded Abstracts.
Masmoudi N. and Psencik I. , 2014, Approximate P-wave ray tracing and dynamic ray tracing in weakly orthorhombic media of varying symmetry orientation. 76th Annual EAGE meeting, EAGE Expanded Abstracts, We G105 16.
Education
M.S. Earth Science and Engineering, KAUST, KSA, 2014
Internship in Total E&P, Pau, France, August-October 2016.
Time-lapse (4D) FWI by joint inversion with constraints.
Research collaboration with Prof. Ilya Tsvankin at CSM, USA, September-October 2015.
Collaboration on the potential of high-resolution fractures characterization using FWI.
Research collaboration with Prof. Alexey Stovas at NTNU, Norway, June 2014.
Collaboration on Dix inversion for azimuthally varying media.
Research collaboration with Prof. Ivan Psencik at the Institute of Geophysics, Czech Republic, August 2013. Developing ray tracing method for tilted orthorhombic media.
Internship supervised by Evgeny Landa at the Applied Geophysical Research Group, France, February - June 2012. Developing an imaging method without precise velocity models.
Internship supervised by Noomane Drissi in Tunisian Company for Oil Research and Exploration. Implementation of seismic attributes for reservoir characterization.
Scientific and Professional Membership
I am member of SEG and EAGE.
Awards
Awards
2012 KAUST Fellowship, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
