Journal of Geology & Geophysics
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Michael S. Zhdanov

Biography

Michael S. Zhdanov is a Full Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, Director of the Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion (CEMI). He is awarded PhD in Physics and Mathematics from Moscow State University in 1970. He holds 2 Master Degrees one is M.Sc. in Mathematics from Moscow State University in 1969 and another is M.Sc. Geophysics from Moscow Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas in 1968. He is the Honorary Professor of China National Center of Geological Exploration Technology and also the Honorary Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He was previously a Visiting Professor to the Department of Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines, Director of the Geoelectromagnetic Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an Honorary Gauss Professor of the Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Fellow of Electromagnetics Academy (USA), and Honorary Professor of the China National Centre for Geological Exploration Technology. His research interests as a Professor reflect in his/her wide range of publications in various national and international journals. 

Research Interest

Theoretical and applied geophysics, inversion theory, electromagnetic methods, gravity and gravity gradiometry.

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