MANDANA GHANAVATI

Senior Seismologist and Geo-AI Scientist with over 10 years of experience in seismic data processing, interpretation, and 3D geomodeling, specializing in turning geoscience data into value using data science, machine learning, and AI. Skilled in applying advanced analytics and AI solutions across the mining, oil, and gas sectors, utilizing seismic, hyperspectral satellite data, gravity, magnetic, and other geophysical datasets.

Demonstrated expertise in building and deploying high-performance machine learning models, with a strong background in geophysical data processing and interpretation, oil and gas reservoir characterization, and mineral exploration. Proficient in advanced analytics, image processing, deep learning, parallel processing, and web application development.

• Ghanavati, M., Young, I., Kirezci, E., & Liu, J. (2024). The impact of long-term changes in ocean waves and storm surge on coastal shoreline change: A case study of Bass Strait and south-east Australia. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 2024, 1-24.
• Ghanavati, M., Young, I., Kirezci, E., Ranasinghe, R., Duong, T.M. and Luijendijk, A.P., 2023. An assessment of whether long-term global changes in waves and storm surges have impacted global coastlines. Scientific reports, 13(1), p.11549.
• Ghanavati, M. and Manaman, N.S., 2022. AN EFFICIENT AUTOMATIC CURVELET-CONTOURLET FAULT DETECTION METHOD USING FUZZY ENTROPY. JOURNAL OF SEISMIC EXPLORATION, 31(3), pp.219-238.
• Ghanavati, M. and Shad Manaman, N., 2022. A fuzzy entropy, Contourlet based automatic fault detection. Exploration Geophysics, 53(6), pp.654-668.
• Faraji, M., Rezagholilou, A., Ghanavati, M., Kadkhodaie, A. and Wood, D.A., 2021. Breakouts derived from image logs aid the estimation of maximum horizontal stress: A case study from Perth Basin, Western Australia. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 5(1), pp.8-24.
• Faraji, M.A., Kadkhodaie, A., Wood, D.A., Rahimpour-Bonab, H. and Ghanavati, M., 2019. Estimation and mapping of vitrinite reflectance from seismic data in South Pars gas field, Persian Gulf. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 164, pp.1-10.
• Ghanavati M. et al. (2016). Automatic data picking by the use of Marr_Hildreth method. 17th Iranian Geophysics Conference.

• Winner of Melbourne Research Scholarship.
• Ranked 3rd in national PhD entrance exam (Konkoor) for data exploration, 2019.
• Honor student in PhD degree, 2019.
• Member of Iran's National Elites Foundation.
• Distinguished student in MSc degree, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2014.
• Best MSc thesis in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2014.