Jef Caers, born in Belgium, is an academic working as a Professor at the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University.[2] He was awarded the Andrei Borisovich Vistelius Research Award and the William Christian Krumbein Medal by the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences in 2001 and 2014 respectively. He is Editor-in-Chief of Computers & Geosciences.[3]

Jef Caers
Jef Caers in California, 2015
Born
Belgium
Alma materKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
Known forGeostatistics
Spatial Modeling
Modeling Uncertainty
AwardsKrumbein Medal[1]
Andrei Borisovich Vistelius Research Award
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford University
University of Calgary
Websitehttps://earth.stanford.edu/jef-caers

Education

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Ph.D. in engineering, 1997, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
M.S. in Mining Engineering & Geophysics, 1993, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Research

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His research interests include geostatistics, spatial modeling and modeling uncertainty.

Employment

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2015–Present, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
2014–2015, Professor, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
2006–2013, Associate Professor, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
2000–Present, Director, Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting, Stanford University
1999–2005, Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
1997–1999, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
1997, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
1997–1999, Post-doctoral Fellow of the National Science Foundation of Belgium
1997–1998, Research Fellow of the NATO

Selected books

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Jef Caers, 2005, "Petroleum Geostatistics”, Society for Petroleum Engineers, p. 96.[4]
Jef Caers, 2011, “Modeling Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences”, (Wiley-Blackwell), p. 246.[5]
G. Mariethoz and Jef Caers, 2014, "Multiple-point Geostatistics: stochastic modeling with training images", Wiley-Blackwell, p. 400.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Recipients of the William Christian Krumbein Medal". iamg.org. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Jef Caers". Stanford University, USA. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Computers & Geosciences-Editor-in-Chief". Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Jef Caers. "Petroleum Geostatistics, 2005, p.96". Society for Petroleum Engineers.
  5. ^ Jef Caers. "Modeling Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences, 2011, p.246". Wiley-Blackwell.
  6. ^ G. Mariethoz and Jef Caers. "Multiple-point Geostatistics: stochastic modeling with training images, 2014, p.400". Wiley-Blackwell.