Resume

As a project scientist and lead in applied subsurface geoscience, I’m in charge of project and proposal worflow as well as personnel coordination. I also carry out project work including coordination and execution of field work, data management, analysis and reporting. My career has focused on the application of geophysical technology for exploration of energy resources.

Education

Ph.D. in Geology (2015) University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

M.Sc. in Applied Geophysics (2009) TU Delft & ETH Zurich & RWTH Aachen.

B.Sc. in Geophysical Engineering (2003) UNAM, Mexico.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Vargas-Meleza, L., Healy, D. and Alsop, I., Timms, N.E., 2015, Exploring the relative contribution of mineralogy and CPO to the seismic velocity anisotropy of evaporites: Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 70, pp. 39-55.

Vargas-Meleza, L. and Valle-Molina, C., 2012, Advances and Applications of Rock Physics for Hydrocarbon Exploration: Ingeniería Investigación y Tecnología, vol. XIII no. 4, pp. 439-450.

Conferences

Vargas-Meleza, L., Espinoza-Carrasco, E., and Chávez-Pérez, S., 2016, Implications of seismic attribute computations from depth-migrated data: AAPG/SEG International Conference & Exhibition, Cancun, MX.

Vargas-Meleza, L. and Healy, D., 2013, Laboratory measurements of seismic velocity anisotropy of salt diapirs - Implications for wellbore stability and seismic processing: Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 15, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Vargas-Meleza, L. and Farrell, N., 2013, Laboratory-based characterisation of field samples: Implications for geomechanics. Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB), Aberdeen Evening Lecture, UK.

Vargas-Meleza, L., Healy, D. and Alsop, I., 2012, Forward seismic modeling of outcrop models to image drag zones adjacent to salt diapirs: SEG Expanded Abstracts, International Exposition and 82nd Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Chávez-Pérez, S. and Vargas-Meleza, L., 2008, Enhanced imaging workflow of seismic data from Chicontepec basin Mexico: The Leading Edge, vol. 27 no. 3, pp. 352-359.

Chávez-Pérez, S. and Vargas-Meleza, L., 2007, Enhanced imaging workflow of seismic data from Chicontepec basin, Mexico: SEG Expanded Abstracts, International Exposition and 77th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Vargas-Meleza, L. and Megchun-Rivera, J.L., 2004, Petrophysical property estimation by integrating AVO, seismic inversion and multi-attribute analysis in a 3D volume of Playuela, Veracruz, Expanded Abstracts, AAPG International Conference, Cancun, Mexico.

Professional Activities & Service

Board Secretary of the Mexican Talent Network in the Netherlands, Science & Technology Group, 2021 -- Ongoing

Translator English-Spanish in the Translation Project of Robert Sheriff's Encyclopedic Dictionary, 2017 -- Present

Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), 2007 -- Present

Member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), 2011 -- Present