The Photonic Seismology Lab,
Tel Aviv University
Prof. Ariel Lellouch
Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University
I am a geophysicist, interested in subsurface processes and structures and in finding better ways to understand them. These days, I try to do it with DFOS, because I believe that the spatial resolution it offers allows us to do more than ever before in observational seismology.
Equally or more importantly, I am Shiri's husband and Nina's and Ben's father. I enjoy low-and-slow cooking, being disproportionately competitive in boardgames, and weightlifting, although lifting myself from the couch might be the hardest part.
Grants and awards
2025 - 2030: PI, A Near-Fault Observatory with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing, Israeli Science Foundation
2024: SEG J. Clarence Karcher Award
2022 - 2024: PI, Application of high-frequency fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing for leak detection in oil and gas pipelines, Israeli Ministry of Energy
2022: Honorary Lecturer, Middle East & Africa, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
2021 – 2024: PI, High-resolution characterization and monitoring of seismic zones using optical fiber sensing, Israeli Science Foundation
2021: Honorable mention, best paper in The Leading Edge
2020: Honorable mention (2nd place out of 1077 talks), best paper presented at 2019
SEG annual meeting
2019 - 2020: Israeli Ministry of Energy – Postdoctoral studies in leading universities,
Stanford University
2019 – 2020: Chevron Center of Research Excellence, postdoctoral support,
Stanford University
2019: Best Paper Presented at the SEG Annual Meeting, Honorable Mention
2019: Best oral presentation, 5th EAGE Workshop on Borehole Geophysics
2018: Israeli Ministry of Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship
2015: Loewenthal Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. research, Tel Aviv University
2013: Katzman Excellence Prize for M.Sc. students, Tel Aviv University
Career
2021-Present
Tel Aviv University
Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysics
2018-2021
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford Exploration Project
Education
2018
Tel Aviv University
PhD degree in Geophysics
2014
Tel Aviv University
MSc degree in Geophysics
2009
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
BSc degree in Physics & Mathematics