Personnel

Mirko van der Baan

Prof. Mirko van der Baan is a professor at the University of Alberta in the Department of Physics, specializing in Exploration Seismology. He graduated in 1996 from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, obtained a PhD with honors in 1999 from the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, and then joined the University of Leeds, UK, where he became the Reader of Exploration Seismology. He also holds an HDR (Habilitation) from University Denis Diderot, Paris, France. Mirko is currently the co-Director of the Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing (C-DaPS). Previously he led the joint-industry project Blind Identification of Seismic Signals (BlISS), focusing on advanced statistical signal processing and technology/knowledge transfer to the hydrocarbon industry. He is one of the founding members of the Integrated Petroleum Geosciences (IPG) professional MSc program at the University of Alberta. Finally he was the 2017 Honorary Lecturer, North America, for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Juliana Leung

Dr. Juliana Leung is the Co-Director of the Consortium. She is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Alberta. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics for Subsurface Flow Processes. She is also a registered professional engineer in Alberta. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary, a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Her professional experiences include working as a reservoir engineer for over two years at Shell Canada Ltd. and summer internships at the Sandia National Laboratories and ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Houston. She is currently supervising a team of more than ten graduate students, focusing on data analytics and modelling of subsurface fluid flow processes. She has (co)-authored over 170 journal and conference papers. She is the recipient of several teaching and research awards and serves as editor for several journals, including Geoenergy Science and Engineering and Applied Computing and Geosciences.

David Eaton

Prof. David Eaton is the Scientific Advisor and the Former Director of the Consortium. He held the NSERC/Chevron Industrial Research Chair in Microseismic System Dynamics in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary. Together with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, his work focuses primarily on advancement of research, education and technological innovations in microseismic methods and their practical applications for resource development, with a secondary focus on the deep lithospheric structure of continents. In 2007, he rejoined the University of Calgary as Head of the Department of Geoscience, after an 11-year academic career at the University of Western Ontario. His postdoctoral research experience included work at Arco’s Research and Technical Services (Plano, Texas) and the Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa). He has over 300 publications generating nearly 12,000 citations, as well as a textbook on Passive Seismic Monitoring of Induced Seismicity. His external recognitions include the J. Tuzo Wilson medal by the Canadian Geophysical Union, a 2021 Killam Annual Professor award and he is co-recipient of a 2020 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.

Christian Pak

Mr. Christian Pak is the Project Manager of the Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing, where his responsibilities include assistance in project administrative duties, project deliverables, events, and ongoing strategic work within the Consortium. He possesses 5+ years of experience in managing and executing research projects in science and engineering-related fields. Before joining the Consortium, he was the Event and Administrative Manager in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  Christian received his M.A. in Sinology from The University of Hong Kong.

Affiliate Faculty Members
  • Sven Anders (University of Alberta)
  • Lianne Lefsrud (University of Alberta)
  • Renato Macciotta Pulisci (University of Alberta)
  • Rebecca Salvage (University of Calgary)
Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Kento Akitaya (University of Calgary)
  • Hongxue Han (University of Alberta)
  • Bin Liang (University of Alberta)
  • Patrick Matulka (University of Alberta)
PhD Candidates / Students
  • Ala’a Abdallah (University of Alberta)
  • Lonn Brown (University of Alberta)
  • Xiaonan Chen (University of Alberta)
  • Camilo de la Hoz Lozano (University of Alberta)
  • Serafim Grubas (University of Alberta)
  • Areshi Karunarathne (University of Alberta)
  • Nimanthika Lokuge (University of Alberta)
  • Muhammad Bilal Malik (University of Alberta)
  • Kienan Marion (University of Calgary)
  • Mark Mlella (University of Alberta)
  • Raisha Pradisti  (University of Alberta)
  • Utkarsh Pratap Singh (University of Alberta)
MSc Students
  • Samira Fakhraeian (University of Alberta)
  • Laura Guerra Salazar (University of Alberta)
  • Farwa Jabeen (University of Alberta)
  • Luana Maria Kiefer de Araujo (University of Alberta)
  • Timur Sabirov (University of Alberta)

(As of January 2026)

Contact us
EMAIL

cdaps@ualberta.ca

ADDRESS

4-181 Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS)
University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E1 CANADA

WORKING HOURS

8 am – 12 noon; 1-4 pm (Mon-Fri)

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