Curriculum Vitae

Andrej Bóna
Department of Exploration Geophysics
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987
Perth, WA 6845
Australia

e-mail: a.bona@curtin.edu.au
phone: +61 (8) 9266-7194

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (2002) Applied Mathematics: Dirac’s Equation in Geometric Quantization.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary
Supervisor: Prof. J. Śniatycki

M.Sc. (1997) Mathematical Engineering: Quantum Theory of Quasi-two-dimensional Systems

Faculty of Nuclear Sciences, Czech Technical University, Prague
including a year at Institute of Theoretical Physics, Vienna University

POSITIONS HELD

Professor

2018-present Curtin University, Exploration Geophysics

Associate Professor

2011-2017 Curtin University, Department of Exploration Geophysics

Senior Lecturer

2007-2010 Curtin University, Department of Exploration Geophysics

Assistant Professor

2004-2007 Memorial University, Department of Earth Sciences

Post-doctoral Fellow

2002-2004 Memorial University, Department of Earth Sciences

2002 University of Calgary, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (MITACS POTSI)

Sessional Instructor

2002-2004 Memorial University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP

2018-present Head of Exploration Geophysics discipline, Curtin University

2016-2017 Head of Department of Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University

2017-present Member of SEG Research Committee

2016-2018 Member of Science and Engineering Research and Development Committee, Curtin
University

2014-2018 Leader for DET CRC project ”3D Seismic Exploration for Hard Rock Environments”

2012-present Associate editor for Geophysical Prospecting

2010-2014 Undergraduate coordinator at the Department of Exploration Geophysics, Curtin

University

2010 Finalist of “Curtin Commercial Innovation Awards”, Curtin University

2010 Chair of organising and technical committees for 14th International Workshop on Seismic
Anisotropy, Perth April 12-16.

2010-2012 Associate editor for Geophysics

2008-2010 Honours coordinator at the Department of Exploration Geophysics, Curtin University

2005-present Reviewer for: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, ICP
Revista CT&F, Journal of Elasticity, Geophysical Prospecting, Geophysics

2004-2005 Member of the Teaching and Learning committee at the Department of Earth Sci-
ences, Memorial University

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Books:
1. A. Bóna and M. A. Slawinski. Wavefronts and rays as characteristics and asymptotics.
ISBN: 978-981-4644-78-5. World Scientific, 2nd extended edition, 2015.

2. A. Bóna and M. A. Slawinski. Wavefronts and rays as characteristics and asymptotics.

ISBN: 978-981-4295-51-2. World Scientific, 2011.

Articles in refereed journals:

1. S. Yavuz, B. Freifeld, R. Pevzner, A. Dzunic, S. Ziramov, A. Bona, J. Correa, K. Tertysh-
nikov, M. Urosevic, M. Robertson, and T. Daley. The initial appraisal of buried DAS sys-
tem in CO2CRC Otway Project: the comparison of buried standard fibre-optic and helically
wound cables using 2D imaging. Exploration Geophysics, 0(0):1–10, 2019.

2. A. Egorov, J. Correa, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, K. Tertyshnikov, S. Glubokovskikh, V. Puzyrev,

and B. Gurevich. Elastic full-waveform inversion of vertical seismic profile data acquired
with distributed acoustic sensors. Geophysics, 83(3):R273–R281, 2018.

3. J. Correa, A. Egorov, K. Tertyshnikov, A. Bona, R. Pevzner, T. Dean, B. Freifeld, and

S. Marshall. Analysis of signal to noise and directivity characteristics of DAS VSP at near
and far offsets — a CO2CRC otway project data example. The Leading Edge, 36(12):994a1–
994a7, 2017.
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4. M. J. Khoshnavaz, A. Bóna, and M. Urosevic. Poststack diffraction imaging in VTI media

using non-hyperbolic moveout approximations. Geophysical Prospecting, 66:273–281, DOI:
10.1111/1365-2478.12515 2018.

5. A. Egorov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, S. Glubokovskikh, V. Puzyrev, K. Tertyshnikov, and

B. Gurevich. Time-lapse full waveform inversion of vertical seismic profile data: Work-
flow and application to the CO2CRC Otway project. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI:
10.1002/2017GL074122(accepted on 16 July 2017), 2017.

6. A. Egorov, S. Glubokovskikh, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, B. Gurevich, and M. Tokarev. How

rough sea affects marine seismic data and deghosting procedures. Geophysical Prospecting,
66(1):3–12, 2018.

7. M. J. Khoshnavaz, K. Chambers, A. Bóna, and M. Urosevic. Oriented surface passive seismic

location using local slopes. Geophysics, 82(2):KS13–KS25, 2017.

8. M. J. Khoshnavaz, A. Bóna, M. S. Hossain, M. Urosevic, and K. Chambers. Diffractivity—

another attribute for the interpretation of seismic data in hard rock environment, a case
study. Interpretation, 4(4):B23–B32, 2016.

9. B. Sun, A. Bóna, B. Zhou, A. King, C. Dupuis, and A. Kepic. Drill-rig noise suppression using
the Karhunen-Loéve transform for seismic-while-drilling experiment at Brukunga, South
Australia. Exploration Geophysics, 47:44–57, 2016.

10. M. Alajmi, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Empirical 3D depth/time dependent coherent noise
generation for use in statistical models of seismic data. Journal of Applied Geophysics,
125:7–13, 2016.

11. M. J. Khoshnavaz, A. Bóna, A. Dzunic, K. Ung, and M. Urosevic. Oriented prestack time
migration using local slopes and predictive painting in the common-source domain for planar
reflectors. Geophysics, 81(6):S409–S418, 2016.

12. M. J. Khoshnavaz, A. Bóna, and M. Urosevic. Velocity-independent estimation of kinematic

attributes in vertical transverse isotropy media using local slopes and predictive painting.
Geophysics, 81(5):U73–U85, 2016.

13. A. Alasbali, R. Pevzner, K. Tertyshnikov, A. Bóna, and B. Gurevich. Estimation of seismic

attenuation and prediction of VTI anisotropy parameters from VSP and log data: A case
study from the middle east. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9(7), 2016.

14. B. Sun, A. Bóna, B. Zhou, and M. van de Werken. A comparison of radiated energy from
diamond-impregnated coring and reverse-circulation percussion drilling methods in hard-
rock environments. Geophysics, 80:K13–K23, 2015.

15. K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, F. Alonaizi, and B. Gurevich. Steered migration in

hard rock environments. Geophysical Prospecting, 63:525–533, 2015.

16. K. Tertyshnikov, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Prestack time imaging algorithm with simulta-
neous velocity estimation in hard rock environments. Exploration Geophysics, 45:234–241,
2014.

17. B. Sun, A. Bóna, A. King, and B. Zhou. A comparison of coherency measurement using
semblance and multiple signal classification, from a seismic-while-drilling perspective. Geo-
physics, 80:KS27–KS39, 2014.
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18. F. Alonaizi, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, M. Alshamry, E. Caspari, and B. Gurevich. Application

of diffracted wave analysis to time-lapse seismic data for CO2 leakage detection. Geophysical
Prospecting, 62(2):197–209, 2014.

19. F. Alonaizi, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, V. Shulakova, and B. Gurevich. 3D diffraction imag-

ing of linear features and its application to seismic monitoring. Geophysical Prospecting,
61(6):1206–1217, 2013.

20. M. Asgharzadeh, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, M. Urosevic, and B. Gurevich. Reliability of the

slowness and slowness-polarization methods for anisotropy estimation in VTI media from
3C walkaway VSP data. Geophysics, 78(5):WC93–WC102, 2013.

21. D. Nadri, J. Sarout, A. Bóna, and D. Dewhurst. Estimation of the anisotropy parameters of
transversely isotropic shales with a tilted symmetry axis. Geophysical Journal International,
190(2):1197–1203, 2012.

22. A. Bóna, D. Nadri, and M. Brajanovski. Thomsen’s parameters from p-wave measurements
in spherical sample. Geophysical Prospecting, 60:103–116, 2012.

23. M. Lebedev, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, and B. Gurevich. Elastic anisotropy estimation from labo-
ratory measurements of velocity and polarization of quasi-p-waves using laser interferometry.
Geophysics, 76(3):WA83–WA89, 2011.

24. D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and M. Brajanovski. Estimation of stress dependent Thomsen’s pa-
rameters from p-wave measurements on spherical sample. Geophysics, 76(3):WA91–WA100,
2011.

25. A. Bóna. Shot-gather time migration of planar reflectors without velocity model. Geophysics,
76(2):S93–S101, 2011.

26. A. Bóna, M. Slawinski, and P. Smith. Raytracing in two-dimensional inhomogeneous media:

Bending approach. Geophysics, 74(2):T25–T32, 2009.

27. D. Cooke, A. Bóna, and B. Hansen. Simultaneous time imaging, velocity estimation and
multiple suppression using local event slopes. Geophysics, 74(6):WCA65–WCA73, 2009.

28. A. Bóna. Symmetry characterization and measurement errors of elasticity tensors. Geo-
physics, 74(5):WB75–WB78, 2009.

29. A. Bóna and M. Slawinski. Comparison of two inversions for elasticity tensor. Journal of
Applied Geophysics, 65(1):6–9, 2008.

30. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. A. Slawinski. Inversion of ray velocity and polarization for
elasticity tensor. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 65(1):1–5, 2008.

31. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. Slawinski. Space of SO(3)-orbits of elasticity tensors. Arch.
Mech., 60(2):123–138, 2008.

32. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. A. Slawinski. Coordinate-free characterization of elasticity

tensor. Journal of Elasticity, 87:109–132, 2007.

33. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. A. Slawinski. Material symmetries versus wavefront symme-
tries. Quart. Jl Mech. Appl. Math., 60:73–84, 2007.

34. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. A. Slawinski. Characterization of elasticity-tensor symmetries

using SU(2). Journal of Elasticity, 75:267–289, 2004.
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35. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. A. Slawinski. Material symmetries of elasticity tensors. The
Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 57:583–598, 2004.

36. A. Bóna and M. Slawinski. Fermat’s principle for seismic rays in elastic continua. Journal
of Applied Geophysics, 54:445–451, 2003.

37. P. Antonelli, A. Bóna, and M. A. Slawinski. Seismic rays as Finsler geodesics. Nonlinear
Analysis, 4:711–722, 2003.

38. A. Bóna. The Dirac equation in geometric quantization. Annales Henri Poincaré, 4(3):487–
512, 2003.

39. A. Bóna and M. Slawinski. Raypaths as parametric curves in anisotropic, nonuniform media:
differential-geometry approach. Nonlinear Analysis, 51(6):938–994, 2002.

Selected Conference presentations:

1. J. Correa, B. Freifeld, M. Robertson, R. Pevzner, A. Bona, D. Popik, K. Tertyshnikov, and
T. Daley. 3d vertical seismic profiling acquired using fibre-optic sensing das–results from the
co2crc otway project. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2018(1):1–5, 2018.

2. J. Correa, T. Dean, L. Van Zaanen, K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, and A. Bona. A com-

parison of a conventional borehole tool and distributed acoustic sensing at a dedicated field
laboratory. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2018(1):1–8, 2018.

3. A. Egorov, A. Bona, R. Pevzner, S. Glubokovskikh, and V. Puzyrev. A feasibility study of

time-lapse fwi on das vsp data acquired with permanent sources. In 80th EAGE Conference
and Exhibition 2018, 2018.

4. J. Correa, B. Freifeld, R. Pevzner, T. Wood, K. Tertyshnikov, and A. Bona. Continuous das

vsp monitoring using surface orbital vibrators: field trials for optimal configuration at the
co2crc otway project. In 80th EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2018 Workshop Programme,
2018.

5. A. Bona and R. Pevzner. Distributed acoustic sensing for mineral exploration: Case study.
ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2018(1):1–4, 2018.

6. R. Pevzner, K. Tertyshnikov, and A. Bona. Feasibility of passive vertical seismic profiling

using distributed acoustic sensing for monitoring applications. In 80th EAGE Conference
and Exhibition 2018, 2018.

7. J. Khoshnavaz, M. Urosevic, A. Bóna, S. Hossain, and A. Grant. Feasibility study of near-

surface dispersion imaging using passive seismic data. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2018(1):1–
4, 2018.

8. M. W. Asten, S. van Huet, D. N. Srivastava, K. Suto, M. Urosevic, M. Burazer, S. Komatina,

A. Grant, T. Dean, H. Rossiter, et al. Geotechnical and environmental complete session.
In AEGC Extended Abstracts 2018: First Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference,
pages 1–44. Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018.

9. A. Egorov, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, K. Tertyshnikov, F. Bilki, A. Foley, S. Jones, G. Turner,

A. Bona, and R. Pevzner. Hardrock seismic complete session. In AEGC Extended Abstracts
2018: First Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, pages 1–16. Australian Society
of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018.

10. M. Khoshnavaz, A. Bona, M. Urosevic, and A. Dzunic. Importance of curvature-independent

oriented time-domain seismic imaging. In 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, 2018.
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11. S. Glubokokvskikh, R. Pevzner, D. Popik, C. Proud, J. Gunning, T. Dance, A. Egorov,

A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, S. Glubokovskikh, et al. New technology co2 complete session. In
AEGC Extended Abstracts 2018: First Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference,
pages 1–50. Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018.

12. R. Pevzner, A. Bona, J. Correa, K. Tertyshnikov, G. Palmer, and O. Valishin. Optimising

das vsp data acquisition parameters: theory and experiments at curtin training well facility.
In 80th EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2018 Workshop Programme, 2018.

13. M. Faiz, A. Zoitsas, C. Altmann, E. Baruch-Jurado, D. Close, L. Jiang, S. C. George,

M. Levy, O. Gaede, A. Beji, et al. Poster complete session. In AEGC Extended Abstracts
2018: First Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference, pages 1–397. Australian Soci-
ety of Exploration Geophysicists, 2018.

14. M. Urosevic, A. Bona, S. Ziramov, R. Martin, J. Dwyer, and A. Foley. Reflection seismic
with das, why and where? In 2nd Conference on Geophysics for Mineral Exploration and
Mining, 2018.

15. M. Khoshnavaz, A. Bona, and H. Siahkoohi. Surface microseismic localization by semblance-

based envelope-stacking. In 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018, 2018.

16. L. V. Zaanen, A. Bona, J. Correa, K. Tertyshnikov, T. Dean, and R. Pevzner. A comparison

of borehole seismic receivers. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2017, pages
5974–5978. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2017.

17. J. Correa, T. Dean, L. Van Zaanen, K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, and A. Bona. A comparison
of DAS and geophones for VSP acquisition at a dedicated field laboratory. In 79th EAGE
Conference and Exhibition 2017, 2017.

18. J. Correa, B. Freifeld, M. Robertson, R. Pevzner, A. Bona, D. Popik, S. Yavuz, K. Tertysh-

nikov, S. Ziramov, V. Shulakova, et al. Distributed acoustic sensing applied to 4D seismic-
preliminary results from the CO2CRC Otway site field trials. In 79th EAGE Conference
and Exhibition 2017, 2017.

19. A. Egorov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, B. Gurevich, S. Glubokovskikh, K. Tertyshnikov, and

V. Puzyrev. Full waveform inversion of time-lapse offset VSP data-CO2CRC Otway project
case study. In 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017, 2017.

20. A. Bona, T. Dean, J. Correa, R. Pevzner, K. Tertyshnikov, and L. Van Zaanen. Amplitude
and phase response of DAS receivers. In 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017, 2017.

21. M. Khoshnavaz, A. Bona, and M. Urosevic. Comparison of different traveltime approxima-

tions for VTI media in context of poststack diffraction imaging. In 78th EAGE Conference
and Exhibition 2016, 2016.

22. K. Ung and A. Bóna. Comparison on finite-difference and common focusing point redatuming
technique for hard rock seismic. In Near Surface Geoscience 2016-First Conference on
Geophysics for Mineral Exploration and Mining, 2016.

23. D. Merzlikin, S. Fomel, and A. Bona. Diffraction imaging using azimuthal plane-wave de-
struction. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2016, pages 4288–4293. Society of
Exploration Geophysicists, 2016.

24. M. J. Khoshnavaz, A. Bóna, M. S. Hossain, and M. Urosevic. Interpretation of hard rock

seismic data using 3D prestack diffraction imaging. In ASEG Extended Abstracts, pages 1–5.
CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2016.
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25. A. M. Dzunic, P. Ahmadi, M. Madadi, and A. Bóna. Introducing 3rd dimension into 2D
reflective seismic exploration in the complex hard rock environment. In ASEG Extended
Abstracts 2016: 25th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, pages 598–601.
Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2016.

26. A. Bona. Kinematic redatuming using common emergence rays. In 78th EAGE Conference
and Exhibition 2016, 2016.

27. R. Pevzner, B. Gurevich, K. Tertyshnikov, A. Bóna, and S. Vlasov. Scattering attenuation

from the coal seams (Cooper Basin, Australia). In 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition
2016, 2016.

28. N. Nourifard, M. Lebedev, M. Sarmadivaleh, and A. Bona. True-triaxial-cell set up to

estimate the stress induced anisotropy: Uniformity study. In ASEG Extended Abstracts
2016: 25th International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, pages 983–986. Australian
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2016.

29. M. Lebedev, O. Collet, A. Bona, and B. Gurevich. Effect of stress and saturation on shear
wave anisotropy: Laboratory observations using laser doppler interferometry. In AGU Fall
Meeting Abstracts, 2015.

30. M. Alajmi, A. Bona, and R. Pevzner. Quantifying time-lapse seismic signal detection for
the otway project using prestack migration. In 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition-
Workshops, 2015.

31. M. Asgharzadeh, D. Nadri, and A. Bona. Inversion of nonhyperbolic p-wave traveltimes

for interval transverse isotropy parameters. In 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015,
2015.

32. A. Bona and R. Pevzner. Using Fresnel zone to characterise and image different types of
diffractors in low S/N situations. In 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015, 2015.

33. M. J. Khoshnavaz, K. Chambers, A. Bóna, and M. Urosevic. Passive seismic localization

without velocity model: application and uncertainty analysis. In SEG Technical Program
Expanded Abstracts 2015, pages 2467–2472. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2015.

34. A. Egorov, S. Glubokovskikh, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, B. Gurevich, and M. Tokarev. Influence

of rough sea surface on sea surface reflections: deep towed high-resolution marine seismic
case study. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2015, pages 3661–3665. Society
of Exploration Geophysicists, 2015.

35. V. Shulakova, R. Pevzner, B. Gurevich, M. Madadi, A. Bona, and M. Urosevic. Feasibility

of cross-well seismic as co2 monitoring tool. In 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015,
2015.

36. K. Tertyshnikov, S. Ziramov, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Application of diffrction imaging

and steered migration to 3D seismic data from the South-West Hub CCS project. In 77th
EAGE Conference and Exhibition-Workshops, 2015.

37. B. Sun, A. Bóna, B. Zhou, A. King, et al. Coherent interferometry migration for hard rock di-
amond drill-bit seismic. In 2014 SEG Annual Meeting. Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
2014.

38. R. Pevzner, T. Müller, A. Bóna, B. Gurevich, et al. Layer-induced scattering attenuation

and VTI anisotropy – NW Shelf Australia synthetic study. In 2014 SEG Annual Meeting.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2014.
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39. M. Asgharzadeh, D. Nadri, and A. Bóna. Inversion based accuracy comparison of non-
hyperbolic moveout approximations for p-waves in vti media. In 76th EAGE Conference
and Exhibition 2014, 2014.

40. R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, and M. Lebedev. Estimation of volumetric fraction of coal seams in
a thick layer using anisotropy parameters - feasibility study. In 76th EAGE Conference and
Exhibition 2014, 2014.

41. B. Sun, A. Bóna, A. King, and B. Zhou. Diamond drill-bit seismic-while-drilling veloc-
ity analysis using semblance and MUSIC from Hillside, South Australia. In 76th EAGE
Conference and Exhibition 2014, 2014.

42. K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, F. Alonaizi, and B. Gurevich. Diffraction imaging for
exploration of seafloor massive sulfide deposits - case study Solwara 1 site. In 76th EAGE
Conference and Exhibition 2014, 2014.

43. K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, F. Alonaizi, and B. Gurevich. Diffraction imaging in

hard rock environments. In 76th EAGE Conference and Exhibition - Workshops, 2014.

44. K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, F. Alonaizi, and B. Gurevich. Steering migration

in seismic exploration for hard rock environments. In 6th Saint Petersburg International
Conference & Exhibition, 2014.

45. F. Alonaizi, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, and B. Gurevich. 3D diffraction imaging of linear features
and its application to seismic monitoring. In EAGE Convention, London, 2013.

46. A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, K. Tertyshnikov, A. Greenwood, B. Sun, and M. Urosevic. Diffraction

imaging in hard-rock environments. In EAGE Convention, London, 2013.

47. B. Sun, A. Bóna, B. Zhou, and R. Pevzner. Diffraction-focusing velocity analysis and drill
bit tracking by seismic-while-drilling. In SEG/SPE Workshop on Seismic While Drilling:
Managing Risk and Optimizing Well Placement, Galveston, USA, 2013.

48. M. Asgharzadeh, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, M. Urosevic, and B. Gurevich. Estimation of or-

thorhombic anisotropy from 3D VSP, CO2CRC Otway project. In EAGE Convention,
London, 2013.

49. K. Tertyshnikov, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, F. Alonaizi, and B. Gurevich. Steering migration

with diffractions in seismic exploration for hard rock environments. In EAGE Convention,
London, 2013.

50. M. Lebedev, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, M. Lebedeva, V. Mikhaltsevich, N. Gale, and B. Gure-

vich. 3C laboratory measurements using laser interferometer: Estimations of stress induced
anisotropy. In ASEG Convention, Brisbane, Australia, 2012.

51. F. Alonaizi, M. Alshamry, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, and B. Gurevich. Application of diffracted

waves analysis to edge detection on 3D and 4D seismic data. In EAGE Convention, Copen-
hagen, 2012.

52. K. Tertyshnikov, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, and M. Urosevic. Application of the velocity-less

prestack time migration to the 2D marine line. In SEG Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, USA,
2012.

53. R. Pevzner, M. Asgharzadeh, A. Bóna, and B. Gurevich. Estimation of seismic anisotropy

from borehole seismic data. In AAPG-EAGE Joint Geosciences Technology Workshop: Frac-
tured Carbonate Reservoirs, Bali, Indonesia, 2012.
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54. B. Sun, B. Zhou, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Feasibility analysis of drill bit tracking using
seismic while drilling technique. In ASEG Convention, Brisbane, Australia, 2012.

55. M. Asgharzadeh, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, M. Urosevic, and B. Gurevich. Uncertainties in local

anisotropy estimation from multi-offset VSP data. In EAGE Convention, Copenhagen, 2012.

56. K. Tertyshnikov, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Velocity-less time migration in application to

hard-rock environments. In ASEG Convention, Brisbane, Australia, 2012.

57. F. Alonaizi, R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, E. Caspari, and B. Gurevich. Application of diffracted

wave analysis to time-lapse seismic data for CO2 leakage detection. In EAGE Convention,
Vienna, Austria, 2011.

58. B. Gurevich, M. Lebedev, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Elastic anisotropy estimation based
on laboratory measurements of velocity and polarization of quasi P-waves. In XXV IUGG
General Assembly, Melbourne, Australia, 2011.

59. D. Nadri, J. Sarout, A. Bóna, and D. Dewhurst. Estimation of anisotropy parameters using
the P-wave velocities on a cylindrical shale sample. In SEG Annual Meeting, San Antonio,
USA, 2011.

60. D. Nadri, J. Sarout, A. Bóna, and D. Dewhurst. Estmation of Thomsen anisotropy pa-
rameters using the P-wave velocities on a cylindrical shale sample. In EAGE Convention,
Vienna, Austria, 2011.

61. A. Shaiban, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, M. Urosevic, and M. Asgharzadeh. Time-lapse seismic

anisotropy analysis for CO2 geosequestration using 3D 3C VSP data. In EAGE Convention,
Vienna, Austria, 2011.

62. M. Lebedev, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, and B. Gurevich. 3C laboratory ultrasound: a new method
for measuring elastic anisotropy of rocks. In SEG Annual Meeting, Dever, USA, 2010.

63. R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, and A. Shaiban. Anisotropy estimates from 3D 3C VSP data: CO2CRC
Otway project case study. In 14 IWSA, Perth, Australia, 2010.

64. D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and M. Brajanovski. Estimation of Thomsen’s parameters from p-wave
measurements in spherical shale sample. In 14 IWSA, Perth, Australia, 2010.

65. M. Urosevic, M. Brajanovski, A. Bóna, and R. Pevzner. Integrated analysis of azimuthal

anisotropy in North West Shelf of Australia using core, log, VSP and surface seismic data.
In 14 IWSA, Perth, Australia, 2010.

66. M. Lebedev, A. Bóna, R. Pevzner, and B. Gurevich. Method and apparatus for laboratory
measurements of elastic anisotropy: new approach. In 14 IWSA, Perth, Australia, 2010.

67. A. Bóna and A. Almaglouth. Migration without velocity model in curvelet domain. In
EAGE Convention, Barcelona, Spain, 2010.

68. A. Bóna. Second derivatives of travel time for time migration without velocity model. In
Seismic Waves in Laterally Inhomogeneous Media VII, Teplá, Czech Republic, 2010.

69. R. Pevzner, A. Bóna, B. Gurevich, I. Yavuz, A. Shaiban, and M. Urosevic. Seismic anisotropy
estimation from VSP data: CO2CRC Otway project case study. In SEG Annual Meeting,
Dever, USA, 2010.

70. A. Bóna. Velocityless migration of source gathers. In SEG Annual Meeting, Houston, USA,
2010.
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71. D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and M. Brajanovski. Elasticity tensor inversion from spherical sample
measurements. In EAGE Convention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009.

72. D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and M. Brajanovski. Estimation of elasticity tensor from the inversion of
traveltimes in spherical shale samples. In CPS-SEG International Geophysical Conference
and Exposition, Beijing, China, 2009.

73. M. Brajanovski, B. Gurevich, T. Lokajı́ček, D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and G. Duncan. Estimation

of stress induced azimuthal anisotropy - AVO modeling. In EAGE Convention, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, 2009.

74. D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and M. Urosevic. Nonlinear estimation of Thompsen anisotropy param-
eters in TI media. In Australian SEG Convention, Adelaide, Australia, 2009.

75. A. Bóna and D. Cooke. Sensitivity of velocity-less imaging using horizontal slownesses in
3D. In EAGE Convention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2009.

76. M. Brajanovski, D. Nadri, B. Gurevich, and A. Bóna. Stress induced anisotropy in sandstone
reservoir and shale overburden - AVO modeling. In CPS-SEG International Geophysical
Conference and Exposition, Beijing, China, 2009.

77. A. Bóna and D. Cooke. Velocity-less imaging of linearly inhomogeneous media in 3D. In
Australian SEG Meeting, 2009.

78. A. Bóna. Velocityless migration of source gathers. In Annual SEG conference, Houston,
USA, 2009.

79. A. Bóna and D. Cooke. Velocity-less migration using horizontal slownesses. In EGU General
Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2009.

80. A. Bóna. Characterization of elasticity symmetries by eigenvalues. In SEG Summer Research

Workshop, Galway, Ireland, 2008.

81. D. Nadri, A. Bóna, and B. Hartley. Fracture orientation estimation in ti media using non-
linear inversion of traveltimes. In 13 IWSA, Winer Park, Colorado, USA, 2008.

82. D. Cooke, A. Bóna, and B. Hansen. Simultaneous time imaging, velocity estimation and
multiple suppression using local event slopes. In Annual SEG conference. SEG, 2008.

83. A. Bóna. Symmetry characterization of measurement errors. In 13 IWSA, Winer Park,

Colorado, USA, 2008.

84. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. A. Slawinski. Obtaining symmetry class of elasticity tensor
in arbitrary orientation. In ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2007.

85. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. Slawinski. Coordinate-free classification of symmetry class of

elasticity tensors. In Days on Diffraction, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006.

86. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. Slawinski. Wavefront versus material symmetries. In Days on
Diffraction, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006.

87. A. Bóna, I. Bucataru, and M. Slawinski. Material symmetries and wavefront symmetries.
In 11 IWSA, St. John’s, Canada, 2004.

88. L. M. Bates, A. Bóna, M. Slawinski, and J. Śniatycki. Determining metric from length
of geodesics – determining velocity function from traveltimes. In Geophysical Inversion
Workshop, Calgary, 2003.
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89. A. Bóna and M. Slawinski. Application of finslerian geometry to raypaths in complex media.
In CSEG National Convention, Calgary, Canada, 2001.

90. A. Bóna. Poincaré group in geometric quantization. In Workshop on Wavelets, Quantization

and Differential Equations, La Habana, Cuba, 2001.

Patent applications:
· A. Bóna, R. Pevzner “A Method of Estimating a Volume Fraction of Coal in a Layered
Geological Structure”, PCT/AU2015/000259, 2015

· A. Bóna, R. Pevzner “Method of determining location of, and imaging, a sub-surface bound-
ary”, PCT/AU2010/000972, 2010

· A. Bóna, R. Pevzner “A method of determining elasticity properties of a material sample”,

AN:NLW:P83770.AU, 2010

GRANTS, RESEARCH FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Principal Investigator:
MinEx CRC Seismic in the Drilling Workflow.
amount per year: $1,324,600
tenure: 2019 – 2029

Deep Exploration Technologies CRC (DET CRC) 3D Seismic Exploration for Hard Rock
Environments.
amount per year: $152,000
tenure: 2013 – 2017

HiSeis PTY LTD Development of novel methods for data processing.

amount per year: $12,000
tenure: 2016

Deep Exploration Technologies CRC (DET CRC) Seismic while-drilling (SWD) Imaging
using seismic interferometry.
amount per year: $20,000
tenure: 2011 – 2015

ANLEC R&D Alternatives and Fundamentals Program A deployment strategy for effec-
tive geophysical remote sensing of CO2 sequestration.
amount per year: $285,479
tenure: June 2011 – October 2012

NSERC Discovery Grant Imaging using inverse of generalized Radon transform.

amount per year: $10,000
tenure: April 2005 – March 2010 (used till 2007)

PPSC support for students .

amount per year: $30,000
received: September 2004

MITACS - POTSI PDF Generalized Radon Transform and its Inverse.

amount: $3,000
received: August 2002
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NSERC PGS B Geometric quantization of Poincaré group

amount per year: $19,100
tenure: May 2000 – April 2002

iCOREGSA Geometric quantization of Poincaré group

amount per year: $15,000
tenure: May 2000 – April 2002

Participant:
CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) .
amount per year: 20% FTE commitment
tenure: 2010 – present

Curtin Reservoir Geophysics Consortium (CRGC) .

amount per year: 20% FTE commitment
tenure: 2007 – present

COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate courses:
Fourier Integral Operators (EASC 6912, Winter 2005)

Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics (EASC 6913, Fall 2002)

Introduction to Methods of Characteristics in Geophysics (EASC 6914, Fall 2004)

Wave Theory in Anelastic Media (EASC 6917, Spring 2005)

AdvancedFormulations of Wave Phen. in Elastic Continua (EASC 6919, Fall 2005)

Geophysical workshop (Geophysics 423, 1st semester 2008-present)

Seismic Modelling and Amplitude Variation with Offset (Geophysics 422, 2nd semester
2009-2012)

Geophysical reservoir characterisation (Geophysics 622, 1st semester 2013-present)

Undergraduate courses:
Ordinary Differential Equations (M 3260, Winter 2004)

Calculus I (M 1000, Fall 2002, 2003)

Vector calculus (M 3202, Winter 2004)

Digital Signal Processing (EASC 4179, Fall 2004)

Exploration Geophysics I (EASC 3170, Winter 2005-2007)

Propagation of Energy (Geophysics 201, 1st semester 2008-2012)

Geophysical data analysis (Geophysics 313, 1st semester 2010-2012)

Theoretical geophysics (Geophysics 310, 1st semester 2013-2016)

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PhD STUDENT SUPERVISION

as supervisor: (year of graduation)

Javad Khoshnavaz (2017) Coherency based time-domain imaging algorithms

Mamdoh Alajmi (2015) Feasibility of seismic monitoring methods for Australian CO2 storage
projects

Baichun Sun (2015) Seismic while drilling imaging in hard rock environments

Faisal Alonazi (2014) Application of diffracted wave analysis to time-lapse seismic monitoring
of CO2 geosequestration

Konstantin Tertyshnikov (2014) Seismic imaging in hard rock environments

Mehdi Asgharzadeh (2014) Analysis of seismic anisotropy at the Otway CO2 geosequestration
site

as associated supervisor: Florian Karpfinger, Andrew Greenwood, Majed Almalki, Sinem Yavuz,
Olivia Collet, Mohammed Al Hosni, Qiaomu Qi, Mateus Meira, Muhammad Shahadat Hos-
sain,