SHILPA MISRA
abhh71@r.postjobfree.com Address: 4900,
Kimball Ln
Phone: 847-***-**** (home)
Carpentersville, Illinois, 60110.
CAREER OBJECTIVE: Seeking a job position as a Geologist / Geo-scientist /
Geophysicist in an E & P, Oil & Natural Gas industry or an Geosciences
/Geotechnical industry. I am a Recent Graduate ( December 2010 ) from
Northern Illinois University and have prior 3 years experience in the Oil
and Gas industry and I am looking forward to add more industry experience
to it.
STRENGTHS AND SKILLS
. Geological / Geophysical / Geo-technical work including
overburden characterization, risk management and well
planning documentation and delivery.
. Worked on various SHALE projects with natural fractures in sedimentary
rocks,
. 3D seismic methods, AVO and Attributes.
. Seismic data collection, acquisition, processing and interpretation.
. Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP) for the detection and
characterization of natural fractures.
. Salt tectonics and its relation to the Hydrocarbon potential in
various reservoir basins of United States and the world
. Having worked in the finance and banking industry has created great
interest in the field of Petroleum Economics.
. Engineering Geology Engineering properties of soil, intact rock
properties, discontinuities and joints in rock mass, rock strength and
petrography, rock mass properties, tri-axial testing, soil
classification & soil testing, slope stability and analysis.
. Geophysical Well logging
. Applied and Environmental Geophysics
. Seismic Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Exploration
. Geostatistics, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Sciences
. Well-site drilling operations, development, exploration and production
of well-site planning and execution.
EDUCATION
. Masters of Science in Geology and Exploration Geophysics
(Northern Illinois University, DeKalb,
Illinois, GPA-3.8/4.0, Graduation date-Dec/2010)
. Masters of Science in Geo-technology,(GPA-4.0, M.S.University of
Baroda,1998, India
. Masters of Science in Geology (GPA-3.6/4.0, M.S.University of Baroda,
1996, India).
. Associate degree in Business Management ( Institute of Management and
Technology, Ghaziabad, 2000, India )
. Bachelors of Science in Geology, Chemistry and Physics. (M.S.
University of Baroda,1994, India )
. (All Foreign degrees are evaluated and are certified as United States
equivalent).
RELEVANT COURSES
. Reflection Seismology---Engineering Geology---Geophysics---Geophysical
Well Logging---Stratigraphy--- Geochemistry Environmental---
Geochemistry---Environmental Geology---Environmental Management---
Seminar course in Mineralogy---Sedimentology---Geophysical
Investigation---Geo-mechanics---Advanced topics---Remote-Sensing & Geo-
data Base---Ground-motion studies---Cementing & Drilling---
Hydrogeology---Paleontology---Physical Geology---Mineral & Mining
Geology---Petroleum Geology---Geomorphology---Paleo-tectonics and
plate tectonics---Structural Geology-Advanced.
PROJECTS, INDEPENDENT STUDIES and WORK HISTORY
2000-2003-Oil and Natural Gas Commission -Research Scientist- Baroda,
India.
. The detection and characterization of fractures by using 3C
-VSP (Vertical Seismic Profiling) survey (fall, 2010).
. Detection and characterization of fractures in oil and gas
reservoir using 3D seismic -S-wave surveys (fall, 2010).
. Petroleum Economics and Production Models-A Study (summer,
2010).
. Salt tectonics and Hydrocarbon potential in Brazil and West
African Margin. (fall, 2009).
. Land use and land capability of Nandod District, Gujarat
(India).
. Reservoir Induced Seismicity (India).
. Shale problems of Ankleshwar and Mehsana Oil field's areas and
use of inhibitive mud system to control it through
Laboratory test (India).
2005-2008- JP Morgan Chase and Co-Registered Sales Representative (Series
6, 63 and Life), dealing with sales of Securities and banking products.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2009-2010-Awarded Research Assistantship for the program-
Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences ( OEDG
)- Geology & Hydrogeology of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico- A
National Science Foundation Grant .
Outstanding Distinction Award-for Masters of Science (Honors).
ACTIVITIES & MEMEBERSHIPS
. Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SEG).
. Member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG/
SEG).
. Member of Geological Society of America (GSA).
. Member of Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologist
(AEG).
COMPUTER SKILLS
. MS-OFFICE
. MS -EXCEL-working on spreadsheets-advance processing
. MS-POWERPOINT- preparation of presentations -advance processing
. NETWORKING-INTERNET- Internet Data Collection and Research
. MS -WORD-advance processing & Remote-Sensing and Mapping
REFERENCES
. Dr Phillip. J. Carpenter ( professor ), NIU, DeKalb, Il, email-
abhh71@r.postjobfree.com, ph-815-***-****,
. Dr Paul Loubere (professor), NIU, DeKalb, il, abhh71@r.postjobfree.com,
ph-815-***-****,
. Mr. Andre. C. Baker (NE District Manager), JP Morgan Chase & Co, email-
abhh71@r.postjobfree.com, ph-773-***-****.