Biography
Parsa B. Rad is a near-surface geophysicist interested in the propagation of sound waves in the subsurface layers. He has an outstanding background and hands-on skills, keen to extract valuable subsurface information through processing, modeling, and inversion of all seismic wavefields. In addition to reflection, refraction, and surface wave processing, he is particularly interested in the diffracted component of the sound wavefield in soil to increase the processing resolution for scatterer localization and small-scale object detection. Parsa B. Rad is also experienced in other geophysical methods, notably ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity (ER), and electromagnetic induction (EMI) for subsurface studies.
Memberships include:
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP),
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS),
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG),
Recent Publications include:
Mahmud, Md Lal, R. Holt, C.J. Hickey, A.O'Reilly, L.T. Wodajo, P. Bakhtiari Rad and Samad, Md, Abdus, (2024), Integrating ERT and SP techniques for characterizing aquifers and surface-groundwater interactions. Groundwater, 63(2), 265-279.
P. Bakhtiari Rad and C.J. Hickey, (2022), Utilizing CRS stack for enhanced near-surface seismic reflection imaging: Examples from consolidated and unconsolidated environments. Geophysics, 87(5), EN45-EN56.]
P. Bakhtiari Rad and C.J. Hickey, (2021), Seismic diffraction separation in the near surface: Detection of high-contrast voids in unconsolidated soils. Geophysics, 86(3), WB13-WB23.
L.T. Wodajo, P. Bakhtiari Rad, S.I. Shariff, M.A. Samad, M.L. Mamud, C.J. Hickey and G.V. Wilson, (2021), Agrogeophysical methods for identifying soil pipes. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 192, 104383.
Z. Zou, P. Bakhtiari Rad, L. Macelloni and L. Zhang, (2021), Temporal and spatial variations in three-dimensional seismic oceanography. Oceans Science, 17, 1053-1066.
Education
M.A. Geophysics, Islamic Azad University (2008)
Ph.D. Earth Science, University of Hamburg (2016)