MER James Irving
James Irving received a BSc (1997) in Earth Sciences from the University of Waterloo, an MSc (2000) in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD (2006) in Geophysics from Stanford University. After spending time as a post-doc in the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Lausanne from 2006-2009, he returned to Canada in 2010 to take up an assistant professorship at the University of Guelph. In February 2011, he commenced his current faculty position at the University of Lausanne.
James’ research involves the application of geophysical methods to hydrological problems. Initially his contributions focused on the ground-penetrating radar method; however recent interests include electrical resistivity and seismic-based methodologies for hydrological characterization and monitoring. Of particular interest is the stochastic inversion and assimilation of diverse geophysical and hydrological data sets for improved estimation of subsurface properties and prediction of flow and transport behaviour.
