Rate My Professor Andrej Bona

Andrej Bona is an Adjunct Professor of Geophysics within the Discipline of Exploration Geophysics at Curtin University, where he has been a researcher since 2007. He holds an MSc in Mathematical Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague, awarded in 1997, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Calgary, Canada, conferred in 2002. His research specializes in theoretical seismology, particularly seismic imaging and anisotropy, including active and passive imaging of reflectors and diffractors in anisotropic media. Bona has coordinated large research efforts in seismic methods for mineral exploration, including distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) trials, advancing applications in vertical seismic profiling, full waveform inversion, diffraction imaging, and passive monitoring.

Bona progressed to Head of the Department of Exploration Geophysics at Curtin University from 2016 to 2019. He served as principal investigator for significant projects, including the MinEx CRC Seismic in the Drilling Workflow, Curtin’s DET CRC Project Seismic While Drilling, DET CRC Project 3D Seismic Exploration for Hard Rock Environments, and HiSeis Development of Novel Methods for Data Processing. His contributions feature in over 175 publications with more than 1900 citations on Google Scholar. Key works include "Laboratory observation of stress and saturation effects on shear-wave anisotropy" (2025), "3D DAS VSP for Coal Seam Exploration: A Case Study from Queensland, Australia" (2024), "Orthotropic anisotropy analysis and parameter estimation from 3D vertical seismic profile data" (2022), and the book "Ray Theory: Characteristics and Asymptotics" (2020, co-authored with Michael Slawinski). He has chaired committees for international seismic anisotropy workshops and contributed to field trials in Australia for CO2 sequestration and hard rock exploration.