Jaap Mondt
Jaap Mondt (1947) obtained his bachelors in Geology at the State
University of Leiden after which he went to Utrecht to study
Theoretical Geophysics. His PhD dealt with the determination of the
Core-Mantle transition analysing P and S waves diffracted around
the liquid outer core. Subsequently he joined Shell Rijswijk in
1977 to do research in Quantitative Interpretation based on
seismic, petrophysical and geological data. After a posting in
Londen where he worked on the interpretation of data of the North
Sea Central Graben, he returned to Rijswijk to head a Quantitative
Interpretation Team, developing 3D Interpretation Workstation
methods. This was followed by an assignment to supervise Contractor
Seismic Processing: software as well as actual projects. The next
job was Course Director Geophysics in the Shell Learning Centre. At
the same time he was for 5 years part-time Professor in Applied
Geophysics at the University Utrecht in The Netherlands. After 4
years he went back to Rijswijk to work on applying Potential Field
methods (Gravity, Magnetics and Electromagnetics). Finally, until
his retirement he worked in Research on Electromagnetic methods
(Controlled Source EM and Magneto-Tellurics).