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My years here at the Stanford Exploration Project and at Stanford in general have been a fantastic time in my life where I have been able to learn and grow on both a professional and personal level. I would like to acknowledge my advisor, Biondo Biondi, for his support over the years, for letting me to find my own path while exploring my thesis, and continually stressing the importance of the real 3D world.  I thank Jon Claerbout for begin ahead of the curve in setting up the SEP consortium many years ago, and for setting the standard for the richness of the science and technology that continues to come out of SEP today.   Bob Clapp has been a great resource for me, especially during  my last few years at SEP when I became more computational. His consistently being a few steps ahead in the world of computational geophysics has greatly facilitated the completion of my 3D imaging result.  I thank Diane Lau for her continual support and patience; even when bringing in buckets of receipts to her in various Slavic and Romance languages she managed to keep a smile on her face.  
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The majority of the time that I spent at SEP was with my fellow students, both senior and junior to me; it has been a blast.  Entering into SEP and dealing with starting up research can be a daunting task, and I would like to recognize those SEPers that helped.   My early interactions with Paul Sava and Antoine Guitton led to my thesis topic and I am grateful for all those discussions.  I would like to thank those SEPers closer to my cohort, in particular Guojian Shan and Brad Artman, off whom I bounced many ideas.   To those SEPers more junior than me: it has been fun working with you and helping you choose your research paths, and I wish you all the best.
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In addition to my SEP research, I have been fortunate enough to be involved in additional multi-disciplinary projects spanning the geosciences.  I would like to thank Cameron Snow for the opportunity to study geochemical discrimination, and Charles Wilson for the time spent in teleseismic imaging.  I also thank Kyle Spikes, Laura Chiaramonte and Brad Artman for the happy memories of various field camps and geo-archaeology imaging projects around the world.  These were made possible by grants from the SEG Foundation, the Stanford School of Earth Sciences, and the Stanford Center for Latin American Studies, all of whom are deeply thanked.
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I would like to generally acknowledge all the people in the Stanford community that have helped shaped my time here, and those with whom I have helped continue old traditions and start others anew.  I have a lot of great memories and am looking forward to meeting up you at various times and locations around the world in the future.   Thanks also to my housemates at Maddux over the years who have helped me hone my backyard mechanical engineering abilities.  Finally, thanks to my family for supporting me through thick and thin all these years.
