Biography:
Pavel is Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Adelaide. He authors a seminal book on reservoir engineering and 170 papers in international journals and SPE. His research covers formation damage, EOR and unconventional energy resources. He holds MSc in Applied Mathematics, PhD in Fluid Mechanics and DSc in Reservoir Engineering from Russian Oil-Gas University. In 1991-1994 he was a Visiting Professor at Delft University of Technology and at Imperial College of Science and Technology. He boasts 35-year industrial experience in Russia, Europe, Brazil and Australia. He served as Section Chairman, short course instructor and Program Committee member at numerous SPE Conferences. He was 2008-2009 SPE Distinguished Lecturer.