Research interests

• Hardrock Seismic Reflection Data Processing
• Velocity Model Building in the Hardrock Environment: Traveltime Tomography, Full Waveform Inversion
• Advanced Depth Imaging: Coherency Migration, Fresnel Volume Migration, Reverse Time Migration
• Waveform Modelling, High-performance Computing

Degrees

• 2023 PhD in Natural Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw (IGPAS), Poland
• 2016 Sc. Tech. in Applied Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India
• 2013 Sc. in Physics, University of Allahabad, India

Positions

• Feb 2024 – present Assistant Professor (Adjunct), IGPAS
• Apr 2023 – Jan 2024 Research Assistant, IGPAS
• Jul 2017 – Nov 2017 Senior Geophysicist, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, India
• Jul 2016 – Jul 2017 Executive Trainee (Geophysics), Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, India

Projects Involved

• Apr 2023 – now SEEMS DEEP Project (2022-2025), EU Horizon 2020
• Nov 2018 – Nov 2020 Smart Exploration Project (2017-2020), EU Horizon 2020
• Dec 2017 – Dec 2018 COGITO-MIN Project (2016-2018), EU Horizon 2020

Internships

• 2020 ISTerre (SEISCOPE Consortium), Université Grenoble Alpes, France
• 2019 TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
• 2016 Gujrat Energy Research and Management Institute, India
• 2015 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, India
• 2014 National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India

Positions of Responsibility

• Jul 2020 – Present Chair, Young Professional – Special Interest Community, EAGE
• Jul 2023 – Present Committee Member, Committee on Membership and Cooperation (CMC), EAGE
• Feb 2021 – June 2023 Committee Member, Young Professional – Special Interest Community, EAGE
• Feb 2022 – Nov 2023 Committee Member, Mentoring Programme 2022, EAGE
• Jan 2020 – 2022 President, IGPAS SEG Student Chapter, IGPAS

Positions of Responsibility

• Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Travel grant ‘PROM Programme – International scholarship exchange of doctoral students and academic staff for a research visit to SEISCOPE Consortium, ISTTerre, University of Grenoble, France
• SEG/Chevron Student Travel Grant to attend ‘Student Leadership Symposium’ from 13th – 14th October 2018, Anaheim, California, USA
• SEG/ExxonMobil Student Travel Grant to attend ‘Student Education Program’ from 8th – 10th July 2016 in Katowice, Poland
• EAGE PACE Student Travel Grant in 2015 and 2020.

Publications

• Singh, B., and Malinowski, M. [2023] Seismic imaging of mineral exploration targets: evaluation of ray- vs. wave-equation-based pre-stack depth migrations for crooked 2D profiles, Minerals, 13, 264.
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Górszczyk, A., Malehmir, A., Buske, S., Sito, Ł., and Marsden, P. [2022] 3D high-resolution seismic imaging of the ironoxide deposits in Ludvika (Sweden) using full-waveform inversion and reverse-time migration, Solid Earth, 13, 1065-1085.
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Hlousek, F., Koivisto, E., Heinonen, S., Hellwig, O., Buske, S., Chamarczuk, M., and Juurela, S. [2019] Sparse 3D Seismic Imaging in the Kylylahti Mine Area, Eastern Finland: Comparison of Time Versus Depth Approach. Minerals, 9, 305.
• Singh, B., Gόrszczyk, A., Malinowski, M., Heinonen, S., Autio, U., Karinen, T., Wojdyła, M., Jochen, K. [2024] Mapping Regional Reflectivity of Mineral-prone Koillismaa Layered Intrusion Complex in Northern Finland using Crooked Seismic Profiles. Extended Abstract, EAGE NSG2024 5th Conference on Geophysics for Mineral Exploration and Mining, Sep 2024, p.1 – 5, Helsinki, Finland.
• Autio, U.; Darnet, M.; Górszczyk, A.; Kamm, J.; Heinonen, S.; Malinowski, M.; Kim, B.; Singh, B.; Vedrine, S.; Bretaudeau, F.; Patzer, C.; Karinen, T.; Kalscheuer, T.; Truffert, C.; Wojdyła, M.; Kivinen, A.; Koltun, Y. [2024]. Integrating seismic and electromagnetic methods for deep mineral exploration – results from the SEEMS DEEP project. Extended Abstract, EAGE NSG2024 5th Conference on Geophysics for Mineral Exploration and Mining, Sep 2024, p.1 – 5, Helsinki, Finland.
• Singh, B., Amirzadeh, Y., Autio, U., Gόrszczyk, A., Heinonen, S., Malinowski, M., Wojdyła, M. and the SEEMS DEEP Working Group. [2024] First results from the SEEMS DEEP seismic survey conducted over the Koillismaa Igneous Complex, Northern Finland. Abstract, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna Austria.
• Singh, B., Gόrszczyk, A., Malinowski, M., Heinonen, S., Karinen, T., Uula, A., Sito, L., Kamm, J. [2024] 2D Seismic Reflection Imaging of the 2.5- 2.4 Ga feeder zone of the Koillismaa Layered Igneous Complex, Northern Finland. Abstract, SEISMIX 2024, Uppsala, Sweden. 5. Singh, B., and Malinowski, M. [2022] Depth Imaging of Crooked Seismic Profiles in Hardrock Environment: Is 2D Enough? Extended Abstract, EAGE NSG 2022, Belgrade, Serbia.
• Hloušek, F., Malinowski, M., Braunig, L., Buske, S., Singh, B., Malehmir, M., Markovic, M., Koivisto, E., Heinonen, S., Sito, L., Juurela, S., Backstrom, E., Schon, M., Marsden, P. [2020] A tailored workflow for advanced high-resolution seismic imaging of mineral exploration targets. Extended Abstract, Mineral Exploration Symposium 2020, E-workshop.
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Górszczyk, A., Malehmir A., Hloušek, F., Buske S., Sito Ł., Paul M. [2020] 3D Velocity Model Building in Hardrock Environment Using FWI: A Case Study from Blötberget Mine, Sweden. Extended Abstract, EAGE NSG 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Górszczyk, A., Hloušek, F., Heinonen, S., Koivisto, E., Buske, S. [2020] Towards an integrated depth imaging workflow for hardrock seismic data employing full-waveform inversion: case study from the Kylylahti massive sulfide deposit, Finland. SEISMIX 2020, Perth, Australia.
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Hloušek, F., Koivisto, E., Heinonen, S., Hellwig, O., Buske, S., Chamarczuk, M., Juurela, S. [2020] Can we use sparse 3D seismics in mineral exploration? Takeaways from COGITO-MIN project. International Symposium on Deep Seismic Profiling of the Continents and their Margins (SEISMIX 2020), Perth, Australia.
• Singh, B., Malinowski, M., Hlousek, F., Hellwig, O., Buske, S., Koivisto, E., Heinonen, S., The COGITO-Min Working Group [2019] Benefits of depth imaging in hardrock seismic exploration: case study from the Kylylahti mine, Finland. 81st EAGE Conference & Exhibition 2019, London, UK.