PhD. Candidate Zoë Vestrum has a diverse academic background in geophysics with thesis topics in seismic, geodynamics, and electromagnetics. Her doctoral research focuses on creating robust resistivity models by integrating resistivity information from different electric and electromagnetic methods into magnetotelluric (MT) inversion. This integration is important because MT cannot properly resolve near-surface features. Specifically, near-surface conductors,

such as clay deposits, create a large amplitude response in the MT data which is difficult to model. By incorporating near-surface resistivity information from time-domain airborne electromagnetics, direct current resistivity, or well-log information, the MT inversion can model the deeper resistivity

structure more reliably. Part of this research is incorporating large volumes of well-log data into our regional resistivity models of Alberta. She uses this holistic, multiphysics approach at Axiom Exploration Group as we acquire a wide range of geophysical data.