Mrinal K. Sen is a Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Geological Sciences and a Research Professor at the Institute for Geophysics of the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He worked in the oil industry from 1979 to 1982 and has been employed at the University of Texas since 1989. Sen’s research interests include seismic wave propagation, inverse theory, and computational geophysics. He holds BS and MS degrees in applied geophysics from the Indian School of Mines and a PhD degree in geophysics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is a member of SEG, AGU, EAGE, SIAM, and the European Academy of Sciences.