Xavier Janson

Xavier  Janson
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences

Email: xavier.janson@beg.utexas.edu
Work: +1 512 475 9524
Office: BEG
Mailcode: E0630

Areas of Expertise

Carbonates sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, petrophysics of carbonate, seismic signature of carbonate rock, seismic modeling, carbonate modern depositional environment


Research Locations



Current Research Programs & Projects

Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory (RCRL) ( view )

Select Past Research

ExxonMobil 3D Lidar Modeling

Digital Outcrop Modeling and Seismic Characterization of a Paleokarst Carbonate System-Tarim Basin China

Carbonate Slopes Atlas

Seismic Response of Permian Khuff Formation

SEPM Best Poster Award, Annual AAPG/SEPM Convention - SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (2007)

Associate editor, Sedimentology, IAS (2009 - 2011)

Editor, The Sedimentary Record, SEPM (2009)

Member, Honorary Member Comittee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (2008 - 2010)

Session Co-Chairman, Seismic Imaging of Carbonates, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, Texas (2006)

Member, Nomination comittee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (2006 - 2007)

Session Co-Chairman, Deep Water Carbonates: Reservoirs and Potential, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas (2004)

Graduate Students

Joshua Malone , Ph.D., expected 2026 (Co-supervisor)
I am a field-based sedimentologist and geochronologist who uses sedimentary basin records to understand drivers and consequences of changes in tectonism and climate along convergent margins. My PhD research focuses on the key processes controlling unconventional reservoir development within mixed carbonate and siliciclastic systems in southern California.

Taufik Al Amin , M.S., expected 2025 (Supervisor)
I'll be working at Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory (RCRL) in the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, probably, related to the application of structural geology and reservoir geomechanics in optimizing fracture drainage in subsurface geological reservoirs. My main specialization includes advanced structural geology analysis, seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization, pore pressure & reservoir geomechanics, borehole image log interpretation, and...

Buddy Price (Co-supervisor)

Junwen Peng, Ph.D., 2021 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Reynaldy Fifariz, Ph.D., 2018 (Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Yaser Alzayer, Ph.D., 2018 (Committee Member)
Jackson School of Geosciences

Randy Caber, M.S., 2009 (Supervisor)

Darrin Madriz, M.S., 2009 (Supervisor)

Greg Hurd (Supervisor)


YearSemesterCourse
2018Spring GEO 394 Rsch In Geological Sciences
2017Spring GEO 394 Rsch In Geological Sciences