Matthew Belobraydic

Biography

MATTHEW L. BELOBRAYDIC

Assistant Director for Geoscience

Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), University of North Dakota (UND)

15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-9018 USA

701.777.5030 (phone), 701.777.5181 (fax), mbelobraydic@undeerc.org

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Matthew L. Belobraydic is an Assistant Director for Geoscience in the Geoscience and Engineering group at the EERC, where he collaborates with EERC subject matter experts, principal investigators, and leadership to prepare proposals and pursue new business opportunities and leads and manages projects in the areas of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in conventional and unconventional formations; CO2 and produced gas storage; natural resource management; critical materials resource characterization and recovery; geologic and synthetic materials characterization; produced water management, and the environmental aspects of energy development. Mr. Belobraydic has created static geomodels in support of exploration and development for fields and basins located in North America, South America, and the Middle East for conventional reservoirs, both clastic and carbonate, and unconventional resources. He holds an M.S. degree in Geology from Ball State University and a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Idaho. Prior to his position at the EERC, he was a Senior Reservoir Geologist at SLB, Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Belobraydic’s principal areas of interest and expertise include stratigraphic and structural interpretations, geologic characterization, data science, process automation, geostatistical analysis, geomodeling, and uncertainty analysis. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and has authored or coauthored numerous professional publications.