Education

• Ph.D., Marine Geophysics, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, UK

• MRes., Geology & Geophysics, University of Southampton, UK

• B.Sc., Marine Sciences & Physical Oceanography, Ruppin Institute, Israel

Professional Experience

  • Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin.

  • Research Associate, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin. UTIG page: Eric Attias

  • Guest Investigator, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic
    Institution, USA, (2022-present). WHOI profile: Eric Attias

  • Research Associate III, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic
    Institution, USA, (2022).

  • Visiting Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, (2021).

  • Affiliate Faculty, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Institute of Geophysics and
    Planetology (HIGP), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai'i,(2020 - 2022). HIGP page: Eric Attias

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Department
    of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai'i, (2018 - 2020).

Publications

  • N. K. Yilo, K. Weitemeyer, T. A. Minshull, E. Attias, H. Marin-Moreno, I. Falcon-Suarez, R. Gehrmann, J. Bull., (2024). Marine CSEM synthetic study to assess the detection of CO2 escape and saturation changes within a submarine chimney connected to a CO2 storage site.
    Geophys. J. Int., 236(1), 183-206 (PDF).


  • A. Haroon, H. Paasche, S. Graber, S. Petersen, E. Attias. M. Jegen, R. Gehrmann, S. Hölz,
    M. Klischies., (2023). Automated seafloor massive sulfide detection through integrated image segmentation and geophysical data analysis: Revisiting the TAG hydrothermal field.

    Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 24(12), e2023GC011250 (PDF).


  • Attias, E., S. Constable, D. Sherman, K. Ismail, C. Shuler, and H. Dulai., (2021). Marine Electromagnetic Imaging and Volumetric Estimation of Freshwater Plumes Offshore Hawai'i, Geophys.
    Res. Lett.     48, 7, DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091249 (PDF).

  • Attias, E., S. Constable, B. Taylor, and D. Thomas., (2021). Deep submarine fresh water: A new resource for volcanic islands?
    Eos, 102, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EO156286.

  • Attias, E., D. Thomas, D. Sherman, K. Ismail, S. Constable., (2020). Marine electrical imaging reveals novel freshwater transport mechanisms in Hawai'i.
    Science Advances. 6, 48, eabd4866, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4866 (PDF).

  • Attias, E., K. Amalokwu, M. Watts, I. Falcon-Suarez, L. North, H. Gaowei, A. I. Best,
    K. Weitemeyer, T. A. Minshull., (2020). Gas hydrate quantification using sediment cores, marine CSEM, and seismic data coupled by joint elastic-electrical effective medium modeling.
    Mar. Petrol. Geol., 113, 104-151 (PDF).

  • Haroon, A., S. Hölz, M. Watts, R. Gehrmann, E. Attias, M. Jegen-Kulcsar, T. A. Minshull, B. Murton., (2018). Marine Dipole-Dipole Controlled Source Electromagnetic and Coincident-Loop Transient Electromagnetic Experiments to Detect Seafloor Massive Sulphides: Effects of Three-Dimensional Bathymetry.
    Geophys. J. Int., 215(3), 2156-2171 (PDF).

  • Attias, E., K. Weitemeyer, S. Hölz, Samer Naif, T. A. Minshull, A. I. Best, M. Jegen-Kulcsar,
    C. Berndt., (2018). High-resolution resistivity imaging of marine hydrate structures by combined inversion of CSEM towed and ocean-bottom receiver data.
    Geophys. J. Int., 214(3), 1071-1714 (PDF).

  • Attias, E., Rob. L. Evans, Jimmy Elsenbeck, Samer Naif, Kerry Key., (2017). Conductivity structure of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath the eastern North American margin.
    Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 18(2), 676-696 (PDF).

  • Attias, E., K. Weitemeyer, T. A. Minshull, A. I. Best, M. Sinha, M. Jegen-Kulcsar, S. Hölz, C. Berndt., (2016). Controlled source electromagnetic and seismic delineation of sub-seafloor fluid flow structures in a gas hydrate province, offshore Norway.
    Geophys. J. Int., 216(2), 1093-1110 (PDF).

Research Cruises

  • Senior geophysicist, Japan. Seafloor minerals mapping using an AUV PlumeHunter sensor suite, 2022. Ocean Floor Geophysics.

  • Scientific collaborator, cruise 21/1166, R/V Thompson. Properties of the Gofar Transform fault zone: Using electromagnetics to map variability in structure in relation to the earthquake deformation cycle, 2022. NSF-OCE funded project. PI: Rob L. Evans.

  • Senior geophysicist, Norway, R/V Olympic Delta. Seabed mineral exploration at mid-ocean ridge using an AUV-Self-Potential system, 2021. Ocean Floor Geophysics.

  • Staff scientist, cruise SKQ201914S, R/V Sikuliaq. Marine EM survey of fluids in the Alaskan Megathrust, 2019. NSF-OCE 1654652. PI: Kerry Key. Cruise Link

  •  Staff scientist, cruise RR1817, R/V Roger Revelle. Marine EM imaging of the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand, 2019. NSF-OCE 1737328. PI: Samer Naif. Cruise Link

  • Senior geophysicist, Japan. Seafloor massive sulphide exploration using an AUV-Self-Potential system, 2019. Ocean Floor Geophysics.

  • Chief scientist, cruise HP2018IW, R/V Huki Pono. Marine CSEM mapping of submarine freshwater off- shore Hawai‘i, 2018. NSF-EPSCoR 1557349.. Cruise Link

  • Scientific consultant, Japan. Gas hydrate 3-D marine CSEM experiment, 2017. Ocean Floor Geophysics in collaboration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

  • Staff scientist, cruise JC138, RRS James Cook. Mineral exploration using marine CSEM at the TAG hydrothermal field, 26◦N mid-Atlantic ridge, 2016. European Commission grant 604500.
    PI: Bramley Murton. Cruise Link

  • Field geophysicist, cruise MGL02-16, R/V Marcus G. Langseth. Passive imaging of the lithosphere as- thenosphere boundary at the equatorial mid-Atlantic ridge, 2016. Natural Environment Research Council grants NE/M003507/1 and NE/K010654/1.
    PI’s: Catherine Rychert and Steve Constable. Cruise link

  • Field geophysicist, Japan. Marine CSEM gas hydrate survey, 2015. Ocean Floor Geophysics in collaboration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography.