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Masa Prodanovic is a Professor and Associate Department Chair in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She obtained her PhD in Computational Applied Mathematics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2005. Her research focuses on Geologic Carbon Storage, Integrated Reservoir Characterization, and Petrophysics, particularly concerning multiphase flow and image-based characterization of porous media. Prodanovic has organized numerous short courses on Image Analysis Related Modeling and has published various influential papers on transport phenomena, ferrohydrodynamics, and the mechanics of unconventional resources. She holds multiple awards including the Interpore Medal for Porous Media Research in 2022 and the SPE Distinguished Member Award in 2021. Her educational contributions include teaching various courses in petroleum engineering, where she emphasizes the integration of practical and theoretical concepts. Prodanovic is dedicated to advancing the understanding of complex fluid dynamics in porous media through innovative research methodologies and extensive experimentation.
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