Boris Gurevich has MSc in Geophysics from Moscow State University (1976) and PhD from Institute of Geosystems, Moscow, Russia (1988). After several research appointments in Germany, UK and Israel, in 2001, he joined Curtin University, where he currently serves as John Curtin Distinguished Professor and director of the Centre for Exploration Geophysics. He has over 100 journal publications in the areas of physics of rocks, poroelasticity and geophysical monitoring of geological carbon storage.