Dr. Jiajia Sun is currently Associate Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston. He received his Ph.D. in geophysics from Colorado School of Mines in 2015. His research interests include (1) developing advanced methods for critical minerals and rare earth element deposit exploration by integrating geophysics, geology and drillhole data; and (2) solving geophysical inverse problems and assessing uncertainty in both Bayesian and deep learning frameworks. He is Chair of the SEG Mining and Mineral Exploration Committee. He received Honorable Mention for Best Paper in Geophysics in 2015. Three of his papers were highlighted in Geophysics Bright Spots in The Leading Edge. He also received the J. Clarence Karcher Award from SEG in 2021.