Amos Nur

Amos Nur (February 9, 1938 – June 11, 2024) was an American-Israeli geophysicist and professor emeritus at Stanford University in California.

Stanford University called him, "one of the world's foremost experts in geology and geophysics". He applied the results of rock physics to understanding tectonic physical processes in the earth's crust, the main of which is the role of fluids in the processes occurring in the crust and in energy resources. "Nur pioneered the use of seismic velocity measurements to characterize the changing state of oil and gas reservoirs, where the volume of fluid in the rock changes during pumping". Nur was in the Geophysics department at Stanford University from 1970 until his retirement in 2008, and he remained associated with the school as professor emeritus. After his retirement, Nur joined Ingrain, a company he helped found in 2007, where he was Chief technology officer. and went on to doctoral studies in the Department of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he completed in 1969.

Academic career Nur performed an experiment involving anisotropy (shear wave splitting) caused by pressure in rocks. from 1988 until his retirement. Chapter 7 of it focuses on the earthquakes throughout history in the Land of Israel. Additional studies that he conducted dealt with the earthquakes that occurred in the Land of Israel throughout history. In 1991 he won the Silver Apple Award from the National Festival in the United States for Educational Films and Videos, for a video that dealt with the earthquakes in the Holy Land (produced with Prof. Hagai Ron).

He has also lectured on "Oil and War" and the risks associated with growing global competition for energy. 1998 – AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Distinguished Lecturer 2001 – member of the National Academy of Engineering 2011 – the Ewing Medal from the Society of Exploration Geophysics 2013 – honorary doctorate at University of Haifa, Israel

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