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FY 2019 JSPS International Fellowships for Research in Japan

APPLICATION FORM FOR JSPS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN JAPAN (STANDARD)
<This form should be sent to your proposed host researcher in Japan. Applications should be typed or printed. >

1. Full Name (Your name must be written in the alphabet used to write the English language and match the name in yo
passport.) 　　　　　　 　 　　
FAMILY (ex. GAKUSHIN) First (ex. Taro) Middle (ex. Edward)
CHHUN Chanmaly
2. Nationality 　 3. Date of Birth 4. Sex (Put X in the box below.)
Year Month Day
Cambodia Male X Female
1991 01 01
5. Current Appointment (If you do not have current appointment, type N/A in “Current Position or Status” and le
Institution Kyushu University
Department Earth Resources Engineering
Current Position or Status PhD candidate
Country/Region Japan
6. Academic Degree (Put X in the box below and fill in the blanks.)
T y p e ( P X hPhDD , o r a O nt h e r ( E n t e r t h e t y p e i n t h e n e x t
Date Obtained Obtained X Expected Year 2019 Month 09 Day 25
Field Exploration Geophysics
Institution Kyushu University
Country/Region Japan
7. JSPS Fellowship(s) you were granted in the past (Put X in the box below and fill in the blanks.)
X N/A
Postdoctoral Fellowship(Short-term) Fiscal Year I D N u m be r t ha t s t a r t s w i t h
PE
Postdoctoral Fellowship(Strategic) Fiscal Year I D N u m be r t ha t s t a r t s w i t h
GR
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Summer Fiscal Year I D N u m be r t ha t s t a r t s w i t h
Program) SP
8. Names of Other Fellowship(s) for which you are applying (Put X in the box below and fill in the blank.)
N/A
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short-term)
X JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard) application through overseas nominating authorities
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short-term) application through overseas nominating authorities
Other Fellowship(s) (Enter the names in the next
9. Contact Information (Fill in the blanks and indicate your preference by putting X in the box below to receive the award
package from JSPS in case you were selected.)
X Office/Institute Home
Postal Code 819-0395 Postal Code
Country/Region Japan Country/Region
Mailing Address Mailing Address
Exploration Geophysics Lab
Kyushu University
#431 West 2, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka,
819-0395, Japan
Phone 1(Main) Give the phone number that begins with country + 81 (0)80 80967201
P h o n e 2 G( S i v ue b t) h e p h o n e n u m b e r t + h a t b e g i n s w i t h c o u n t r y
Enter email addresses that can be used continuously before, during and after your stay in Japan:
E-mail Address 1 E-mail Address 2
10. A Letter of Reference/Recommendation

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 Name of the Recommender FAMILY KRY First Nallis
I n s t i Institute
t of Technology
u t of iCambodia
o n o f t h e

11. Higher Education (Start from the latest one. Include your current status if you are a doctoral student now.)
From – To
Name of University Location Degree Field
(Month, Year)
Kyushu University Japan PhD. Eng Exploration October, 2016 – September,
Geophysics 2019
Chulalongkorn University Thailand M. Sc Petroleum
Geoscience July, 2014 – August, 2015
Institute of Technology of Cambodia B. Eng Geo-resources
Cambodia And October, 2009 – July, 2014
Geotechnical
Engineering
12. Previous Appointments (Start from the latest one. Include your current appointment.)
From – To
Name of Institution Location Position
(Month, Year)
Institute of Technology of Cambodia Phnom Penh Lecturer February, 2016 – September,
2016

13. Awards (Title, Organization, Year)

- The best oral presentation award, the 137th Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan (SEGJ) conference, 2018
- Recipient of Kyushu University, Japan in Exploration Geophysics, ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia
Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-NET), Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA), 2016
- Recipient of Chulalongkorn University Petroleum Geoscience full scholarship, Chulalongkorn University, 2014
- Outstanding academic result (First Class), SUMITOMO Corporation scholarship, 2012

14. Language Ability

Assess your proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking of Japanese, English, and other languages on a scale of
5 to 1.
(5: Advanced 4: Upper Intermediate 3: Intermediate 2:Elementary 1: Beginner/None)
Reading Writing Listening Speaking
Japanese 1 1 1 1

English 5 5 5 5

15. Past/Present Stay(s) in Japan over 3 months

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 From – To
City Purpose of the stay
(Month, Year)
Fukuoka September 2016 – September 2019 PhD scholarship
Pursuing my PhD Degree

16. Research Achievements and Results

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 Past researches and scientific achievements

I began my research project since I was undergraduate student dealing with a mining project under the title “heavy mineral
separation f D rom G ecomposed ( i C P raniteT DG)
T r in d honburi e f i rovince,
purpose to find out the economic and effective way for heavy mineral extraction technique and mineral clay waste turned
into benefits. N , Ie xmt o v e d t o a n o t h e r f i e l d o f s t u d y f o r m y m a s t e r ’s d e g r e e r e l e v a n t t o p e t r o l e u m e x p l o
r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t e n it di tel ne tdi f“i c a t i o n o f p o t e n t i a l s o u r c e r o c k s u s i n g s e i s m i c a t t r i b u t e s i n t h e S y n - R
sequence in Southern Pattani Basin”. This research project is to characterize and quantify the hydrocarbo
distribution in areas deeper in the basin that have not been penetrated by wells.

S i n c e t h, eI n h a v e b e e n d e e p l y i n v o l v e d i n s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h a n d p u b l i c a t i o n d u r i n g m y P h D
characterization f o t e rom c i cean f ao arth'ss vrust a nferreda r p rom a utomatic
under supervision by Prof. Takeshi Tsuji at Kyushu University.

During my earlier PhD period, I achieved a very impressive result using the method of automated seismic velocity analysis
t o r e v e a l n e v e r - b e f o r e - s e e n m e t h a n e h y d r a t
by comparingto previous researches (i.e. using seismic inversion). This method is based on an optimal velocity trajectory
solving b t e y ehe ikonal
w af d quation a ith
I c t inite
s i ifferencet a lgorithm.
t n
gives a high resolution and accurate velocity structure without dependency on logging data. Moving to the next step, th
high resolution velocity was converted to saturation for hydrate and gas using rock physics approach
automatic velocity analysis and rock physics approaches advances effective and accurate reso
exploration t a echniques
w a m us ell a sr rinimizing
t u O ncertainties
a O t o h nd isks
these techniques can be considered potential for quantification of hydrocarbon gas resources in the deep water reserv
and applied to other convergent margins.

Based on this effective automatic velocity analysis combined with conductive modeling for heat flow in the Sanriku-
forearc basin, distribution of gas-hydrate and free-gas accumulations associated with upward fluid flow in this basin were
elucidated. T h his v igh-resolution
a d w elocity
d o gnalysis
h a f elineates
g a t s idely
area, and was later used to estimate heat flux. High heat flux is correspondent to high concentrated gas hydrate an
gas, and controlled by complicated geological structures and processes through permeable and
numerous faults, fractures, chimneys and slumping edges to form gas hydrate and free gas at the shallow subseafloor. This
research is a great interest of future energy supply, climate change (i.e methane hydrate disso
seafloor), and prospective & safe reservoirs for CO2 storage in the future.

Besides this technical aspect of energy resources, I am enthusiastic

also about environmental researches by applying this
automated t t echnique
s o o p tudy i t ceanographic
K c J A a rocesses
r t m cn v he uroshio
sound speed profiles of fine-scale thermohaline structure developed at interleaving or diapy
different water masses in the Kuroshio Current. All seismic images present a whole view
featurevariation through time and space directly derived from advanced seismic velocity processing to reveal the
sound s Speed. s p ound v c peed arofiles
s i aryp oncurrently,
t m t p nd o i eismic m
waves, t hermohaline staircases, warm and cold water vortex, and the features of deep water mass boundari es a
Kuroshio C T urrent.
a t his o sutomated s a wechnique
t d l sf oundo s peed
d a nalysis
us a better understanding of numerous ocean processes through the entire water column with
Therefore, mapping variant sound speed profiles in the Kuroshio Current simultaneously images over large sections of the
ocean a t nd iime-lapsew r maging
o d d ithout
w i a g elying
i o p n o iscrete p ata, hich
with their space-time resolution over large-scale ocean current as well as investigation of ocean-climate systems.

Ongoing research

Due to the importance of saturation and pore pressure for petroleum resource estimation an
resolution and accurate P-wave velocity structure (Vp) from my first research connecting with ava
employed to estimate S-wave velocity structure (Vs) from pre-stack inversion. As a result, I also obtained an impr
result of Vs, along with a series of elastic parameters (Vs, Vp/Vs, P-wave and S-wave impedances). Beca

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 17. List of Major Publications
Authors (all), title, Journal, Vol.　, No　, pp. - , Month, Year
(The list includes the peer-reviewed studies that have been accepted for publication and in pre-publication stage.)

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 - K. Kret, T. Tsuji, C. Chhun, and O. Takano, Distributions of gas-hydrate and free-gas accumulations ass
with upward fluid flow in the Sanriku-Oki forearc basin, northeast Japan, manuscript submitted to the Journal of
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27 February 2019.

- C. Chhun, and T. Tsuji, Sound-speed models of thermohaline fine structure in the Kuroshio Current inferred from
automatic sound speed analysis, manuscript submitted to the Journal of Exploration Geophy
2019.

- C. Chhun, A. Kioka, J. Jia, and T. Tsuji, (2018). Characterization of hydrate and gas reservoirs in plate convergent
margin by applying rock physics to high-resolution seismic velocity model. Marine and Petroleum Geology
719-732.,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.12.002

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 18. Research Plan in Japan
a. Background of proposed research plan
b. Purpose of proposed research
c. Proposed plan
d. Expected results and impacts

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 Title: Accurate and high-resolution seismic velocity model by automatic velocity analysis for CO2 reservoir monitoring

a. Background of proposed research plan

Change in pore pressure and saturation caused by CO2 injection strongly influences to seismic velocity. Various s
reflection techniques have been already applied to monitor CO2 injection and storage. The significant pore press
saturation change due to CO2 injection is, the significant seismic velocity drops. Therefore, modeling accurate and h
resolution s v eismici u elocity
r W sd ndoubtedly
t u r mequired. t eo S esire C o nde
storage using time-lapse 3D seismic data. We will develop a new method via automatic seismic velocity picking algorithm
using 4D seismic data combined with analytical methods of rock physics, seismic inversion and
approach for this time-lapse CO2 reservoir monitoring.

b. Purpose of proposed research

The proposed technique (automatic velocity analysis, rock physics, prestack inversion, and deep learning based approach)
wi l l a ll ow us t o e st i m at e hi gh re solut i on Vp & Vs ve loc i ty st ruc t ure, por e pre ssure a nd ot her physi ca l at tr i bu
reservoirs. T r hisw p esearch i t t ill p rovide
o C m nsights
p a wo aracke lume
d f f O2
processes controlling development of CO2 accumulation in the reservoir.

c. Proposed plan
H ow t o m od e l h i g h- r e so l ut i on s e i sm i c v e l o ci t y ( V p) , a dv a nc e d se i sm i c a na l ysi s wi t h a h ug e a m o un t of s pe n
consuming process and combined with drilling data, which is already costly, have been done. Therefore, to minimize these
concerns, w p ea m ropose o a s ethodr t f dvanced
v a v eismica t eflection
a a echniqu
and high-resolution velocity model using seismic reflection without integrating with logging
aut om at i cal l y pi cki ng vel oci t y al gori t hm is e ff ect i ve a nd re fra ine d from t i me -c onsumi ng proc ess, fa l se er ror
velocity uncertainties compared to conventional seismic velocity[1]. analysis
For example, with this method (input cmp
gathers o p f 3 re-stack
s v wD mapeismic
w idely-distributedholume), a g er ydratei K ndf as
b oeservoirs
the N ankai T w rough,d h hich a gistinguishess w cydrate- v nd5 m as-bearing
o e m ed
[2]. The resulting velocity is very impressive compared to other quantitative seismic analysis (e.g., seismic inversion).

Even though decreasing seismic velocity alone (Vp) cannot separate increasing pore pressure or saturation distribution
the reservoirs. Shear-wave velocity (Vs) is particularly sensitive when pore pressure buildup incre
combined Vp and Vs changes caused by CO2 flooding will be useful for quantitative differentiation between CO2-flooded
zones and pore pressure buildup. Because we can obtain accurate and high-resolution Vp from automatic velocity analysis
which will be used later for input in simultaneous inversion of pre-stack seismic data, Vs
theoretical approaches [3]. We used this high-resolution and accurate P-wave velocity (Vp) integrating with available log
d a t a t o e s t i m a t e S - w a v e v e l o c i t y ( V s ) f r o m p r e - s t a c k i n v e r s i o n . To p r e d i c t p r e d r i l l e s t i m a t e o f p o r e p r e
petrophysical a f f ttributes
t w t d ar l rom b ahe ell,
w b a he Deep n earning n p ased p
as either classification or regression tasks becomes a powerful tool characterized by its neuron an
weights, biases, and activation function [4]. Because we aim to predict various continuous properties (e.g., petrophysics
pore pressure, and geomechanics), the neural networks perform a regression task. If several well logs are available, we can
use one or several wells as desired outputs in neural network training and another well as validation, and seismic attributes
from s eismic
i a i nversion
T p p s onput. o g hen p ore aressure
f t w r c ther b o eomechanica
in the whole study area [5].

This research project will present the first application for time lapse CO2 reservoir monitoring inferred from the combined
approaches o a fv utomatic
a r p elocitys i nalysis,a d l ock b hysics,a t d eismica nver

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 18. Research Plan in Japan (Continued)

Table 1: Schedule of proposed research plan

Proposed plan schedule October- January -March April-June July-September

December
1. Obtain the 4D Sleipner data
2. Process data by applying
automatic velocity analysis
3. Integrate with well log data
for seismic inversion to obtain
high resolution Vs and apply
deep learning approach to
estimate pore pressure & other
attributes
4. Evaluate and validate the
results, then prepare for a
manuscript and response to
reviewers
5. Start a new research topic

References
[1] S . F o m e l , “ V e l o c i t y a n a l y s i s Gu es oi np gh y As B . P,s re vomos blp l.ea c5nt7c. ,e , n” o . 3 , p p . 3 1
2009.
[2] C. Chhun, A. Kioka, J. Jia, and T. Tsuji, “Characterization of hydrate and gas reservoirs in plate convergent margin
by applying rock physics to high-resolution seismic velocity model,”Mar. Pet. Geol., vol. 92, no. November 2017,
pp. 719–732, 2018.
[3] D. P. Hampson, B. H. Russell, and B. Bankhead, “Simultaneous inversion of pre ‐stack seismic data,” no. January,
pp. 1633–1637, 2005.
[4] E. Z. Naeini, S. Green, I. Russell-Hughes, and M. Rauch-Davies, “An integrated d
petrophysics, pore pressure, and geomechanics property prediction,” Lead. Edge, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 53–59, 2019.
[5] T. Gogoi and R. Chatterjee, “Estimation of petrophysical parameters using seismic inversion and neural ne
modeling in Upper Assam basin, India,” Geosci. Front., no. July, 2018.

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 19. Your Academic Goals and Career Prospects after the Fellowship
Kyushu University and my PhD research period supervised by Prof. Tsuji has motivate
importance of scientific research and its impact to mankind than I could ever have imagined for
de ci de d th at I w il l at ta in a t ea ch in g an d re se ar ch c ar ee r in t he u ni ve rs it y le ve l. T he p os td oc to ra l
ship will bring me the high quality of life by obtaining a strong quantitative and computation s
learning to independently lead and mange a scientific project, knowing how to manage and mento
improving research communication and presentation skills to a broader scientific community, and continuing to
undertake various research fields after the fellowship.

After the fellowship, I will search for a tenure positon at a university in Cambodia (Institute of Technology
of Cambodia). I believe that my pre-and post-doctoral research will pave the way for me to be a p
educator and influencer to the education development (i.e. academic research systems)
development for Cambodia. Surely I will contribute all of my knowledge to the Cambodia’s next gene
especially among women by inspiring them to pursue a higher education.

20. Required Conditions for the Applicants of this Fellowship

Please read the following conditions carefully. You are not eligible to apply if you do not meet all the conditions.
1. I do not have Japanese nationality/permanent residency. (If you are applying for or planning to obtain Japanese
nationality/permanent residency, please note that the Fellowship will terminate on the day you acquire either of them.)

2. I have not been received the Fellowship(s) of the following program(s) in the past. If you were awarded one or more of
the following Fellowship(s) but did not accept it/them, you are eligible to apply.
a) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard)
b) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Pathway)

3. I am not simultaneously applying for or planning the application for the following JSPS programs except my application
is submitted by the overseas nominating authorities.
a) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard) submitted by the different Japanese researcher(s) and/or
institution(s) as my host(s).
b) JSPS Invitation Fellowship (Long-term)
c) JSPS Invitation Fellowship (Short-term)
d) JSPS Invitation Fellowship (Short-term S)

4. My research is not related to military affairs.

I have read the above conditions and I meet all of them. I certify that the information provi
application is true and correct.

Date: April 02, 2019　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Full Name (Print) : CHHUN Chanmaly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Signature:　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

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 (Notes)
1. Please sign this form and forward it first to your proposed host researcher in Japan, instead of sending it to JSPS.
2. The following documents must be attached:
letterA of reference/recommendation from your current or previous supervisor (not fro
your prospective Japanese host researcher). The letter should be no longer than one page (single-side).

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