Jean-François Rainaud is a Doctor in Geophysics. He is presently Senior Project Manager at IFP Energies Nouvelles. In the last fifteen years, he has been the leader of research projects supported by the European Community or by the French governmental authorities and has been at the origin of extensive commercial software for Hydrocarbon Reservoir Characterization. Jean-François Rainaud presently plays a major role in the Energistics Special RESQML Interest Group (SIG).

.