Iraj Ershaghi

Iraj Ershaghi
Iraj Ershaghi
	Dr. Iraj Ershaghi in 2025
Occupations	Petroleum engineer, researcher, and academic
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2014); Honorary Member, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers; Honorary Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers; SPE John Franklin Carll Award (2010); Colonel Edwin L. Drake Oilman Award (2022);
Academic background
Education	University of Tehran (B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1965); University of Southern California (M.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1968); University of Southern California (Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, 1972);
Academic work
Discipline	Petroleum engineer
Institutions	University of Southern California
Main interests	Reservoir characterization, digital oilfield technology

Iraj Ershaghi is an Iranian-American petroleum engineer and academic who serves as the Omar B. Milligan Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). His research focuses on reservoir characterization, fractured reservoir systems, digital and smart oilfield technologies, and low-carbon energy transition strategies.

Ershaghi was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2014 "for contributions to the characterization of complex fractured reservoirs and for leadership in university-industry collaboration." He has received industry honors including the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME)'s Honorary Membership, and the SPE John Franklin Carll Award.