Dr. Jyotsna Sharma joined the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University as an Assistant Professor in 2019, after working in the oil industry for Chevron, Schlumberger, and Shell. Her current research interests include fiber optic sensing and machine learning. At Chevron, she led enhanced oil recovery projects in the US, Canada, Venezuela, and Indonesia and worked extensively on the fiber optic monitoring program in producers/injectors and harsh environment testing. She also provides consultation to energy companies for fiber installation and data interpretation. At Schlumberger, Dr. Sharma worked as a Field Engineer doing formation evaluation. She has a multidisciplinary background with a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from the University of Calgary and a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.