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

[7][6] Under his leadership, the SRB project became a leading center for research and development in rock physics experiments, theory and application.

[1][2] Since SRB's inception, Nur and his nearly 100 Ph.D and M.Sc students have developed and established rock physics as a mature technology essential for exploration, reservoir characterization and time-lapse monitoring.

[6] In fact, Nur was the first to propose the principles of rock physics for 4D seismic monitoring of oil and gas production.

During the 1970s, he proposed dilatation-diffusion as the mechanism underlying the unusual VP/VS relationships observed before some earthquakes, which gave rise to debates and dozens of scientific articles.

[11][6] Nur became a full professor at Stanford in 1979 and held the Wayne Loel Professorship in Earth Sciences[12] from 1988 until his retirement.

[13][2] He served as Chair of the Geophysics Department, and as Director of Stanford's university - wide Overseas Studies Program.