The professor emeritus of materials science and engineering was an expert in photoelectronics and a pioneering advocate for Black students in the sciences.
The professor of sociology and vice provost for faculty development, diversity, and engagement began his role as interim vice provost for student affairs this January.
The Netflix series You Are What You Eat features Christopher Gardner discussing a Stanford Medicine-led trial of identical twins comparing vegan and omnivore diets.
Cui will step down as director of the Precourt Institute for Energy to focus on leading the Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Roland Horne will serve as interim director of Precourt.
Donahoe, who has served as the executive director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator, will take a leave of absence to serve in the newly created role at the U.S. Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
Physicist and scientific leader John Sarrao will become SLAC’s sixth director and succeeds X-ray scientist Chi-Chang Kao, who stepped down after 10 years in the position.
Shared resources for research and team scholarship expanded under Moler’s leadership, along with a heightened focus on research integrity and compliance.
As a young adult, Ayla Pamukçu found herself at a crossroads between college and culinary school. Thanks in part to an influential box of rocks, she chose a research path that eventually led to a career studying the inner workings of the Earth.
Years after Hurricane Katrina altered his life’s course, Elliott White Jr. set out to understand what drives coastal wetland loss as a way to help lessen harm from future climate impacts for vulnerable coastal communities.
Chris Field is an optimist about our ability to cope with climate change. “As I’ve moved forward in my career, what I see are more and more opportunities to address the challenge.”
Stanford Professor Carolyn Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her development of bioorthogonal reactions, which allow scientists to explore cells and track biological processes without disrupting the normal chemistry of the cell.
Stanford chemist Carolyn Bertozzi was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her development of bioorthogonal reactions, which allow scientists to explore cells and track biological processes without disrupting the normal chemistry of the cell.
Shen aims to advance institute philosophy focused on promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and cultivating the next generation of innovative leaders.
As life expectancy increases, Stanford centers and research lead the way in supporting healthy, productive, and purpose-driven lives that may span a century.
A believer in the power of design to change the world, McKim’s philosophy of “visual thinking” and his unique creative methods echo in Stanford’s design program today.
Mark Schnitzer and Jelena Vučković are among the nine scientists and engineers selected for the Department of Defense’s “most prestigious research grant award.”
Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at the Graduate School of Business and an associate director of Stanford HAI, will serve as chief economist of the antitrust division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Awarded the National Medal of Science, Roger Shepard, professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford, introduced techniques for quantifying mental processes.
After six years serving as co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Stephen Quake’s role will be expanded across the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s science program and technology teams – the CZ Biohub and CZ Biohub Network – and the newly-announced Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging.
Known for his theoretical and experimental research into the physics of materials solidification, Tiller investigated the relationships between the crystallization process and the resulting material structures and their physical properties.
The Faculty Women’s Forum recognizes 14 faculty members and one staffer for their outstanding work supporting women at Stanford through role modeling, allyship, leadership, and sponsorship.
