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Stanford Earth's David Lobell will step in as director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE) on Sept. 1, 2018. Lobell succeeds Rosamond Naylor, who has been director since FSE’s inception in 2005.
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Postdoctoral researcher Arvind Ravikumar discusses the Mobile Monitoring Challenge, a competition organized by Stanford’s Natural Gas Initiative and the Environmental Defense Fund to advance mobile methane monitoring technologies at oil and natural gas facilities.
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Stanford Earth is among the university's institutions welcoming students and their teachers to campus to participate in summer programs. Faculty members will be working with undergraduates through SESUR, the Stanford Earth Summer Undergraduate Research Program, and high school students through Stanford Earth Young Investigators.
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Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences Dennis Bird shares tales of his life as a scientist, from mentoring students on Stanford's campus to unraveling geochemical mysteries in Greenland.
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Vanorio is the first woman to receive the award, which is presented to a member of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific and technical advancement in Petroleum Geoscience and Engineering.
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The 2018 recipients of fellowships and awards administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE) include doctoral students in the departments of Geology, Geophysics, Earth System Science, Energy Resources Engineering, and the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER).
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The school's Excellence in Teaching Award is presented to a faculty member annually during the commencement ceremony. The honoree is selected based on nominations from students, faculty, and alumni.
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Graduates of the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences are poised to thrive amid a “scientific revolution” being driven by new technologies and computational power, according to Dean Stephan Graham.
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Stanford Earth faculty members Dustin Schroeder, Kate Maher, Noah Diffenbaugh, and Nicole Ardoin are among the inaugural cohort of a fellowship program for outstanding environmental researchers.
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Nevle, a lecturer and deputy director of the Earth Systems Program, was honored “for his relentless work to deliver the best education for students" and “for being the ultimate team player to the point of self-effacement.”
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This year’s GreenBiz “30 Under 30” award honors individuals from eight countries on four continents who represent the future of sustainability inside companies and institutions.
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Earth Systems student Songhee Han, '18, is one of 20 people with Stanford affiliations awarded 2018-19 Fulbright grants to further their studies around the world. Han will work with scientists to investigate the effects of urbanization and deforestation in the Amazon rainforests on mosquito-transmitted diseases.
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Longtime industry leader celebrated both fundamental science and creativity in the art of oil exploration.
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Projects in The Senior Reflection mix science with art. They have included documentaries, sculptures and performances and expressed students’ views on nature, health and personal experiences. Earth systems student Alex Nguyen-Phuc, ’18 was featured for the eight-course dinner she served at the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm.
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A new teaching tool created by a Stanford faculty member hosts student-generated virtual journeys that enrich visits to actual locations and allow other students to take field trips from home
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The award for Earth science research will support Stanford Earth student Krishna Rao's work developing machine learning algorithms for predicting tree deaths caused by drought.
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Christine Su studied sustainable grazing systems in Stanford Earth's E-IPER program. Now 9,000 ranchers use her app, PastureMap, to make better decisions about where to graze cattle.
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The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has awarded Stanford Earth doctoral candidate Shanna Chu computational time and funds to test complex physical models developed for earthquakes.
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Nicole Ardoin, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education, has been awarded the Haas Center for Public Service’s Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize, which recognizes faculty who involve students in integrating academic scholarship with volunteer service.
