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Colin Ophus is an expert in using electron microscopy to understand the atomic structure of promising new materials. He uses that expertise to explore ways to produce energy with less pollution and waste.
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Kristen Davis seeks to understand how physical processes in the ocean shape coastal ecosystems and support climate resilience.
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The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment recently hosted a first-of-its-kind “boot camp” in which congressional staffers got a crash course from experts in climate, forestry, fire science, utilities, insurance, and other wildfire-related topics.
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The energy-centered postdoctoral research program is nurturing a global community of future leaders to realize sustainable, affordable, secure energy for the world.
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"I remember daycare trips to coastal parks, and for most of my childhood I fell asleep at night to a sound machine playing the sound of breaking waves. My parents are geologists who really enjoy nature, so we spent a lot of time outdoors. Most families have family portraits hanging on the walls, but we had vials of sand samples clustered along ours."
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Stanford, SLAC, and 13 other research institutions, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, seek to overcome the major limitations of a battery using water as the primary component of its electrolyte.
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During the Stanford Sustainability Summit, business owners, government officials, and community leaders from around the world convened to share ideas and express enthusiasm to address sustainability challenges.
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The Sustainability Accelerator’s new postdoctoral fellowship program kicks off fall quarter with four entrepreneurial fellows who will pursue individual research on greenhouse gas removal.
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PhD student Eeshan Chaturvedi is driven to create meaningful change worldwide. He’s advancing sustainability through both his legal research and global leadership.
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Through programs offered by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, undergraduate students from Stanford and institutions across the U.S. worked on projects that tackled pressing environmental challenges and advanced fundamental knowledge about our planet. Here’s an inside look at their experiences.
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Intent on having a widespread impact, Evelyn Pung focuses on work that simultaneously improves the health of people and the environment.
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For Juan Martín Cevallos López, what started as a sense of wonder for the ocean has flourished into a passion for oceanography and research that bridges disciplines.
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With a natural curiosity and no-nonsense approach, Trent La Sage is pursuing research that brings together physics, Earth science, and materials science.
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The Industrial Affiliates Review Committee established in February 2024 has released its report on all industrial affiliates programs in the school, identifying gaps and possible solutions for aligning with university guidelines.
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The Sustainability Accelerator in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will support work in new areas including energy, climate adaptation, industry, and more.
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will establish new research initiatives under topics including climate, water, energy, food, nature, and cities.
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Supported by an Innovation Transfer Grant from the TomKat Center, Fleet Logistics Intelligence Platform, or FLIP, is predicting the road ahead for vehicle fleets with machine learning.
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A fixture at Stanford for more than four decades, Nur was pivotal in establishing rock physics as a critical part of modern geophysics, bridged the intersection of earthquakes and archaeology, and mentored dozens of graduate students on approaching science with creativity.
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Earth system science professor Rob Jackson’s new book illustrates clean energy transition challenges and success around the world.
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E-IPER masters student and Knight-Hennessy scholar Kelsey Freeman shares how a trip to the extreme south of Chile brought new insights on her work with Indigenous communities.
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New Stanford program works to better understand connections between the environment and human health, and to pursue ecological solutions to public health challenges.
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His research spanned mineralogy, geochemistry, materials science, nuclear materials, physics, and chemistry, leading to the development of techniques to predict the long-term behavior of materials used in radioactive waste disposal.
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Organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and King Center on Global Development, the inaugural summit convened global climate innovators to forge new connections.
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Summer fellowships have been awarded through the Haas Center’s Partnerships for Climate Justice in the Bay initiative. Fellows co-sponsored by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will focus on environmental justice, working with local organizations on projects related to air quality, household electrification, and more.
