Profiles

Emilie Moore, BS ’26, wasn’t sure what to study until she took the course CEE 134A: Sustainable Design Practice. Now, as part of the Sustainable Architecture + Engineering (SA+E) program, she is developing the design, technical, visual communication, and digital modeling skills needed to address a range of architectural and engineering problems.

Howard Qin, BS Math ’24, MS Sustainability Science & Practice ’26, hosted a fireside chat with Professor Steven Chu, Nobel physics laureate and former Secretary of Energy, as part of Stanford Climate Week. President Jonathan Levin gave opening remarks.

Throughout roles in the White House, U.S. State Department, and academia, Maxine Burkett has focused on the relationship between environmental change and inequity, its impact on communities, and how law and policy can help build a better world for all.

Sustainability science and practice master's student Kaitlyn Sanchez spent the summer with Auckland Council, a local government body in New Zealand, as part of an internship through the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. She researched approaches to economic development within a changing climate and environment while learning about climate issues and initiatives in the region.

Stanford economist Shanjun Li models how policy choices in the U.S., China, and around the world shape the energy transition and give rise to clean energy leaders.

Eva Scheller designs and plans spacecraft instruments, including Mars rovers and satellites, and analyzes the data to understand the formation, evolution, and habitability of planetary bodies.

Political science and economics undergraduate student George Hasnah spent the summer at Jacobs as part of an internship through the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. Jacobs is a global engineering and professional services firm focused on delivering sustainable solutions for industrial, commercial, and governmental clients.

Jennifer Burney combines physics, economics, and on-the-ground data to understand how practical, local solutions and better policies can help improve access to food, support farmers, and drive down planet-warming emissions.

Ettore Biondi uses fiber sensing technologies and dense seismic sensor networks to understand the underlying mechanisms and subsurface structures driving geophysical processes such as volcanic system dynamics and earthquake physics.

Halleh Balch develops nanoscale environmental sensors to probe the molecular mechanisms that underlie ocean-climate interactions and explore paths to improve water security and sustainability. 

Passionate about “social-ecological leadership,” master’s student Fatoumata Barrie is working to bring more voices into sustainability conversations.

The Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will support three scholars exploring creative and commercially viable solutions to challenges in food, wind energy, and cooling systems.

Deeply connected to both her discipline and the community of scholars she works with, Chloe Cheng, Geophysics ’25, is contributing to research on complex processes in the ocean and atmosphere.

Diego Gutierrez, Earth Systems ’25, looks to the ground beneath us to understand how equitable food systems can lift up communities.

Whether leading coral restoration efforts at home or doing research on campus, undergraduate student Plengrhambhai “Pleng” Snidvongs Kruesopon is advancing environmental conservation through policy, education, and community action.