Principal Investigator

Professor Arun Majumdar

Dr. Arun Majumdar is the inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. He is the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University, a faculty member of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Science and Engineering, a Senior Fellow and former Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy and Senior Fellow (courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. He is also a faculty in Department of Photon Science at SLAC. Prior to joining Stanford, he was the Founding Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) and the Vice President for Energy at Google, where he created several energy technology initiatives and advised the company on its broader energy strategy. He continues to be a consultant to Google on energy.

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Administrator

Angelika Milstein

Angelika joined the Stanford School of Engineering as an Administrative Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering - Thermosciences in January 2024.

Research Scientist

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Dr. Gang Wan

► 2018, PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Argonne National Lab
► Research Interest: interfacial phenomena and ionic transport in electrochemical and catalytic systems; energy materials and non-equilibrium behaviors; X ray science.

Post-Docs

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Dr. Satish Kumar

► 2024, Schmidt Science Fellow
► 2024, 2018, PhD, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
► Research Interests: Computer Vision, GHGs Emission, PM2.5 Detection and Mitigation

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Dr. Xueji Wang

► 2023, PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
► Research Interests: Infrared Spectral Imaging, Optical Sensing

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Dr. Yu Wang

► 2022, PhD in Materials Science, University of Southern California
► MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science, University of Southern California
► Research Interest: Energy Exchange and Transport in Novel Nanoscale Materials and Devices.

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Dr. Kun Xu

► 2022, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
► Research Interest: Atomic Scale Characterization, Oxide Functional Materials.

Graduate Students

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Rob Buechler

► 2020, B.S.E in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
► Research Interest: Machine Learning for energy applications, energy systems control and optimization.

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Orisa Zarilka Coombs

► 2021, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT
► Research Interests: Water-Energy nexus, solar deployment, sanitation for resource constrained areas.
► Co-advisor: Will Tarpeh

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Cassandra Raen Borthwick Huff

► 2020, BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
► Research Interests: Carbon emissions reduction, nanotechnology, and science and tech policy.

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Joshua Martinez-Navarro

► 2020, B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
► Research Interest: Energy efficiency, nanomaterials, sustainability, thermochemical processes
► Co-Advisor: Joseph DeSimone

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Max Kessler

► 2020, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT
► Research Interests: Negative emissions technologies, namely methane removal. Atmospheric modeling. Climate policy.

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Henry Moise

► 2021 B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
► Research interests: Thermochemical processes for advanced fuels and low-carbon energy transformation
► Co-advisor: Matteo Cargnello

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Richard Randall

► 2019, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
► Research interest: Hydrogen production, negative-emission technologies, energy and climate policy.

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Shradha Sapru

► 2021, BS-MS in Chemistry, IISER Mohali
► Research Interests: Catalysis for sustainability, carbon dioxide capture and conversion, science policy.
► Co-advisor: Matteo Cargnello

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Xintong Xu

► 2020, Bachelor in Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
► Research interest: Fundamental understanding of energy transport.

Our Special Lab Members!

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Chunky Monkey

► 5th-year PhooD student
► Advisor: Cassandra
► Breed: Cat
► Research Interest: Thermal energy regulation through direct light absorption and dormancy.

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Bandit

► 5th-year PhooD student
► Advisor: Cassandra
► Breed: Cat
► Research Interest: Observational study of Corvus brachyrhynchos intraspecific communication with a concentration in auditory modes.