School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
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Aakash Ahamed
Ph.D. Student in Geophysics
BioI am interested in scientific methods for satellite and airborne remote sensing applications in water resources, disaster response and agriculture. Before coming to Stanford, I worked as a support scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and as a Remote Sensing analyst at a successful Silicon Valley start up. I hold a M.Sc. from Boston College (full scholarship) and a B.S. (with honors) from Franklin & Marshall College.
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Garrett Adler
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsGarrett is interested in better understanding connections between environmental variability (and change) and human security. In particular, he works to explore relationships between climate variability and violent conflict, and hopes to better identify some of the mechanisms that may link these phenomena.
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Usua Amanam
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNanoparticle transport in porous media, catalytic thermal recovery
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Jaewoo An
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCoupling of geomechanics and reservoir simulation
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Folasade Ayoola
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Masters Student in Energy Resources EngineeringCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsPrediction of CO2 Migration by Inverse Modeling of CO2 Pressure Measurements
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Curtis Baden
Ph.D. Student in Geological and Environmental Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsUplift of the Santa Cruz Mountains: Geologic, Thermal, and Mechanical Insights
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Joseph Bakarji
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI work on multiscale stochastic modeling of granular materials. I introduce randomness in deterministic equations to account for subscale physics and microstructural heterogeneity. The problem is tackled using various uncertainty quantification techniques such as Multilevel Monte Carlo, the PDF method and moments equations. Furthermore, I develop stochastic differential equations that address the chaotic nature of granular systems.
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Laura Bloomfield
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2020
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
MSTP StudentCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsLaura studies how land-use changes facilitate interactions between people and wildlife affecting infectious disease emergence. She currently focuses on the spatial dispersion and transmission of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases along and between human and non-human primate networks.
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Thomas Boag
Ph.D. Student in Geological Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on the origins and early evolution of macroscopic animal life and the changes to both the geosphere and biosphere during the Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic transition; specifically the Ediacaran Period (635-541 Ma). Due to the paucity of fossil evidence left by Earth’s earliest animals in deep time, I look to incorporate paleo- ecological, geochemical, and database analyses with studies of extant animal physiology to better understand the Ediacaran biostratigraphic record.
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Sebastian Bosma
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioI am a PhD student in the department of Energy Resources Engineering. Coming from a diverse academic background in aerospace engineering, financial engineering and petroleum engineering; I hope to contribute to solving the world energy challenge. I am a dedicated quantitative engineer with interests in energy (production) efficiency, computational efficiency, carbon sequestration and thermal storage.
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Anthony Bou Karim
Masters Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPerforming stability analysis on acoustofluidics at the micro and nano scales using the energy perturbation method. Non-linear analysis is performed to understand the stability of specific solutions. Bifurcation parameters are identified and numerical techniques are used to complement the study and validate experimental data. Direct applications are acoustic waves in batteries to prohibit/delay the formation of dendrites on the anode/cathode implying a longer battery life.
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Nina Brooks
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Master of Arts Student in Economics, admitted Spring 2019Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNina’s research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, health, and development economics and she is broadly interested in the social and environmental determinants of population health. Her dissertation looks at the health and environmental externalities of brick manufacturing in Bangladesh. Her other work is focused on reproductive health access and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Israel.
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Nicole Buckley
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioNic studies rural land use change and governance in the context of rangeland ecology and management. Her research interests include environmental governance, habitat conservation, payments for ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, and conservation program design. Before graduate school, she worked as Campaign Director for the Northern Sierra Partnership project at The Nature Conservancy and as Assistant Director of the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program.
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Zachary Burton
Ph.D. Student in Geological and Environmental Sciences
BioI am a fourth-year Ph.D. student working with Dr. Steve Graham and the Basin and Petroleum System Modeling (BPSM) group, as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the New Zealand Institute for Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS Science).
I currently conduct research on past earth climate, microbiological and thermal activity, geologic deposition via fluvial and marine systems, and tectonic processes including mountain-building and faulting to assess exploration risk and economic viability of oil, gas, and gas hydrate deposits. -
Marissa Childs
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMarissa’s research interests are in the ecology of infectious diseases. She studies the environmental and social conditions that promote vector-borne disease transmission. Her current research focuses on spillover of yellow fever virus in Brazil and the effects of temperature on dengue transmission.
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Matthias Cremon
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy PhD project involves modeling and simulation of In-Situ Combustion (ISC) processes at the lab scale using an in-house general purpose reservoir simulator. The complexity of the physics and chemistry involved in ISC makes it highly challenging to accurately simulate, especially in a reasonable time frame. We hope to improve the general knowledge about the numerical simulation of ISC and mitigate some of its main issues through design, implementation and testing of new models.
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Cansu Culha
Ph.D. Student in Geophysics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in multiphase flow systems pertaining to volcanoes. I also work on Europa's surface features and subsurface processes.
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Sadie Rosalie Gruenwald Cwikiel
Masters Student in Earth Systems
Student Employee, Earth Systems ProgramBioSadie is a senior majoring in Earth Systems in the Oceans and Climate track and minoring in creative writing. She grew up in Northern Michigan and has always loved spending time outside. She is interested in oceanography, tropical ecosystems, and conservation. Her favorite Stanford quarter was spent studying ecology and anthropology during the Wrigley Field Program in Hawaii. Her group research project on parrotfish in Hawaiian coral reefs inspired her love for marine ecosystems. Sadie also studied abroad in Santiago, Chile, and enjoyed hiking in the Andes and practicing Spanish. She has spent her summers researching the impacts of drought and flooding events on soil respiration, working with a citizen science program in the Peruvian rainforest, and sailing through the Phoenix Islands Protected Area during a SEA Semester. Outside of academics, Sadie enjoys leading SPOT and adventure trips with Stanford Outdoor Education, leading tours at Jasper Ridge, playing drums in LSJUMB, creative writing, and dancing. In her free time, she likes to go hiking and camping, do ceramics, or go to the beach.
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Nathan Dadap
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science
Masters Student in Earth System ScienceBioNathan Dadap is a PhD student in Professor Alexandra Konings’ Group in the Earth System Science Department at Stanford University. He is interested in using remote sensing to better understand peatland hydrology - an important control on fire risk and carbon emissions. Currently, Nathan is working on a research project relating soil moisture and fire in Equatorial Asia. Prior to graduate school, Nathan worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on hazardous waste issues. Nathan holds a BS in Applied Physics from Columbia University.
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Frances Davenport
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science
BioFrances studies hydroclimate in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University. She is interested in how climate change will affect water availability, precipitation extremes, and flooding, as well as the impacts of extreme events on society. She also tries to understand the efficacy of various adaptation strategies for managing hydrologic extremes (for example, floods and droughts). You can visit her personal website here: https://fdavenport.github.io
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Jacques de Chalendar
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsIntegrated Energy Systems
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Bertrand Delorme
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsIn this work, I investigate how surface-generated equatorial waves could drive abyssal mixing in the ocean through a mechanism of near-bottom wave trapping as a result of the horizontal component of the Earth’s rotation.
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Hailey Deres
Masters Student in Earth Systems
Student Employee, Earth Systems ProgramBioThis year, Hailey is a senior on the Oceans and Climate track of Earth Systems. She was born and raised in New England but relocated to Dallas at age 10, and she's missed the coast ever since. Hailey loves all things related to the sea, but she is particularly interested in the cultural ties that have historically drawn communities to the ocean and the education necessary to facilitate global cooperation. She is entering her senior year following a quarter spent at the Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey and a summer filled with research on abalone physiology and their physical distribution. During her senior year, Hailey will be pursuing an honors thesis focusing on abalone and their possible responses to projected oceanic change. She spends most of her free time baking, listening to podcasts, and trying to convince everyone to go to trivia night with her.
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noah dewar
Ph.D. Student in Geophysics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsStudying aquifer systems and groundwater transport using airborne geophysical methods with an aim to improve and aid sustainable groundwater management practices at a local and state level.
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Adam Thomas Ellner
Masters Student in Earth Systems
BioAdam is an Earth Systems coterm pursuing a Masters of Science, focusing on urban sustainability and resilience. A Seattle native born and raised, he grew up immersed in the natural ecology of the ocean, mountains, and forests of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the urban ecology of the city's streets, buildings, and neighborhoods. His parents frequently took him on hikes in the Cascade Mountains in search of mushrooms and huckleberries, which his foodie family would incorporate with their home grown produce to create delicious dinners from their forage and harvest. At Stanford, Adam's passion for urban studies guided him through the Human Environmental Systems track of the Earth Systems major. He has always been conscious about his own waste, water, and energy footprint, and summer experiences working with businesses, housing properties, and organizations to develop and implement recycling outreach and education programs have validated his desire to cultivate transformative change for sustainability at the community level. Beyond his academic pursuits, Adam is an avid musician. During his time at Stanford, he has been played drums and percussion for the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and a variety of musical theater productions. He is an active member of Davenport Landing, a rock band that he created with three friends during his freshman year, whose album of original music "Wait 'til Tomorrow" is set to be released on March 8, 2019.
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Cooper Elsworth
Ph.D. Student in Geophysics
BioCooper Elsworth is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geophysics and MS student in Computational Mathematics & Engineering at Stanford University. As a member of the SIGMA group, his research focuses on the coupled processes governing streaming ice flow in Western Antarctica. Previously, he attended Penn State University, where he completed BS and MS degrees in Engineering Mechanics, focusing on computational methods for fluid-structure interaction. His research interests include coupled systems, fluid dynamics, glaciology and computational mechanics.
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Rachel Engstrand
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRachel studies ecosystem resilience to gold mining and agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon. www.rachelengstrand.com
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Caroline Alexa Famiglietti
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science
BioCaroline Famiglietti is a first-year PhD student working with Prof. Alexandra Konings. She is interested in using remote sensing technologies to assess large-scale interactions between the carbon and water cycles. In 2017, Caroline graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Geography/Environmental Studies. Prior to graduate school, Caroline worked in the Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems group at NASA JPL (with Josh Fisher) from 2017-2018 and in the UC Berkeley Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (with Sally Thompson) in 2016.
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Caroline Ferguson
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioCaroline Ferguson is a Stanford PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER). She is currently engaged in two research endeavors: one investigating gender in Palau's sea cucumber fishery through an intersectional lens, and another addressing forced migration and climate adaptation in the Marshall Islands. As part of her work with Marshallese immigrants, she also conducts research in her home state, Arkansas. www.ceferguson.com
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Jenna Forsyth
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioJenna is a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources and has a Master's in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington. Her research brings together principles of environmental science, epidemiology, and behavior change. She hopes to develop and evaluate interventions to minimize exposures to contaminants and disease vectors in households in low-income countries. Her most recent research on lead contamination in food has brought her to Bangladesh.
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Cedric Fraces
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
BioPhD candidate in Energy Resources Engineering with over 10 years of experience in the Energy industry. Covered a variety of roles from field engineering to project management in consulting, service and operating companies. Worked on major oilfields in China, Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico, Colombia and interacted with top executives in corresponding National Oil Companies.
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Whitney Ria Francis
Masters Student in Earth Systems
Student Employee, Earth Systems ProgramBioWhitney is senior from San Diego, CA aka America's Finest City. After a winding path of exploring different majors, Whitney officially joined the Earth Systems community last year. She is in the Human Environmental Systems track and is also minoring in Asian American Studies. From a young age, Whitney has been passionate and curious about all things food related, which has shaped her interactions with the environment and influenced her interests in the intersection of food, racial, and environmental justice. Whitney hopes to someday do work related to developing sustainable food systems. During her time at Stanford, she has found herself doing fieldwork in Hawaii, exploring Kyoto, and working on a photography project about mixed-race Japanese Americans. This past summer, she was working with the Trust for Public Land in SF doing public grants and policy work. Outside of Earth Systems, Whitney has worked as an RA in Okada, is an active member of the Japanese Student Union, and constantly finds herself taking on new projects. In her free time, she can be found adding new music to her playlists, complaining about the cold, snacking on fresh food at the farm, and hanging out with friends!
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Laura Froute
Ph.D. Student in Energy Resources Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on developing high-resolution imaging methodologies applicable to shale, using μCT, FIB-SEM, and STEM techniques at ambient and cryogenic temperatures. Multiscale datasets with structural, mineralogical and microfluidic information down to nanometer resolution will provide a better understanding of pore network morphology and connectivity, fluid-rock affinities, relevant scales for hydrocarbon transport, and displacement processes during production.
