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Dr. G. Scott Hubbard
Affiliate, Aeronautics and Astronautics
BioDr. Hubbard's research interests include the study of both human and robotic exploration of space with a particular focus on technology and missions for planetary exploration, especially Mars. Prof. Hubbard is also an expert on the emerging entrepreneurial space industry and is the Director Emeritus of the Stanford Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE CST). As part of his ongoing engagement with robotic Mars missions, Hubbard serves as a member of National Academy of Science review groups and as a frequent consultant to NASA projects. Current topics include the Mars Sample Return architecture and studying the infusion of science objectives into human exploration missions. Dr. Hubbard's commercial space interests examine policies to enable, facilitate and promote such ventures. As the former Director of NASA's Ames Research Center, he maintains an active connection to the space exploration community. Hubbard is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal New Space.
Brief Biography: Dr. Scott Hubbard has been a leader in space exploration for almost 50 years. His career includes a National Lab, a start-up venture, NASA, and Stanford. At NASA, Dr. Hubbard is best known as Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, the first Mars Program Director (aka the "Mars Czar"), and the founder of NASA's Astrobiology Institute. As the sole NASA member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), Hubbard’s work demonstrated the definitive technical cause of the accident. At Stanford, Hubbard has been very active in the emerging entrepreneurial space enterprise, establishing a peer-reviewed journal New Space, and creating the Stanford Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation., From 2012 to 2023 Hubbard chaired the SpaceX Commercial Crew Safety Advisory Panel. Although now retired from teaching and advising he continues to serve on various committees for the National Academy, NASA and other groups. He is the author of the award winning "Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery" and his many honors include eight NASA medals including NASA’s highest recognition, the Distinguished Service Medal. Dr. Hubbard is also an Honorary Fellow of the AIAA. A brief video of Hubbard's career may be viewed at https://vimeo.com/172038243. More background is available at https://gscotthubbard.com/ including Hubbard's lifelong passion for playing music.
Selected Honors
2022 Elected Cosmos Club, Distinguished in Space Science
2019 Honorary Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2018 Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame
2016 Henry Clay Distinguished Kentuckian Award
2016 NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal for NASA Advisory Council
2013 Kentucky Aviation Museum Hall of Fame
2013 Bronze Medal in Science; “Exploring Mars”, Independent Publishers Book Awards
2007 Challenger Learning Center Distinguished Achievement Award.
2006 Carl Sagan Memorial Award by the American Astronautical and Planetary Societies
2006 Presidential Meritorious Rank Senior Executive
2006 Doctor Honoris Causa Polytechnic University of Madrid
2005 NASA Exceptional Service Medal for Columbia Accident Board report
2004 Distinguished Service Medal (NASA’s Highest Award) for demonstrating the physical cause of the Columbia accident
2004 Engineering Science Award, International Academy of Astronautics
2004 Von Kármán medal in the field of Astronautics
2003 Elected Fellow, AIAA
2002 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for Mars Odyssey
2001 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for Mars Program Restructuring
1999 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for Lunar Prospector Mission
1998 “Laurels” from Aviation Week for Lunar Prospector
1998 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for Mars Pathfinder Project
1997 “Laurels” from Aviation Week for Mars Pathfinder
1994 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for creation of Mars Pathfinder mission. -
Fabio Hübel
Ph.D. Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics, admitted Summer 2026
BioVisiting Student Research at Marco Pavone's Group (Autonomous Systems Lab).
Master Thesis in autonomous navigation and exploration for quadrupeds. -
Cassandra Huff
Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2020
BioCassandra Huff is a PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering working on developing cost-effective sensors for measuring biogenic, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). She is interested in the overlap of technology and environmental science, science and technology policy and ethics, and prototyping. Her PhD work is specifically focused on building a cost-effective, scalable, optical sensor to measure methane (CH4) emissions from wetland and rice paddies.
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Robert Huggins
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus
BioProfessor Huggins joined Stanford as Assistant Professor in 1954, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1958, and to Professor in 1962.
His research activities have included studies of imperfections in crystals, solid-state reaction kinetics, ferromagnetism, mechanical behavior of solids, crystal growth, and a wide variety of topics in physical metallurgy, ceramics, solid state chemistry and electrochemistry. Primary attention has recently been focused on the development of understanding of solid state ionic phenomena involving solid electrolytes and mixed ionic-electronic conducting materials containing atomic or ionic species such as lithium, sodium or oxygen with unusually high mobility, as well as their use in novel battery and fuel cell systems, electrochromic optical devices, sensors, and in enhanced heterogeneous catalysis. He was also involved in the development of the understanding of the key role played by the phase composition and oxygen stoichiometry in determining the properties of high temperature oxide superconductors.
Topics of particular recent interest have been related to energy conversion and storage, including hydrogen transport and hydride formation in metals, alloys and intermetallic compounds, and various aspects of materials and phenomena related to advanced lithium batteries.
He has over 400 professional publications, including three books; "Advanced Batteries", published by Springer in 2009, "Energy Storage", published by Springer in 2010, and Energy Storage, Second Edition in 2016. -
Alissa Hummer
Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioengineering
BioAlissa is a Schmidt Science Fellow in the labs of Emma Lundberg and Wah Chiu. She is integrating microscopy techniques with AI to study and model cellular processes. Prior to her postdoc, Alissa completed her PhD at the University of Oxford, where she developed machine learning models for therapeutic antibody optimization and design.
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Kuo-Han Hung
Masters Student in Computer Science, admitted Autumn 2025
BioFirst-year Computer Science Master’s student at Stanford, originally from Taipei, Taiwan.
Passionate about robotics and AI, with a focus on developing robot policies that are more generalizable and reliable. Open to research collaborations and work opportunities in embodied AI and machine learning.
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Sydney Hunt
Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2023
BioSydney Hunt (she/her), from Cornwall, New York, is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar pursuing a PhD in electrical engineering with a focus on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) at Stanford School of Engineering. She is advised by Paul Nuyujukian, MD, PhD in the Brain Interfacing Laboratory.
She currently serves as a Trustee on the Duke University Board of Trustees, Knight-Hennessy Scholar Ambassador, and on the Knight-Hennessy Scholar Experience Committee. She graduated with distinction from Duke University with bachelor’s degrees in electrical/computer engineering and computer science (concentration in artificial intelligence and machine learning), and a minor in gender, sexuality, and feminist studies.
An aspiring professor, Sydney passionately commits herself to STEM retention as a founding member of both the nonprofit CS Sidekicks and Duke’s S.P.I.R.E. Fellows Living Learning Community. She conducted and published her BCI research at Caltech (Richard Andersen’s lab) and MIT (Polina Anikeeva’s lab) through the WAVE Fellows and MIT SRP-Bio programs, respectively. She enjoys playing soccer, trying new food, and dad jokes. Sydney is certified in Mental Health First Aid and a recipient of Duke’s Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship. -
Hillard Huntington
Researcher, Contingent
Executive Director, Energy Modeling Forum
Staff, Management Science and Engineering - Energy Modeling ForumBioHuntington is Executive Director of Stanford University's Energy Modeling Forum, where he conducts studies to improve the usefulness of models for understanding energy and environmental problems. In 2005 the Forum received the prestigious Adelman-Frankel Award from the International Association for Energy Economics for its "unique and innovative contribution to the field of energy economics."
His current research interests are modeling energy security, energy price shocks, energy market impacts of environmental policies, and international natural gas and LNG markets. In 2002 he won the Best Paper Award from the Energy Journal for a paper co-authored with Professor Dermot Gately of New York University.
He is a Senior Fellow and a past-President of the United States Association for Energy Economics and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He was also Vice-President for Publications for the International Association for Energy Economics and a member of the American Statistical Association's Committee on Energy Data. Previously, he served on a joint USA-Russian National Academy of Sciences Panel on energy conservation research and development.
Huntington has testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the California Energy Commission.
Prior to coming to Stanford in 1980, he held positions in the corporate and government sectors with Data Resources Inc., the U.S. Federal Energy Administration, and the Public Utilities Authority in Monrovia, Liberia (as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer).
