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Marcio Aurelio Soares Santos
Visiting Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliate, Program-Rajagopal, R.BioMarcio Santos is a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University's School of Engineering, where he delves into energy applications in agriculture. His research zeroes in on cycles enhancing energy efficiency and understanding how decision-making processes affect sustainability. He is engaged in studying the implications of crop yield on energy demand, the implementation of micro-grids in farming systems, the integration of renewable energy sources, grid integration, and demand-side data analytics.
He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. He further broadened his expertise with an M.Sc. in Economics, an MBA, and a Degree in Management, all from the Getulio Vargas Foundation, in addition to a Mathematics degree from São Paulo University. His educational journey includes being an alumnus of MIT, where he explored sustainability and innovation within his Ph.D. and M.Sc. programs.
He has accumulated a wealth of experience in the corporate world, serving in top executive roles (C-Level and Board member) at multinational companies within the agriculture and machinery sectors. Since 2019, he has taken on the role of Managing Partner at a Family Office Fund, focusing on investing in and developing sustainable solutions for agriculture, food systems, and health. Additionally, he is a Board Member at the Center for Innovation in Agriculture (CIAg) in Brazil, further highlighting his commitment to advancing agricultural innovation and sustainability. -
Alfred M. Spormann
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMetabolism of anaerobic microbes in diseases, bioenergy, and bioremediation
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Kirsten Stasio
Adjunct Lecturer, Atmosphere and Energy
BioKirsten Stasio is CEO of the Nevada Clean Energy Fund (NCEF), Nevada's nonprofit green bank. She also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University, where she co-teaches Understand Energy, a course that gives students the knowledge and tools to engage in the energy and sustainability sectors.
Throughout her career, Kirsten has strived to translate her life-long passion for environmental sustainability into real impact across the policy, education, corporate, and investment sectors. Before joining NCEF, Kirsten worked at MAP Energy, an energy investment firm, where she helped scale investments in renewable energy across the US. Her early career began at the World Resources Institute (WRI), a non-profit, where she worked with policymakers and other stakeholders to implement climate finance solutions. While getting her graduate degree at Stanford, Kirsten worked at Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) where she helped launched a new energy efficiency initiative with large businesses in the Bay Area. Kirsten also worked at Apple to implement energy measures at Apple's headquarters, retail stores, and data centers.
Kirsten began teaching at Stanford in early 2015 after graduating from Stanford with an MBA and an MS degree in the Emmet-Interdisciplinary Program on Environment and Resources (E-IPER). Kirsten also earned a dual BA in International Relations and French from the University of California, Davis.
The origins of Kirsten's passion for sustainability trace back to her childhood when she spent time on her family’s fourth-generation ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills, a place where she enjoys spending time today with her husband and daughter. -
Robert Street
William Alden and Martha Campbell Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsStreet focuses on numerical simulations related to geophysical fluid motions. His research considers the modeling of turbulence in fluid flows, which are often stratified, and includes numerical simulation of coastal upwelling, internal waves and sediment transport in coastal regions, flow in rivers, valley winds, and the planetary boundary layer.
