Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Mareldi Ahumada Paras
Postdoctoral Scholar, Energy Resources Engineering
BioCurrently I'm a Postdoctoral fellow at the intersection of climate policy, energy resilience and building decarbonization. I did my Ph.D. (2022) and M.S.E (2020) in Electrical Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle. My B.S.E (2013) in Mechatronics at Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de Mexico. My research focuses on power system resilience, planning and impact of extreme events. In 2016 I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to pursue my graduate studies. Previously, I worked at General Electric Company as an Edison engineer and operability engineer from 2013 to 2016. While at GE, I worked on power turbines and remote diagnostics of existing fleet.
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Sarfaraz Alam
Postdoctoral Scholar, Geophysics
BioSarfaraz Alam is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, where he is modeling nitrate transport in groundwater and surface water to improve approaches to enforcement. His research integrates hydrologic modeling, contaminant transport, remote sensing, and data science to understand how climate and human-induced changes affect water resources and the environment. Sarfaraz earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 2021.
Sarfaraz received an Outstanding Ph.D. student award, Dissertation Year Fellowship, and Graduate Division Fellowship at UCLA. He authored nine peer-reviewed journal articles and presented his research in over ten international conferences. -
Carlos Alvarez Zambrano
Postdoctoral Scholar, Geological Sciences
BioCarlos' research interests include granular matter transport, sand dunes, multiphase flows, and the transport of particles in the atmosphere. At Stanford, Carlos is investigating the formation of eolian bedforms on Mars and Earth.
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Steffen Buessecker
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI approach science questions from the molecular to the ecosystem level, such as (1) how abiotic pathways integrate into biological networks under extreme conditions, (2) what trace metals extremophiles require to maintain metabolic activity, (3) what novel methods can be applied to isolate extremophiles, and (4) how distinct trace gases cycle through extreme natural systems.
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Xiaofan Cui
Postdoctoral Scholar, Energy Resources Engineering
BioWelcome to my home page! I am currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, sponsored by Prof. Simona Onori. I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor working with Prof. Al-Thaddeus Avestruz. My research bridges concepts from circuits, control, and systems to address challenges in future power and energy systems. My Ph.D. dissertation focused on physics-based modeling, control, and design of energy systems. At Stanford, I broadened toward data-driven modeling, identification, and prediction of energy systems. Future energy systems can be more heterogeneous in form and more agile in actuation because of more integration of power electronics. My proposed work addressed these challenges by innovating control-aware modeling frameworks, provably-correct control policies, physics-informed learning schemes, and high-performance hardware validations.
I earned two M.S. degrees in ECE and Mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I received two bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from Tsinghua University, China. I enjoy reading and hiking in my spare time. If you are interested in future energy systems, I believe my “full-stack” skillsets from theory to hardware would be a good complement to your previous experiences. Please feel free to reach out to me by email. Have a good day!
