Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Fatemeh Sadat Rassouli
Sample Preparation Laboratory Manager, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability - Dean's Office
BioI am the Sample Preparation Lab Manager at Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability, where my role combines laboratory management, research support, and ongoing scientific research. My work includes developing and maintaining laboratory capabilities for the preparation and processing of rocks, minerals, soils, sediments, and other Earth materials, as well as supporting researchers and students with experimental workflows and laboratory methods.
I earned my Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University in 2017 and my M.S. in Geophysics and Seismology from Stanford in 2015. My research has focused on the time-dependent mechanical behavior of geomaterials, particularly the creep and viscoplastic deformation of carbonate rocks and clay-rich shales under different reservoir conditions and across multiple scales. As a postdoctoral researcher in Stanford’s Department of Geophysics from 2018 to 2020, I extended this work to investigate the thermo-viscoplastic behavior of shale rocks.
I also hold an M.S. in Mining Engineering from the University of Tehran, where I investigated the creep behavior of soft rocks, including salts, mudrocks, and tuffs, using impression creep testing. I conducted this experimental research at the University of Tehran, Tokai University in Japan, and Toyota National College of Technology. In addition, I hold a master’s degree in Education, complementing my scientific background with formal training in teaching and education. -
Anjana Richards
Assistant Dean for Research Initiatives, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability - Dean's Office
BioAnjana is the Assistant Dean for Research Initiatives where she is responsible for strategic planning, design and management for internal funding programs such as the Solution Areas, which are bringing interdisciplinary teams of faculty together to tackle systems-level challenges in partnership with key decision makers. She is also supporting the new Sustainable Societies Initiative, which advances our ability to achieve the profound societal changes needed for a sustainable future.
Anjana joined Stanford in 2014. She served as core programmatic staff for the complex charge of the Doerr School creation, working in close collaboration with faculty leadership and senior administration on all elements of the transition. She co-led the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER), and ran E-IPER’s joint MS degree programs. She also worked for five years in community college education, leading multi-stakeholder teams to build clean energy, environmental science, and sustainable campus initiatives, and deliver social innovation programs that served a diversity of communities. Anjana's work builds from a 10-year private sector career driving environmental improvements within manufacturing and research practices, and creating sustainability strategies for large corporate clients.
Anjana brings a sustainability lens and practitioner competencies to her roles in higher education administration. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Environmental Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business. Anjana enjoys being an active parent and avid traveler to friends, family, and forests near and far. -
Tom Rolander
Staff,
Casual - Non-Exempt, OceansBioResearch Engineer and Mentor at the Hopkins Marine Station Miller Library Fabrication Lab in Circuit Design, Sofware Engineering, and 3D Printing. Serial entrepreneur and part time lecturer in Entrepreneurship at CSUMB, Tom Rolander is the former CIO / Software Architect for 4 years at Ecopia Farms in Campbell, CA. As a co-founder of several previous successful startups, Rolander has been in key management and engineering leadership roles. At Digital Research he was VP of Operating Systems, where he designed the multi-tasking (MP/M) and network (CP/NET) operating systems and was acquired by Novell. At KnowledgeSet he was VP of Engineering, where he led the development of the first encyclopedia (Grolier) on CD-ROM and was acquired by Banta. At PGSoft he was founding CEO and VP of Engineering, where he led the development of the iFolder and was acquired by Novell. At CrossLoop he was the founding CEO and CTO as the lead developer of the CrossLoop screen sharing products and was acquired by AVG.
Rolander's honors and awards include the Computer History Museum video recording of Tom Rolander's oral history (2016), the Keynote Address at the Greater Vision 2015 Event Co-hosted by CSUMB and the Grower Shipper Association, the 2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, the NYU-Poly 2009 Spirit of Innovation Award, delivering the 2009 EE Commencement Address at the University of Washington, a US Patent "Server for Synchronization of Files" in 2006, and for iFolder as the 2003 Codie Award for Best Storage Software. Rolander holds MSEE and BSCE degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle.
