Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Adrian A. Wackett
Ph.D. Student in Geological Sciences, admitted Autumn 2022
BioAdrian A. Wackett was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota (unceded Wahpekute/Dakota lands). He double majored in Chemistry and Geosciences at Trinity University (TX) before returning to Saint Paul and completing his MS degree in Land & Atmospheric Sciences (specifically pedology/biogeochemistry) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where he studied global w'o'rming. Before coming to Stanford as an NSF GRFP Fellow he traveled extensively through Latin America and SE Asia (by bike) and worked as an independent researcher affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at Umeå University and the Climate Impacts Research Centre in Abisko, Sweden. He is broadly curious in learning how the world works, and this informs his outlook towards research. Previous topics of inquiry include: coupling ant bioturbation to the erosion and weathering of hillslope soils in SE Australia, exploring earthworm invasions and their deterministic effects on soil carbon stocks and forms in Fennoscandian and Alaskan forests, and examining the biogeochemical diversity of ‘black smoker’ plume particles at deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
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Diane M. Wade
Research Administrator, Energy Science & Engineering
BioI am a Research Administrator for the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. My role involves Finance, Grant & Affiliate Management. This means I am responsible for affiliate accounts, department accounts, sponsored grants (pre & post award) and faculty financial portfolios. I'm the financial liaison to the affiliates, and work with faculty to submit research proposals and then manage those sponsored awards.
Previously, I was Co-Editor & Project Manager with Principal Investigator, Francis Everitt at Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University and Diversity Officer for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University. I managed projects while editing three books with Prof. Everitt, with topics ranging from physics to history. I was also in charge of finances and recruiting while at the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Project Manager for the first Big Earth Hackathon – a two-day data science competition for Stanford students.
Before Stanford, I ran my own consulting company. My university education includes Mechanical Engineering and an internship at NASA building flight simulators. Prior to earning my MBA I was board member and representative for three non-profits. -
Virginia Walbot
Professor of Biology, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur current focus is on maize anther development to understand how cell fate is specified. We discovered that hypoxia triggers specification of the archesporial (pre-meiotic) cells, and that these cells secrete a small protein MAC1 that patterns the adjacent soma to differentiate as endothecial and secondary parietal cell types. We also discovered a novel class of small RNA: 21-nt and 24-nt phasiRNAs that are exceptionally abundant in anthers and exhibit strict spatiotemporal dynamics.
