Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Larissa Verona
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science, admitted Autumn 2026
BioI’m a PhD student in Earth System Science, advised by Prof. Alyson Hoyt. I’m interested in understanding the carbon dynamics of tropical wetlands by studying soils, isotopes, and gases, as well as landscape patterns through remote sensing. I earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in plant biology from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil, where I gained experience in functional and restoration ecology. More broadly, I’m curious about the functioning and conservation of tropical ecosystems, including non-forest ones such as savannas and grasslands.
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Ao Yu
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science, admitted Autumn 2023
Masters Student in Earth System Science, admitted Autumn 2026BioAo Yu is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Stanford University’s Department of Earth System Science. Working with Professor Giulio De Leo, she studies how anthropogenic disturbances, including climate change, pollution, and land-use change, affect the transmission of parasitic diseases.
Her current research focuses on schistosomiasis and Lyme disease. She combines laboratory experiments and fieldwork with geospatial analysis and mathematical and statistical modeling to investigate the ecological drivers of disease transmission. She also aims to translate these findings into practical, ecologically informed solutions for disease prevention and control.
Ao earned an M.P.H. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2023. She graduated with honors from Purdue University in 2021 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Chemistry.