Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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Jayson Toweh
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Autumn 2021
BioJayson Toweh is an E-IPER PhD student focusing on identifying the health, environmental, and social impacts of climate change and creating co-benefits from developing sustainable energy transition.
He hold's a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan’s Program in the Environment and a master’s degree in Environmental Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His thesis focused on evaluating and mapping emission changes after installing scrubbers to coal power plants.
Prior to Stanford, Jayson worked as a Management and Program Analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Inspector General, where he evaluated EPA's water programs and made recommendations for improvement. Jayson was elected and serves on the Harvard Board of Overseers, the university's governing board. -
Katie Wu
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Autumn 2022
BioKatie is interested in using large-scale data analysis and AI to understand how infrastructure development impacts human and planetary health in urban contexts. Specifically, she focuses on improving social connectedness and well-being for climate resilience. She aims to develop adaptive decision support tools to identify and implement optimal development strategies prioritizing resource access, equity, human health, and nature.
Katie holds a Master of Engineering Management from Duke University, an M.S. in Medical Science from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and a B.S. in Animal Science with Distinction in Research from Cornell University. She is a Dean's Graduate Scholar, a Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and a Stanford Dalai Lama Fellow. -
Yunxiao Cherrie Zheng
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Autumn 2024
BioCherrie Zheng (she/her/hers) is an E-IPER PhD student exploring the social and natural ramifications of NBS (nature-based solutions) carbon project developments. She is taking a community-oriented approach in her research and aims to empower local stakeholders to lead in the project development processes. Cherrie intends to create knowledge synergy across disciplines such as ecosystem management, environmental sociology, climate psychology, and environmental policy.
Prior to starting her PhD, Cherrie worked at South Pole, a climate solutions consultancy and carbon project developer, where she specialized in carbon and renewable energy certificates. She also worked in data insights and urban service advisory. Cherrie received her B.A. from Barnard College in Economics, with minors in Environmental Science and Psychology.
