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  • Nicole Martinez-Martin

    Nicole Martinez-Martin

    Assistant Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Biomedical Ethics) and, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNIH/National Institute of Mental Health
    K01 MH118375-01A1
    “Ethical, Legal and Social Implications in the Use of Digital Technology for Mental Health Applications”

    Greenwall Foundation Making a Difference in Bioethics Grant
    “Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Digital Phenotyping”

  • Nicole M. Martinez

    Nicole M. Martinez

    Assistant Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Developmental Biology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe Martinez lab studies RNA regulatory mechanisms that control gene expression. We focus on mRNA processing, RNA modifications and their roles in development and disease.

  • Olivia Martinez

    Olivia Martinez

    Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHost-Pathogen interactions; EBV B cell lymphomas; pathways of immune evasion in the growth and survival of EBV B cell lymphomas; mechanisms of graft rejection and tolerance induction; stem cell and solid organ transplantation.

  • Ramon Martinez

    Ramon Martinez

    Associate Professor of Education

    BioRamón Antonio Martínez is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University. His research explores the intersections of language, race, and ideology in K-12 public schools, with a particular focus on literacy learning among multilingual children and youth, and the preparation of teachers to work in multilingual settings. In addition to his long-term, community-engaged, and ethnographically informed research, Dr. Martínez actively supports pre-service teachers through his ongoing work in the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP). His scholarship has been published in journals such as Anthropology & Education Quarterly, International Multilingual Research Journal, Language Policy, Linguistics and Education, Modern Language Journal, Research in the Teaching of English, and Review of Research in Education. Dr. Martínez earned his Ph.D. from the Division of Urban Schooling in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

  • Todd Martinez

    Todd Martinez

    David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Photon Science

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAb initio molecular dynamics, photochemistry, molecular design, mechanochemistry, graphical processing unit acceleration of electronic structure and molecular dynamics, automated reaction discovery, ultrafast (femtosecond and attosecond) chemical phenomena

  • Pedro Martins Gomes de Oliveira, MD

    Pedro Martins Gomes de Oliveira, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)

    BioDr. Gomes de Oliveira is an oral maxillofacial surgeon, head and neck surgeon, and sleep specialist with the Stanford Health Care Sleep Surgery Program. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Sleep Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    Dr. Gomes de Oliveira specializes in orthognathic (jaw) and sleep surgery. He treats simple to complex cases of obstructive sleep apnea, creating personalized, effective care plans for each of his patients.

    Dr. Gomes de Oliveira studies new treatments and best practices in jaw, sleep, and facial surgeries. He has analyzed psychiatric and cardiovascular outcomes in sleep surgery patients and researched sports-related facial fractures. Dr. Gomes de Oliveira has a background as a clinical and scientific researcher for the NOVA Clinical Research Unit in Lisbon, Portugal.

    National and international peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, have published Dr. Gomes de Oliveira’s work. He has been invited to share his findings at national and global meetings, including for the American Academy of Otolaryngology and the European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS).

    Dr. Gomes de Oliveira is a member of EACMFS and the Spanish Society of Oral and Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Surgery. He is also a board member of the Portuguese Society of Maxillofacial Surgery.

  • Daphne O. Martschenko

    Daphne O. Martschenko

    Assistant Professor (Research) of Pediatrics (Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics)

    BioDr. Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko is an Assistant Professor at the Laurie J. Girand Center for Biomedical Ethics at Stanford. Her scholarship identifies novel ways to examine and enhance the ethical and socially responsible conduct, translation, and interpretation of human genetic research.

    Dr. Martschenko is passionate about fostering public and community engagement with controversial scientific research. She has appeared in the New York Times and on numerous podcasts including Freakonomics Radio. Dr. Martschenko’s work is published in publicly accessible media outlets such as Scientific American and The Conversation. In 2023, she was named one of 10 Scientists to Watch by ScienceNews.

    Dr. Martschenko is author of the book What We Inherit: How New Technologies and Old Myths Are Shaping Our Genomic Future, which she wrote with friend and colleague Sam Trejo, a sociologist at Princeton University. Over the past decade, the field of human genetics has rapidly produced a wide range of never-before-seen genomic tools; together, they debate and discuss a range of social, ethical, and policy issues raised by this so-called DNA revolution. Though there’s plenty the two disagree about, they share a firm belief that—in order to successfully navigate the transition to a society where genetic prediction is increasingly accurate and available—it is vital that society take seriously the impact both of DNA and of pernicious genetic myths.

  • Eric Marxmiller

    Eric Marxmiller

    Advanced Lecturer, Emergency Medicine

    BioI'm Eric Marxmiller, a registered paramedic and Advance Lecturer in the Department of Emergency Medicine, where I also serve as Program Director for Stanford EMS (StEMS) and numerous EMS education classes. I hold paramedic registrations in both the United States and the United Kingdom through the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and maintain active clinical practice in San Francisco's 911 system.

    My career spans over two decades in emergency medicine, from my start as an EMT in 2001 through paramedic certification in 2014, with experience ranging from 911 response and interfacility transport to expedition and event medicine across seven continents. I frequently work as a consultant in executive protection and event medical services on a global basis. As founder of multiple medical service organizations, I've combined frontline clinical work with education and innovation in EMS, contributing to the field through teaching, program development, and entrepreneurial ventures focused on advancing prehospital care.

  • E'jaaz A. Mason

    E'jaaz A. Mason

    Lecturer, Earth Systems Program

    BioE’jaaz A. Mason is a Lecturer in Earth Systems at Stanford University teaching courses about community-engaged multimedia environmental storytelling. He is also the Co-Founder of Lede New Orleans, a nonprofit fostering community engagement and young adult media production training. A filmmaker, educator, and community engagement specialist, Mason was a member of the 2023-2024 John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford. From 2015 to 2020, he taught film and digital media in New Orleans public high schools, founding an award-winning film program at New Orleans Charter Math & Science High School. Mason has received numerous awards for his work in youth education. He was a cinematographer for the 2022 HBO/Time Studios documentary Katrina Babies and is the Story and Impact Producer for the 2025 documentary The River. He is also directing two documentary films: Black Suit: Sewing [Her]story, which highlights the importance of Black women in New Orleans’ Black Masking Indian culture and an untitled film about environmental and societal challenges facing residents of the Bayview Hunter's Point neighborhood in San Francisco.

  • Tarik F. Massoud, MD, PhD

    Tarik F. Massoud, MD, PhD

    Professor of Radiology (Neuroimaging and Neurointervention)

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current interests are in molecular and translational imaging of the brain especially in neuro-oncology and cerebrovascular diseases, experimental aspects of neuroimaging, clinical neuroradiology, neuroradiological anatomy, and research education and academic training of radiologists and scientists.

  • Gilbert Masters

    Gilbert Masters

    Professor (Teaching) of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus

    BioGILBERT M. MASTERS
    MAP EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
    B.S. (1961) AND M.S. (1962) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
    PH.D. (1966) Electrical Engineering, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

    Gil Masters has focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy systems as essential keys to slowing global warming, enhancing energy security, and improving conditions in underserved, rural communities. Although officially retired in 2002, he has continued to teach CEE 176A: Energy-Efficient Buildings, and CEE 176B: Electric Power: Renewables and Efficiency. He is the author or co-author of ten books, including Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science (3rd edition, 2008), Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems, (2nd edition, 2013), and Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Policy and Planning (2nd edition, 2018). Professor Masters has been the recipient of a number of teaching awards at Stanford, including the university's Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Tau Beta Pi teaching award from the School of Engineering. Over the years, more than 10,000 students have enrolled in his courses. He served as the School of Engineering Associate Dean for Student Affairs from 1982-1986, and he was the Interim Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1992-93.

  • Martha Meredith Masters

    Martha Meredith Masters

    Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

    BioM. Meredith Masters is currently the Marc and Laura Andreessen Medical Director for Disaster Relief for the Stanford University School of Medicine and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In this role, she serves as the medical director for the Office of Emergency Management, providing clinical oversight to disaster planning and response across the Stanford Medicine platform.
    Dr. Masters attended medical school at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and trained with the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Wisconsin. Following residency, she completed the Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Fellowship with the Fire Department of New York.
    Prior to joining the Emergency Medicine Faculty at Stanford, Dr. Masters served as the Medical Director for University Hospital EMS in Newark, NJ, and was part of the Emergency Medicine Faculty at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
    Dr. Masters’ clinical and research interests are focused on disaster preparedness and mitigation, improving education in disaster medicine, and the ethical delivery of care during crises.

  • Michael Mastrandrea

    Michael Mastrandrea

    Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

    BioMichael Mastrandrea is an interdisciplinary scientist focused on managing climate risks and the design and implementation of energy and climate policy in California and beyond. He is Research Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, as well as Director of Policy at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Accelerator. He also serves as Chief Advisor for Energy and Climate Research at the California Energy Commission, supporting the R&D and Energy Assessments divisions. Prior to joining Stanford he was Director of Near Zero and a Senior Research Associate at the Carnegie Institution for Science. He was part of the leadership team for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report, where he helped lead the development of two international scientific assessments of climate change science and policy options. He has also served as an author for the Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment and as an associate editor for the California Fourth Climate Change Assessment. Mastrandrea sits on the Editorial Board and is a Managing Editor for the journal Climatic Change. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford’s Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, and a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford.

  • Oriana Mastro

    Oriana Mastro

    Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science

    BioOriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University where her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. She is also Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and continues to serve in the United States Air Force Reserve for which she works as a strategic planner at INDOPACOM J56. For her contributions to U.S. strategy in Asia, she won the Individual Reservist of the Year Award in 2016. She has published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, International Security, International Studies Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, The Washington Quarterly, The National Interest, Survival, and Asian Security, and is the author of The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, (Cornell University Press, 2019). She holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Her publications and other commentary can be found on twitter @osmastro and www.orianaskylarmastro.com.

  • Amy Li Matecki

    Amy Li Matecki

    Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

    BioDr. Amy (Ying Li) Matecki has been licensed to practice medicine in California since 2002 and completed her Internal Medicine Residency as Chief Resident at Highland Hospital, Alameda Health System, a UCSF affiliate, in 2004. She received her degree in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine from ACCHS in 2009. She was a Faculty Attending Physician at Department of Medicine Residency at Highland Hospital from 2004 to 2019 and Chief of the Integrative Medicine Division from 2014 to 2019. She and her colleagues from allopathic medicine and Chinese Medicine created hospital privilege policy for licensed acupuncturists in 2011 and designed policies, procedures and training methods for acupuncturists to join the medical staff to provide inpatient acupuncture services at Highland Hospital. She helped to create the first Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Residency from 2016 to 2019 at Alameda Health System Highland Hospital. Graduates from this residency program are able to work in allopathic academic teaching hospitals’ inpatient care and outpatient medical centers.

    In addition to serving in the public hospital, Dr. Matecki joined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (ABSMC) Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2004 where she started a community hospital-based acupuncture program to bridge Eastern and Western Medicine. She has been the Medical Director of Integrative Medicine at ABSMC since 2008. Integrating Chinese Medicine into conventional oncology practice, Dr. Matecki and her team not only provide clinical care but also present and publish their findings on safety from using acupuncture and integrative medicine to reduce the pain, nausea and anxiety that frequently accompanies conventional cancer treatments. In many case level observations, Dr. Matecki and her team note that the integration of Chinese Medicine may enhance cancer patients' quality of life.

    Dr. Matecki was the principal investigator (PI) for acupuncture research for chronic post-chemotherapy fatigue in collaboration with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She presented her study on the safety of acupuncture for patients with lymphedema at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Symposium in October 2009. She was co-investigator in a public hospital that studied acupuncture feasibility for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients which was published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM) in 2017. She is the current PI for a Chinese herbal medicine research project at ABSMC. Following her team’s previous success at Highland hospital, she pioneered the first Sutter Bay Hospital Integrative Medicine TCM Residency training program at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in 2023. https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/east-meets-west-health-system-launches-its-first-traditional-chinese-medicine-clinical-training-program/

    Dr. Matecki is an Adjunct Clinical Faculty at Stanford Health Care, a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO); Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP); Co-founder of International Center for Integrative Medicine (ICIM); Board member of Society of Chinese American Physician Entrepreneurs (SCAPE); House delegate for California Medical Association (CMA). Matecki is currently serving on the State California Acupuncture Board, first appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2016, reappointed by Brown in 2017 and Governor Gavin Newsom in 2021. She served as the California Acupuncture Board President from 2017-2021 and the current board member. https://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/about_us/member_profiles.shtml#matecki . She continues to work on policy and safety guidelines for hospital-based Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine practice with a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nursing staff, acupuncturists and hospital administrators.

  • Brittany Elizabeth Matheson, PhD

    Brittany Elizabeth Matheson, PhD

    Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioBrittany Matheson, PhD, is a clinical associate professor and licensed clinical psychologist in the Eating Disorders Clinic. She completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University, doctorate from the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, and APA clinical internship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (LPCH)/Children’s Health Council. Dr. Matheson is a certified family-based treatment (FBT) therapist and consultant. She is also the director of the Stanford Eating Disorder Research Program Data Coordination Center and collaborates with colleagues on NIH-funded randomized clinical trials. Dr. Matheson's research interests include examining the psychosocial, neurocognitive, and familial factors related to disordered eating and excess weight gain in youth. She is interested in the development and implementation of evidence-based treatments for youth with disordered eating as well as better understanding factors that influence pediatric bariatric surgery outcomes. Dr. Matheson has specialized research and clinical expertise in the interplay among obesity, disordered eating, and autism spectrum disorder and is the director of psychological services for the LPCH adolescent metabolic and bariatric surgery program. She conducts comprehensive evaluations and provides evidence-based treatments for individuals across the age-spectrum with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and other specified feeding and eating disorders. Her recent research focuses on reducing access to care barriers by digitizing evidence-based treatments and utilizing technology to enhance treatment outcomes.

  • Gordon O. Matheson

    Gordon O. Matheson

    Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (Sports Medicine) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Rehabilitation, Exercise Medicine, Prevention of Chronic Disease, Human-Centered Design, Conflict of interest in healthcare

  • Maya Mathur

    Maya Mathur

    Associate Professor (Research) of Pediatrics, of Medicine (Computational Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSynthesizing evidence across studies while accounting for biases

  • AC Matin

    AC Matin

    Member, Cardiovascular Institute

    Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. Improvement of our newly discovered cancer prodrug regimen that permits noninvaisve visualization of drug activation. 2. Tracking tumors & cancer metastases using bacterial magnetite and newly developed single-cell tracking by MRI. 3. Molecular basis of bacterial planktonic and biofilm antibiotic resistance on Earth and under space microgravity -- development of new countermeasures; 4. Bioremediation.

  • Ryan Matlow

    Ryan Matlow

    Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioRyan Matlow, Ph.D., is a child clinical psychologist who serves as Director of Community Programs for Stanford’s Early Life Stress and Resilience Program, and is a faculty member in Stanford's Human Rights and Trauma Mental Health Program. His clinical and research efforts focus on understanding and addressing the impact of stress, adversity, and trauma in children, families, and communities. In particular, Dr. Matlow seeks to apply current scientific knowledge of the neurobiological and developmental impact of stress, trauma, and adversity in shaping interventions and systems of care. Dr. Matlow is focused on engaging diverse populations and providing evidence-based individual, family, and systems interventions for posttraumatic stress following interpersonal trauma, with an emphasis on efforts in school, community, and integrated care settings. He is engaged in clinical service, program development, and interdisciplinary collaboration efforts that address childhood trauma exposure in communities that have been historically marginalized, under-resourced, and/or experienced human rights violations. He has worked extensively in providing trauma-focused psychological evaluation, treatment, and advocacy services with immigrant youth and families, with a focus on immigrants from Latin American countries. Dr. Matlow is involved in the training and dissemination of Stanford's Cue Centered Therapy (Carrion, 2015), a flexible, manualized intervention addressing childhood experiences of chronic trauma.

  • Mohamad Matout, MD, MSc

    Mohamad Matout, MD, MSc

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioDr. Mohamad Matout is a board-certified, fellowship-trained psychiatrist with Stanford Health Care. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    Dr. Matout specializes in using brain stimulation therapies to treat mental illnesses and neurological disorders that do not respond to standard treatments. These therapies include deep brain stimulation (DBS), electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). He serves as the attending psychiatrist for the Youth TMS Clinic at Stanford Health Care, providing transcranial magnetic stimulation for adolescents with treatment-resistant mood disorders. Dr. Matout also uses avatar therapy, an investigational treatment for psychosis that involves using a digital avatar to represent the voices a patient hears.

    Dr. Matout’s research centers on brain health as a unifying framework for understanding psychiatric illness across the lifespan. Using a statistical modeling technique called psychometric network analysis, he maps how psychiatric symptoms mutually reinforce or suppress one another. This method reveals the structure of mental illness beyond traditional diagnostic categories. Dr. Matout developed the approach through his graduate work on brain health in HIV and post-COVID syndrome. He now applies it to neuromodulation (changing nerve signals for treatment) and other novel interventions.

    Dr. Matout’s two primary lines of research are TMS for adolescents and avatar therapy. He also contributes to a broader range of neuromodulation studies through collaboration with the Brain Stimulation Lab at Stanford University School of Medicine. Beyond his clinical and research work, Dr. Matout is co-founder of AVAtalk Technologies Inc., a mental health technology startup focused on avatar-based therapeutic solutions.

    Dr. Matout has authored peer-reviewed publications in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Quality of Life Research, and CEN Case Reports. He has also contributed chapters to Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2027 and Katzung & Trevor's Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (17th ed., McGraw-Hill, in press).

    Dr. Matout is a member of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and the Brain Stimulation Society (BraSS), where he serves as assistant treasurer.

  • Pamela Matson

    Pamela Matson

    Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute, Emerita

    BioPAMELA MATSON is an interdisciplinary sustainability scientist, former academic leader, and organizational strategist. She served as dean of Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences from 2002-2017, building interdisciplinary departments and educational programs focused on resources, environment and sustainability, as well as co-leading university-wide interdisciplinary initiatives. In her role as the Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment, she lead the graduate program on Sustainability Science and Practice. Her research addressed a range of environment and sustainability issues, including sustainability of agricultural systems, vulnerability and resilience of particular people and places to climate change, and characteristics of science that can contribute to sustainability transitions at scale. as an emerita faculty member, she continues to engage in questions related to transformational change for sustainability goals, and advises Stanford's efforts in that realm.

    Dr. Matson served as chair of the board of the World Wildlife Fund-US and as a board member of the World Wildlife Fund-International and several university advisory boards. She served on the US National Academy of Science Board on Sustainable Development and co-wrote the National Research Council’s volume Our Common Journey: A transition toward sustainability (1999); she also led the NRC committee on America’s Climate Choices: Advancing the Science of Climate Change. She was the founding chair of the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability, and founding editor for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources. She is a past President of the Ecological Society of America. Her recent publications (among around 200) include the books 'Seeds of Sustainability: Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution' (2012) and 'Pursuing Sustainability' (2016).

    Pam is an elected member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a AAAS Fellow. She received a MacArthur Foundation Award, contributed to the award of the Nobel Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, among other awards and recognitions, and is an Einstein Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

    Dr. Matson holds a Bachelor of Science degree with double majors in Biology and Literature from the University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire), a Master degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs, a Doctorate in Forest Ecology from Oregon State University, and honorary doctorates from Princeton, McGill and Arizona State Universities. She spent ten years as a research scientist with NASA-Ames Research Center before moving to a professorship at the University of California Berkeley and, in 1997, to Stanford University.

  • Yoshiko Matsumoto

    Yoshiko Matsumoto

    Yamato Ichihashi Chair of Japanese History and Civilization and Professor, by courtesy, of Linguistics

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBased on in-depth analyses of Japanese with a cross-linguistic perspective, my research emphasizes the importance of linguistic and extralinguistic context in understanding the structure, meaning and use of language. I have worked on the pragmatics of linguistic constructions (e.g. frame semantics of noun-modifying construction, reference, honorifics, discourse markers) and sociocultural aspects of discourse (e.g. politeness theories, speech acts, bilingualism, intersection of language, gender and age, ideology, and identity reflected in Japanese as a second language). Topics of my current research center around conversational narratives especially of older adults and disaster survivors – (re)framing of narratives, ordinariness, stances taken by participants, integration of pragmatic factors in Construction Grammar, and typology and functions of noun-modifying constructions.

  • Magdalena Matusiak

    Magdalena Matusiak

    Instructor, Pathology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research focuses on revealing clinically relevant prognostic markers associated with myeloid cell biology.

  • Ted Mau, MD, PhD

    Ted Mau, MD, PhD

    Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor in the School of Medicine

    BioDr. Ted Mau is a board-certified, fellowship-trained laryngologist with Stanford Health Care Ear, Nose, and Throat. He is also a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and chief of the Division of Laryngology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Mau came to Stanford in 2025 following 17 years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where he was director of the Voice Center and vice chair of research for the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

    Dr. Mau’s clinical practice focuses on disorders of the voice, airway, and swallowing. He has particular interest in vocal fold and laryngeal lesions, voice problems, vocal fold paralysis, recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries, and laryngeal dystonia. He is an expert in microlaryngeal surgeries, including laser surgeries of the larynx and airway. He also has extensive experience with laryngeal framework surgery for the treatment of vocal fold paralysis, as well as in-office procedures for vocal fold and larynx lesions.

    As a physician-scientist, Dr. Mau engages in clinical and laboratory research in voice science and voice disorders. He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on several National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded projects, including computational voice simulation, development of ultrafast laser microlaryngeal surgery, sensory contributions to voice disorders, and central neuromodulation as a treatment for recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries. Dr. Mau was a site investigator for a DNA therapeutic vaccine clinical trial for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. He has served on several NIH study sections.

    Dr. Mau served as associate editor of laryngology for The Laryngoscope, a leading journal in the field of otolaryngology. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Voice, The Laryngoscope, and Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.

    Dr. Mau is a fellow of the American Laryngological Association (ALA) and the Triological Society. He is also a member of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association and the secretary of the ALA Council.

  • Meagan Mauter

    Meagan Mauter

    Associate Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering, of Photon Science, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering

    BioProfessor Meagan Mauter is appointed as an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and as a Center Fellow, by courtesy, in the Woods Institute for the Environment. She directs the Water and Energy Efficiency for the Environment Lab (WE3Lab) with the mission of providing sustainable water supply in a carbon-constrained world through innovation in water treatment technology, optimization of water management practices, and redesign of water policies. Ongoing research efforts include: 1) developing automated, precise, robust, intensified, modular, and electrified (A-PRIME) water desalination technologies to support a circular water economy, 2) identifying synergies and addressing barriers to coordinated operation of decarbonized water and energy systems, and 3) supporting the design and enforcement of water-energy policies.

    Professor Mauter also serves as the research director for the National Alliance for Water Innovation, a $110-million DOE Energy-Water Desalination Hub addressing water security issues in the United States. The Hub targets early-stage research and development of energy-efficient and cost-competitive technologies for desalinating non-traditional source waters.

    Professor Mauter holds bachelors degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering and History from Rice University, a Masters of Environmental Engineering from Rice University, and a PhD in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from Yale University. Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford, she served as an Energy Technology Innovation Policy Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and as an Associate Professor of Engineering & Public Policy, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

  • Gerald Mavko

    Gerald Mavko

    Professor (Research) of Geophysics, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsResearch
    I work to discover and understand the relationship between geophysical measurements and the rock and fluid properties that they sample in the Earth. My students and I have begun to understand the impact of rock type, porosity, pore fluids, temperature, and stress on seismic wave propagation and electromagnetic response. We are also working to quantify the links between geophysical measurements and the sedimentary and diagenetic processes that determine rock mineralogy and texture. Ultimately, this work allows us to better infer, from geophysical images, the composition and physical conditions at depth.

    Teaching
    I teach courses for graduate and undergraduate students on rock physics--the study of the physical properties of rocks and how they can be detected and mapped using seismic and electrical methods. This includes theory, laboratory measurements, and field data analysis. I also lead seminars in which students present and critique their ongoing research in rock physics.

    Professional Activities
    Associate chair, Department of Geophysics (2006-2008); distinguished lecturer, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (2006); honorary membership, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (2001); nominated for Reginald Fessenden Award, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (2000); School of Earth Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award (2000)

  • Jody Maxmin

    Jody Maxmin

    Associate Professor of Art and Art History and of Classics

    BioProf. Maxmin's research includes Greek painting and sculpture, archaic Greek Art, the Art and Culture of 5th century Athens, classical influence on later art, athletics in ancient Greece.

  • Michaëlle Ntala Mayalu

    Michaëlle Ntala Mayalu

    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering

    BioDr. Michaëlle N. Mayalu is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. She received her Ph.D., M.S., and B.S., degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology in the Computing and Mathematical Sciences Department. She was a 2017 California Alliance Postdoctoral Fellowship Program recipient and a 2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program award recipient. She is also a 2023 Hypothesis Fund Grantee.

    Dr. Michaëlle N. Mayalu's area of expertise is in mathematical modeling and control theory of synthetic biological and biomedical systems. She is interested in the development of control theoretic tools for understanding, controlling, and predicting biological function at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels to optimize therapeutic intervention.

    She is the director of the Mayalu Lab whose research objective is to investigate how to optimize biomedical therapeutic designs using theoretical and computational approaches coupled with experiments. Initial project concepts include: i) theoretical and experimental design of bacterial "microrobots" for preemptive and targeted therapeutic intervention, ii) system-level multi-scale modeling of gut associated skin disorders for virtual evaluation and optimization of therapy, iii) theoretical and experimental design of "microrobotic" swarms of engineered bacteria with sophisticated centralized and decentralized control schemes to explore possible mechanisms of pattern formation. The experimental projects in the Mayalu Lab utilize established techniques borrowed from the field of synthetic biology to develop synthetic genetic circuits in E. coli to make bacterial "microrobots". Ultimately the Mayalu Lab aims to develop accurate and efficient modeling frameworks that incorporate computation, dynamical systems, and control theory that will become more widespread and impactful in the design of electro-mechanical and biological therapeutic machines.

  • Yoni Mayeri

    Yoni Mayeri

    Casual - Other Teaching Staff, Continuing Studies

    BioYoni Mayeri is a photographer, iPhoneographer, and presenter. She began her photographic career working for Minolta, Polaroid and Nikon,and later had photography studios in San Francisco and Berkeley. An early adopter of the iPhone and technology, her mobile photography focuses on landscape, atmosphere, botanicals and experimental imagery.

    Yoni’s work has been published in numerous publications. She has exhibited her iPhoneography at the de Young Museum, 111 Minna Gallery, Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, Subterranean Art House, The UC Theatre Gallery, The San Francisco International Art Festival, The San Francisco Arts Commission, Markham Winery Gallery, The Jerry Adams Gallery, The Fillmore, The PunchLine Comedy Nightclubs, Pacific Felt Factory, In Space Gallery, and The Durden and Ray Gallery.

    Yoni’s popular iPhoneography workshops are regularly presented at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Stanford Research Park, and Rancho La Puerta. Yoni has lectured on mobile photography at Google, The Computer History Museum, JFK University, St. Mary’s College, The Nueva School, The Pacific Art League, The Garden Club of America, and to numerous corporate groups, schools, and private clients.

  • David Mazieres

    David Mazieres

    Professor of Computer Science

    BioMazieres investigates ways to improve the security of operating systems, file systems, and distributed systems. In addition, he has worked on large-scale peer-to-peer systems and e-mail privacy.

  • Alix Mazuet

    Alix Mazuet

    Advanced Lecturer, Language Ctr

    BioAlix Mazuet specializes in French cultural history of the long nineteenth century, with a second area of expertise in Sub-Saharan postcolonial literatures and cultures. She is also an ACTFL certified rater of speaking and writing French as a Foreign Language.

    Alix relocated in California after having taught French and Francophone Studies as Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, University of Central Oklahoma. She now teaches French as a Foreign Language, French cultural history, and Francophone cultures at Stanford University, Language Center.

  • Douglas McAdam

    Douglas McAdam

    Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor, Emeritus

    BioDoug McAdam is The Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology at Stanford University and the former Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He is the author or co-author of 18 books and some 85 other publications in the area of political sociology, with a special emphasis on race in the U.S., American politics, and the study of social movements and “contentious politics.” Among his best known works are Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970, a new edition of which was published in 1999 (University of Chicago Press), Freedom Summer (1988, Oxford University Press), which was awarded the 1990 C. Wright Mills Award as well as being a finalist for the American Sociological Association’s best book prize for 1991 and Dynamics of Contention (2001, Cambridge University Press) with Sid Tarrow and Charles Tilly. He is also the author of the 2012 book, A Theory of Fields (Oxford University Press), with Neil Fligstein and a book due out this summer on the historical origins of the deep political and economic divisions that characterize the contemporary U.S. The book, from Oxford University Press, is entitled: The Origins of Our Fractured Society: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America (with Karina Kloos). He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.

  • Harley H McAdams

    Harley H McAdams

    Professor (Research) of Developmental Biology, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsExperimental and theoretical analysis and modeling of genetic regulatory circuits, particularly bacterial regulation and with emphasis on global regulation of Caulobacter crescentus. Bioinformatic analysis of bacterial genomes, global patterns of gene transcription and translation.

  • Tim McAdams, MD

    Tim McAdams, MD


    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrent studies include sports injuries in the NFL Athlete, evaluation of the graft types in the ACL injured knee, throwing athlete's shoulder, reconstruction techniques for elbow MCL injury, articular cartilage defects in the athlete's knee.

  • Katherine Rachel McCallie

    Katherine Rachel McCallie

    Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Neonatology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsLeveraging electronic health record (Epic) for improvement in NICU outcomes
    Quality improvement in the NICU
    Nutrition & growth in premature infants

  • Jay McClelland

    Jay McClelland

    Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, of Linguistics and of Computer Science

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research addresses topics in perception and decision making; learning and memory; language and reading; semantic cognition; and cognitive development. I view cognition as emerging from distributed processing activity of neural populations, with learning occurring through the adaptation of connections among neurons. A new focus of research in the laboratory is mathematical cognition and reasoning in humans and contemporary AI systems based on neural networks.

  • Conor McClune

    Conor McClune

    Basic Life Research Scientist, Chemical Engineering

    BioI develop systematic approaches for studying the plasticity of life at the molecular level, especially the bioactive compounds in plants we consume as food or medicine.

  • Emily Clair McClung, MD, FACOG

    Emily Clair McClung, MD, FACOG

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology

    BioDr. McClung is a fellowship trained, board certified Gynecologic Oncologist with the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Stanford Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology.

    She graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and she completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford Medicine. She then pursued sub-specialty Gynecologic Oncology fellowship at Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.

    Prior to joining Stanford Health Care, Dr. McClung was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona.

    Dr. McClung actively contributes to gynecologic cancer research. She has studied prevention of surgical site infections, gene expression prediction of lymph node metastasis in endometrial cancer, treatment resistance in ovarian cancer, and additional topics. She co-authored articles on her findings for peer-reviewed publications such as the International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer, International Journal of Women’s Health, and Gynecologic Oncology Reports.

    She authored the chapter on the diagnosis and management of vaginal cancer in the textbook Handbook of Gynecology and has made invited presentations at meetings of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and other associations. She works to improve patient access to state-of-the-art care as an investigator in cooperative group clinical trials.

    She has won multiple teaching awards for her work with medical students and residents. She is passionate about increasing awareness of gynecologic cancer in medical trainees.

    Dr. McClung provides comprehensive care with a personalized approach for patients with gynecologic cancer and pre-cancer including surgery, chemotherapy, cancer risk reduction, and palliative care. She has a strong clinical interest in patient safety and quality of life both during and after cancer treatment.

  • Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE

    Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE


    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy imaging research has involved clinical and molecular Imaging of cardiovascular disease, with a focus on coronary and vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysms, and vascular inflammation.

    My prevention research has involved innovative technologies to reduce coronary and vascular disease, including early disease detection plus leveraging mobile health and AI to enhance heart heart in patients and populations.

  • Susan K. McConnell

    Susan K. McConnell

    Susan B. Ford Professor, Emerita

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsSusan McConnell has studied the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the development of the mammalian cerebral cortex. Her work focused on the earliest events that pattern the developing forebrain, enable neural progenitors to divide asymmetrically to generate young neurons, propel the migration of postmitotic neurons outward into their final positions, and sculpt the fates and phenotypes of the neurons as they differentiate.

  • Garreth McCrudden

    Garreth McCrudden

    Lecturer, Legal Research and Writing

    BioGarreth researches issues at the intersection of immigration law, family law, and constitutional law. He is particularly interested in studying how children and LGBTQ+ families interact with the immigration system. Part of Garreth’s work involves empirical studies of immigration-law enforcement in the United States. His scholarship has been published in the Arizona State Law Journal, the UCLA Journal of Gender & Law, and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

  • Raymond McDermott

    Raymond McDermott

    Professor of Education, Emeritus

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInteraction analysis and social structure; the political economy of learning; writing systems; educational and psychological anthropology.

  • Mary McDevitt

    Mary McDevitt

    Lecturer, School of Engineering - Technical Communications Program

    BioDirector of the Technical Communication Program in the School of Engineering.

    Completed PhD in English (medieval literature) at Stanford in 1993.

  • Jamie McDonald, MD, MS

    Jamie McDonald, MD, MS

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology

    BioDr. McDonald is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurologist and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases, including neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody disease (MOGAD). Dr. McDonald also provides comprehensive care to general neurology patients.

    Dr. McDonald completed her internship and adult neurology residency at the University of Utah. She has a long-standing interest in multiple sclerosis care and went on to complete a two-year clinical MS/neuroimmunology fellowship at Stanford Health Care Multiple Sclerosis Center. Dr. McDonald received the National MS Society’s Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship, including formalized training in conducting clinical trials. As part of her fellowship, she completed a master’s degree in epidemiology and clinical research.

  • Erika McEntarfer

    Erika McEntarfer

    Social Science Research Scholar, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

    BioErika most recently served as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2024 to 2025, and as Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisors from 2023 to 2024. In total, she has spent over two decades in nonpolitical roles across the federal government.

    Her public service work has focused on developing new economic insights by linking government data in novel ways, and the creation of new labor market statistics. Her research on labor market dynamics has been published in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, the Journal of Labor Economics, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bard College and a Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech.

  • Daniel McFarland

    Daniel McFarland

    Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsThe majority of my current research projects concern the sociology of science and research innovation. Here are some examples of projects we are pursuing:
    1. the process of intellectual jurisdiction across fields and disciplines
    2. the process of knowledge innovation and diffusion in science
    3. the propagators of scientific careers and advance
    4. the role of identity and diversity on the process of knowledge diffusion and career advance
    5. the process of research translation across scientific fields and into practice
    6. the formal properties and mechanisms of ideational change (network analysis, or holistic conceptions of scientific propositions and ideas)
    7. developing methods for identifying the rediscovery of old ideas recast anew
    8. investigating the process of scientific review

    I am also heavily involved in research on social networks and social network theory development. Some of my work concerns relational dynamics and cognitive networks as represented in communication. This often concerns the communication of children (in their writings and speech in classrooms) and academic scholars.

    Last, I am heavily involved in institutional efforts to develop computational social science, computational sociology, and education data science on Stanford's campus.

  • Michael McFaul

    Michael McFaul

    Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Woods Institute for the Environment

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAmerican foreign policy, great power relations, comparative autocracies, and the relationship between democracy and development.