Stanford University
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Katie Wu
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Autumn 2022
Ph.D. Minor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringBioKatie's research explores how community-driven social interventions and infrastructure development impact community and climate resilience in informal settlements. Her work advances how we operationalize resilience to better inform community-based strategies, policy, and investments that support urban transformation for vulnerable populations. She incorporates participatory methods essential for driving community-led efforts, ensuring a community's deep participation in every step of the iterative analysis, planning, and decision-making processes, in collaboration with multi-sectoral partners and decision-makers. Katie integrates advanced data science techniques, including network science and graph neural networks (GNNs), with community-generated, ground-truthed data to redefine how resilience is measured and applied for more equitable, community-driven strategies for sustainable development. She uses unconventional data sources, such as satellite imagery and citizen-sourced data, to model the built and natural environment in areas with limited conventional data.
Prior to Stanford, Katie studied data science and AI for Product Innovation at Duke University, where she obtained a Master of Engineering Management (MEM). She was a Sustainability Graduate Intern at Lyft, Inc., where she completed and rebuilt their 2020 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory and Report and designed an air quality model forecasting potential health benefits of EV adoption for underserved communities. She received 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. Katie is a Dean's Graduate Scholar in the Doerr School of Sustainability, an Emerson Consequential Scholar with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), a Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and a Stanford Dalai Lama Fellow. -
Timothy Ting-Hsuan Wu
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2026
Ph.D. Student in Biochemistry, admitted Summer 2021
Casual - Non-Exempt, Medicine - Med/Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care MedicineCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular and cellular basis of lung development, renewal and disease;
Single cell analysis of SARS-CoV-2 lung infection;
Vascular inflammation and immune dysregulation in pulmonary hypertension. -
Tiange Xiang
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, admitted Autumn 2022
BioTiange Xiang is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Stanford University, where he is a member of the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and Stanford Vision and Learning Lab (SVL). His research interests include machine learning and computer vision in general. He received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology (Advanced)(Honors) from the University of Sydney, where he was awarded Honors Class I and the University Medal.
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Chenghan Xie
Ph.D. Student in Management Science and Engineering, admitted Autumn 2024
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOptimization, theory & practice. Energy-aware AI, nerual-network structure & data center management.
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Peter Xie
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering, admitted Autumn 2023
BioResearch:
Engineer developing hydrogels for cancer immunotherapies -
Xiaojing Xing
Masters Student in Clinical Informatics Management, admitted Summer 2025
BioXiaojing Xing is a health tech founder and product leader working at the intersection of medicine, business, and technology. She has driven AI-powered innovations across hardware and software—building from MVP to scale at both startups and global tech companies.
At Tencent, she led digital health platforms serving over 30 million users and launched AI tools that empowered 200,000+ physicians. Later, as Chief Product Officer at MindLax, she brought a neurofeedback sleep device from concept to market, growing it to thousands of users through data-driven iteration and user empathy.
Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 China, Xiaojing blends product management, global go-to-market strategy, and health innovation expertise. She is currently focused on applying AI to consumer health—creating intelligent, accessible technologies that make wellbeing part of everyday life.
Xiaojing holds degrees from Stanford University School of Medicine, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Peking University Health Science Center. -
Jiangnan Xiong
Masters Student in Materials Science and Engineering, admitted Autumn 2025
BioI’m a 2025 graduate of New York University, where I studied Chemistry and Mathematics. My academic and research experiences span DNA nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry, and analytical chemistry. Beyond research, I am passionate in traveling and reading.
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Flora Jiaxuan Xu
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources, admitted Autumn 2023
BioFlora Jiaxuan Xu is a PhD candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at Stanford University, working at the intersection of environmental psychology, civil and environmental engineering, urban design, and behavioral science. Her research investigates how people define, experience, and internalize “nature” as part of the self, and how psychological, cultural, and built-environment factors shape human–nature relationships in contemporary cities.
Drawing on theories of identity, perception, cultural psychology, and ecological systems, Flora proposes Nature Identity as a new interdisciplinary framework for understanding how nature becomes woven into self-concept and everyday meaning-making. She employs a broad mixed-methods approach—including qualitative interviews, quantitative modeling, ecological momentary assessment, photovoice, and human-centered design—to examine how urban nature influences wellbeing, identity formation, and environmental behavior. In parallel, she develops creative, design-driven solutions such as immersive installations, biophilic illusions, narrative and sensory interventions, and technology-enabled building features that aim to strengthen nature connection and promote climate engagement in urban settings.
Flora works with the Social Ecology Lab and the Billington Lab, as well as external partners in urban design, behavioral science, and immersive storytelling. Her work seeks to bridge scientific research with real-world application, advancing strategies that integrate psychology, culture, and design to foster healthier and more nature-responsive cities.
Prior to Stanford, Flora completed an M.S. in Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and holds B.A. degrees in Sustainable Environmental Design and Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley. -
Maya Emily Xu
Bachelor of Science, Honors, Biology with Honors
Masters Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2022
Minor, Education
Stanford Student Employee, BiologyBioI'm an undergraduate ('25) and coterminal masters student majoring in biology (concentrating in ecology, evolution and environment). I previously completed a minor in education, a Notation for Science Communication, and will co-instruct BIO 121/221 (Ornithology) for the third time this spring.
Broadly, I'm interested in three main topics (which all have to do with birds!): 1) how birds can be used as indicator or sentinel species for environmental disturbance; 2) how interactions between humans and birds are shifting thanks to gradients of anthropogenic change; and 3) how these interactions can be shaped to better promote wider ecological health and beneficial services. I'm currently in the middle of a year-long study with Marty Freeland, funded by Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve's ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) (JROO) Mellon Grant, to compare the riparian bird communities at JROO and TomKat Ranch using three different survey methodologies (in-person transects, passive acoustic monitoring, and mob tape deployments). I'm also working closely with the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO), where I volunteer as a bird banding trainee, and the Stanford SIGMA lab to quantify heavy metal contamination in the feathers of songbirds caught at the bird banding stations in JROO and the SFBBO's main station in Milpitas.
I previously conducted my senior honors thesis on how heavy metals affect raptors on the North American Pacific coast. My primary study species were the peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) breeding on top of Stanford University’s Hoover Tower, and the golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) breeding at JROO, where I'm a docent and former avian transect leader.
