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Robert Byer
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Emeritus
BioRobert L. Byer has served as President of The American Physical Society, of the Optical Society of America and of the IEEE LEOS. He has served as Vice Provost and Dean of Research at Stanford. He has been Chair of the Department of Applied Physics, Director of the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory and Director of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory. He is a founding member of the California Council on Science and Technology and served as Chair from 1995-1999. He was a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 2002-2006 and has been a member of the National Ignition Facility since 2000.
Robert L. Byer has conducted research and taught classes in lasers and nonlinear optics at Stanford University since 1969. He has made extraordinary contributions to laser science and technology including the demonstration of the first tunable visible parametric oscillator, the development of the Q-switched unstable resonator Nd:YAG laser, remote sensing using tunable infrared sources and precision spectroscopy using Coherent Anti Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS). Current research includes precision laser measurements in support of the detection of gravitational waves and laser “Accelerator on a chip”. -
Thomas Byers
Entrepreneurship Professor in the School of Engineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsApplied ethics, responsible innovation, and global entrepreneurship education (see http://peak.stanford.edu).
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Alina Bykova
Ph.D. Student in History, admitted Autumn 2020
Stanford Humanities Center - Digital Public Fellow, Stanford Humanities CenterBioAlina is a PhD candidate in Russian and East European History. Her research interests include Arctic and Soviet environmental history with a focus on energy and industry. Alina is writing her dissertation on the history of energy and extraction on Svalbard, Norway. She also works as a research associate and editor-in-chief at The Arctic Institute, an interdisciplinary think tank.
Alina earned her masters in European and Russian Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto in 2019. Her masters thesis was about the rise and fall of Soviet mining settlements on Svalbard. Prior to her work in academia, she completed a Bachelor of Journalism at Ryerson University and worked as a breaking news reporter at the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper. -
Paul Cabellon
Affiliate, Genetics
BioPaul is a career storyteller and brand development expert with an uncanny ability to build bridges between cultures, industries and the technologies that shape them.
His experience spans emerging technological areas in AI, national security, bioterrorism, nanotechnology, aerospace, autonomous transportation and global development. He is currently the Sr. Director of External Communications for space-based intelligence company BlackSky.
Paul previously led all brand, marketing and communications for Bill Gates’ Global Good technology invention fund at private equity firm Intellectual Ventures. He has created and led the execution of award-winning integrated communications campaigns, including two SABRE Awards, for Fortune 100 clients at PR agencies Grayling and Waggener Edstrom. Paul was the communications lead for various stealth fighter and drone sensor programs at Northrop Grumman, including the F-35, F-22 and Global Hawk programs.
He began his public relations career as a U.S. Marine Officer attaining the rank of Captain and led all publicity efforts for numerous crisis incidents including the 2001 Anthrax attack on the U.S. Capitol. He is a graduate of the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland, the strategic marketing executive program at The Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, and received an M.A. in Communications from Johns Hopkins University. Paul completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington, receiving a B.A. in International Studies as well as an additional B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas.
Paul serves as a board member and trustee at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, Washington, and is an advisor for the NATO DIANA and Defense Innovation Unit startup accelerator programs. Paul is a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution exploring the intersection of agentic AI, national security and behavioral intent. He is an avid tennis player and enjoys spending time in nature with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
