Stanford University
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Paul Bollyky
Stanford Medicine Professor of Infectious Disease and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsBacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are abundant in the human body. However, their contributions to human health and disease are largely unknown. The Bollyky Lab
studies interactions between phages and both their human and bacterial hosts with the goal of developing innovative strategies to improve human health. -
Valentin Bolotnyy
Research Fellow/Hoover Fellow/Kleinheinz Fellow
BioValentin Bolotnyy is a Kleinheinz Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a research affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and an affiliated scholar in the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL).
His main research aims to generate and inform innovative policies that improve economic and health outcomes, especially for society’s most vulnerable populations. The research is often done in partnership with state and local agencies, including departments of transportation, human services, and public safety.
Working with the Deliberative Democracy Lab, he also designs and analyzes randomized experiments aimed at understanding how Americans communicate about politics and public policy and what factors may lead to changes in public opinion on key issues.
The objective of all of his work is to strengthen democracy by helping policy makers deliver good outcomes for their constituents.
Bolotnyy received a BA in economics and international relations, with honors and distinction, from Stanford University and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. -
Ivo Bolsens
Adjunct Professor
BioDirector of System X and instructor for EE310
Ivo retired from AMD as Senior Vice-President Corporate Research and Advanced Development. He managed advanced hardware and software technology development, including future architectures and software stacks to enable emerging opportunities in the fields of AI and embedded computing. His team was also driving the university partnerships to create a thriving, global ecosystem for AMD technology in academia.
He joined AMD in 2022, as part of the Xilinx acquisition. At Xilinx, he served as the Chief Technology Officer in charge of corporate research. He joined Xilinx in 2001 from the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), an international research center based in Belgium. At IMEC he was vice president leading the R&D of digital signal processing hardware and software. During his tenure at IMEC, he spun-out several successful startups in the field of SOC design tools and wireless systems.
He serves on the advisory boards of IMEC, the Engineering Departments of San Jose State University and Santa Clara University, and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.
He received his Master’s degree and PhD degree (EE) from the KU Leuven university in Belgium. -
Rachel Heise Bolten
Lecturer
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRachel Heise Bolten specializes in nineteenth and twentieth century American culture. Her research and teaching interests include California and the West, the history of science and technology, photography, material culture, and environmental humanities. Her current book project explores a long history of literary and visual description.
