Stanford University
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Marly LeSene
Program Director, Communications & Initiatives, Bioengineering
Current Role at StanfordProgram Director, Communications & Initiatives
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Jure Leskovec
Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor
BioJure Leskovec is Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. He is affiliated with the Stanford AI Lab, Machine Learning Group and the Center for Research on Foundation Models. In the past, he served as a Chief Scientist at Pinterest and was an investigator at Chan Zuckerberg BioHub. Leskovec recently pioneered the field of Graph Neural Networks and co-authored PyG, the most widely-used graph neural network library. Research from his group has been used by many countries to fight COVID-19 pandemic, and has been incorporated into products at Facebook, Pinterest, Uber, YouTube, Amazon, and more.
His research received several awards including Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship in 2011, Okawa Research award in 2012, Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2012, Lagrange Prize in 2015, and ICDM Research Contributions Award in 2019. His research contributions have spanned social networks, data mining and machine learning, and computational biomedicine with the focus on drug discovery. His work has won 12 best paper awards and 5 10-year test of time awards at a premier venues in these research areas.
Leskovec received his bachelor's degree in computer science from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, PhD in machine learning from Carnegie Mellon University and postdoctoral training at Cornell University. -
Andrew Leslie
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in morphological evolution. I approach this broad topic by investigating how interactions among form, function, and environment have influenced evolutionary patterns in plant reproductive structures over million-year time scales. This approach requires synthesizing information from different disciplines, and my work uses approaches from paleontology, biomechanics, phylogenetics, and biogeography.
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Jerker Lessing
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioI earned my PhD at Lund University, Sweden, focused on strategic aspects of industrialized construction. I am the CEO and founder of Lessing Innovation, an advisory and consultancy firm within construction industrialization, innovation and sustainability. Between 2015-2023 I had the role as Director of Research & Development at BoKlok, Sweden’s leading housing company within industrialized construction. Before joining BoKlok, I worked for one of Sweden's leading engineering firms, Tyréns AB, where I led a team of Consultants focusing on Construction innovation. I was also engaged by leading Construction and housing companies as a consultant and advisor for numerous innovation- and development projects aimed at industrialized construction.
I am frequently engaged as a lecturer and moderator in both academia and industry, have co-authored a book about industrialized construction and I publish research in international Journals.
I have been a visiting researcher and lecturer at Stanford University since 2013 and since 2017 I am adjunct Professor here. At Stanford I have established and taught the course CEE324 Industrialized Construction, organized study trips for Stanford students and faculty to Sweden, as well as organized the Industrialized Construction Forum which is a industry-academia conference, held annually.
In my research I developed a framework describing contemporary industrialized construction, which has served as a foundation for academic research, as well as a guide for the industry’s development, in Sweden and internationally. -
Eva Lestant
Ph.D. Student in Economics, admitted Autumn 2021
BioI am a PhD Candidate in Economics at Stanford University, specializing in development economics and econometrics, with primary fieldwork in Côte d'Ivoire. My research focuses on market infrastructure, retailer cooperation, and entrepreneurship support programs in West Africa.
Before starting my PhD, I worked as a Research Manager for Prof. Pascaline Dupas and Prof. Marcel Fafchamps on the AUDRI Project. In 2018, I graduated from Master in Economics at ENSAE and Polytechnique, Paris, France. -
Ann Leung
Professor of Radiology (Thoracic Imaging)
On Partial Leave from 2026-09-01 To 2026-11-27Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHigh-resolution computed tomography of the thorax, particularly its application in the setting of acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host; quantitative assessment of abnormalities using thin-section CT; and enhancement characteristics of lung cancers on CT and MRI
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Kenneth Leung, MD, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology
BioDr. Leung is a board-certified neurologist who practices both comprehensive neurology and neuromuscular medicine. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology within the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Leung has a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of a broad range of disorders affecting muscle and nerves, including motor neuron disease, neuropathy, neuromuscular junction disorders, and myopathy. He also is an avid clinician educator who develops course work, is involved in education research, and teaches medical students and neurology residents/fellows. He currently serves as Director of the Neurology Clerkship for medical students and Associate Director of the Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship within the Stanford University School of Medicine.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley where he was awarded the 2011 Departmental Citation Award for Excellence in Research in Immunology. In 2016 he earned his medical degree and concurrent master’s degree in applied anatomy from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He then completed his internal medicine internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and neurology residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. During this time, he developed a passion for neurology education and served on graduate medical education committees for curricular development, trainee well-being and resilience, and quality improvement. For his work in medical education, he was selected as a Harvard Macy Institute Scholar in 2018 and was awarded the 2020 Institute for Medical Education House Staff Excellence in Teaching Award. He was also inducted as a house staff in the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He then went on to complete a neuromuscular medicine fellowship at Stanford prior to joining as faculty.- -
Krystle Man-Chin Leung, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine
BioDr. Leung is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pulmonologist, intensivist, and sleep specialist with Stanford Health Care and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Leung specializes in pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine, focusing on sleep-disordered breathing, chronic lung disease, and ventilator management in the intensive care unit (ICU) and at home. Dr. Leung also focuses on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic respiratory failure, neuromuscular respiratory weakness, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, restrictive lung disease, and sleep apnea. She provides compassionate, patient-centered care, emphasizing shared decision-making and aligning medical treatments with patients’ values and preferences.
Dr. Leung’s research interests include optimizing care for patients who require home ventilation and those who have or have survived critical illnesses. She has prior research experience in prolonged mechanical ventilation, thoracic imaging, and asthma.
Dr. Leung has published her work in numerous peer-reviewed journals and presented at national conferences.
Dr. Leung is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Thoracic Society. -
Lawrence Leung
Maureen Lyles D'Ambrogio Professor in the School of Medicine
On Partial Leave from 2026-09-01 To 2027-08-31Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur long term interest is to have a better understanding of the natural antithrombotic pathways and the pathophysiology of vascular thrombosis. We have focused on thrombin, the key enzyme in the blood clotting cascade.Our goal is to develop new antithrombotic agents and devise new diagnostic tests for vascular thrombotic disorders.
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Sherman Leung
Resident in Emergency Medicine
BioSherman is an emergency medicine resident physician serving patients at Stanford Hospital, Kaiser Permanante Santa Clara, and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Before his career in medicine, Sherman spent time as a software engineer, digital health product manager, and early-stage healthcare investor. He was named to MedTech Boston’s “40 under 40 Healthcare Innovators” for his work on a national care coordination platform serving ACOs, health systems and payers. He was also an early clinical product leader at Pearl Health supporting ACO Reach entities and value-based primary care enablement and Counsel Health focused on designing AI-enabled virtual care pathways. He received an MD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the support of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship where he started MD+, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to empowering aspiring physician-innovators.
While in medical school, he was awarded the Mount Sinai Health System Population Health Fellowship where he designed an integrated primary care and behavioral health model to decrease total cost of care for mental health co-morbidities. At Stanford, he serves as a clinical administrative liaison on a number of committees and workgroups including the Stanford Hospital @ Home Program, Stanford Healthcare Alliance (an employer-based health plan), and reducing unnecessary ED utilization via increasing utilization of alternative sites of care. He cares deeply about leveraging his background in technology to support underserved patient populations and building a more equitable, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare system. -
Christoph Leuze
Casual - Non-Exempt, Rad/Body Imaging
BioDr. Christoph Leuze is director of the Visualization Core at the Stanford Wu Tsai Institute where his research focuses on data visualization, data processing and user interaction. His goal is to leverage Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality to automate creation of guidance and training applications by learning from expert users. He taught the first Stanford course on medical mixed reality development and founded the Stanford Medical Mixed Reality program, an institute-wide initiative to bring together academia, clinic and industry to establish and improve mixed reality applications for patient care.
Dr. Leuze has received multiple prizes for his work in Augmented Reality including the IEEE VR People's choice award for the best AR demo, the TechConnect Award for one of the most promising technological innovations for national security and the prize for the best 3D video at the Ars Electronica Art and Science Festival. Dr. Leuze has studied at Leipzig and Chiba University and received the Otto Hahn medal of the Max Planck Society for his PhD thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. -
Benjamin Lev
Stanford Fortitude Professor
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsLevLab is a joint AMO & CM experimental group that explores the question: Can new classes of states and phases of quantum matter be created far away from equilibrium, and if so, what do we learn? We use our new technique, confocal cavity QED, to both engineer out-of-equilibrium quantum gases and 2D materials and to image and control their new properties.
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Shachar Lev Ari
Visiting Instructor/Lecturer, Genetics
BioI am a member and former Chair of the Department of Health Promotion, in the School of Public Health, in the Faculty of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University, former director, and founder of the Integrative Medicine Center & Research Laboratory at the Tel- Aviv Medical Center, and Head of the Health Promotion Unit in the Integrated Cancer Prevention Center. My training is in cellular biology, integrative medicine, intervention research, and health promotion science. I received the Outstanding Israeli Researcher for Complementary and Integrative Medicine award. The goal of my research is to unravel the biology, physiology, and psychology of health promotion approaches and translate findings into interventions that effectively target salutogenic mechanisms underpinning the biopsychology of well-being. I initiated the "lasting change" study and will co-lead this project in my current role as visiting scholar, at Prof. Michael Snyder's Lab, a global leader in precision health at Stanford University.
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Daniel Leva
MBA, expected graduation 2028
BioDaniel Leva is a candidate for a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Previously, Daniel was a Project Leader in the New York office of the Boston Consulting Group. At BCG, he led teams primarily on strategy projects for organizations across the financial services and social impact sectors.
Earlier, he was the Manager for the Africa Strategy at the United Nations Global Compact in New York. There, he managed the Africa Business Leaders Coalition, working closely with business leaders to drive climate action and promote women's economic opportunity. He partnered with companies, governments, and multilateral institutions to translate commitments into action.
Daniel graduated summa cum laude from the Huntsman Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in Finance and Management from the Wharton School and a B.A. in International Studies and Hispanic Studies from the College of Arts & Sciences. He also minored in International Development.
These academic and professional experiences shaped Daniel's strong interest in how thoughtfully designed business can expand economic opportunity and improve lives. -
Marc Levenston
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Radiology (Radiological Sciences Laboratory)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy lab's research involves the function, degeneration and repair of musculoskeletal soft tissues, with a focus on meniscal fibrocartilage and articular cartilage. We are particularly interested in the complex interactions between biophysical and biochemical cues in controlling cell behavior, the roles of these interactions in degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis, and development of tissue engineered 3D model systems for studying physical influences on primary and progenitor cells.
