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Levi D. Palmer
Postdoctoral Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering
BioLevi Palmer is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. As an Arnold O. Beckman Fellow and a Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) Fellow, he is working with Professors Kate Reidy, Colin Ophus, and Stacey Bent to develop in situ microscopy methods to image materials growth, performance, and failure at atomic scales.
Prior to his time at Stanford, Levi was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Caltech. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry under Professor Scott Cushing to image carrier and heat dynamics in photocatalysts by developing ultrafast electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) methods. During his Ph.D., he also received a DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Fellowship to work at Argonne National Laboratory with Dr. Thomas Gage. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and studied under Professor Renee Frontiera. -
Michael Edward Palmer
Affiliate, Biology
Visiting Scholar, BiologyBioI'm visiting the Marc Feldman Lab while writing my book, "Clade Thinking: The Macroevolution of Recursive Clades and the Evolution of Evolvability". The motivating question of the book is, "Can macroevolution be reduced to merely the repeated iteration of microevolution?" (Short answer: no, you would be missing some fundamental evolutionary dynamics.)
For the past three years, I've taught a short course called "The Evolution of Evolvability" on the same topic as my book.
I'm also doing some machine learning (ML) applied to genomics with the Fraser Lab, related to the evolution of cis-regulatory elements (CREs), which have been involved in a lot of recent/rapid evolution in mammals. We are doing what we call "in silico genome transplants": placing DNA variants from one species into the (ML-modeled) cellular environment of another species (or cell type, or individual with some pathology, etc.). We analyze variation in gene expression to detect various modes of selection on CREs.
I got my B.S. in Physics at Yale, and my Ph.D. in Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology. In my career, I've gone back and forth between academia (computational biology) and the tech industry in Silicon Valley. -
Theo Palmer
Professor of Neurosurgery, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMembers of the Palmer Lab study the biology of neural stem cells in brain development and in the adult. Our primary goal is to understand how genes and environment synergize in influencing stem cell behavior during development and how mild genetic or environmental risk factors for disease may synergize in their detrimental effects on brain development or in the risk of neuronal loss in age-related degenerative disease.
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Stephen Palumbi
Jane and Marshall Steel Jr. Professor of Marine Sciences, Professor of Oceans and of Biology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe're interested in ecological, evolutionary, and conservation questions related to marine (and sometimes terrestrial) organisms and ecosystems. We use evolutionary genetics and molecular ecology techniques, and our fieldwork takes us all around the world. Currently, we're studying coral diversity, the adaptive potential of corals in response to climate change, the movement of organisms between marine reserves, genetic changes in abalone in response to environmental.
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David Palumbo-Liu
Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of English
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsHuman Rights, Social Justice, Ethics, Race and Ethnicity
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Bianca Palushaj, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Adult Neurology
BioDr. Bianca Palushaj is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurologist with Stanford Health Care. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Palushaj specializes in movement disorders, including but not limited to Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian disorders, essential tremor, and dystonia. She has also developed a practice in diagnosing and treating disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI), which often occur in individuals with neurodegenerative disease.
She enjoys caring for the whole person and looks at how all parts of the body are connected. She considers how things like sleep, stress, diet, and daily habits can affect the microbiome, gut, brain, and overall well-being.
Dr. Palushaj’s research focuses on advancing our understanding and treatment of PD. She has special interest in the gut-brain connection in PD, including the role of the gut microbiome and inflammation in PD. She has also investigated how to measure non-motor PD symptoms, such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, using noninvasive, wearable technologies.
Dr. Palushaj has published her findings in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of Neurology, NeuroImage, and Cell Reports Methods. She has also written chapters for integrative medicine books on PD and Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Palushaj has presented at international, national, and regional conferences, including the Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease (AD/PD™) Conference and the Parkinson Study Group Annual Meeting. She has also spoken about her research to several PD support groups across Northern California, including PD Active and Parkinson’s Support Group of Sonoma County.
Dr. Palushaj is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society, and the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. She is also a member of Women in Neurology and Women in Medicine. -
Mario Pamplona
Asst. Head, Access Services (User Experience & Privileges), University Libraries
BioMario was born and raised in Southern California. He spent most of his young adult life in San Bernardino County, which he will always call home. Mario's undergraduate degree was in History, and earning a Master of Library and Information Science paved the way for their librarianship career. In their leisure time, he enjoys playing soccer, watching films and playing the guitar.
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Ayla Pamukcu
Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI have long been fascinated by magmas and volcanic eruptions, for reasons ranging from purely academic (trying to understand the magmatic construction of Earth’s crust) to purely practical (developing effective monitoring and mitigation strategies for volcanic eruptions). Consequently, my research revolves around understanding how, when, where, and why magmas are stored, evolve, and ultimately do (or do not!) erupt.
Within this context, I focus on two main themes: (1) the temporal, chemical, and physical, evolution of magmas, and (2) the interplay between magma storage conditions in the crust and magmatic processes. I employ a multi-faceted approach to explore these topics, integrating data from multiple scales and perspectives; my studies capitalize on information contained in field relations, crystal and melt inclusion textures (sizes, shapes, positions), crystal and volcanic glass geochemistry, geochronology, phase-equilibria and numerical modeling, and experiments. As a function of this approach, I am also engaged in the development of novel methods to address petrologic problems in new, better, and more refined ways than is currently possible.
A major focus of my research has been on supereruptions – gigantic explosive eruptions the likes of which we have never seen in recorded human history – but I am continually exploring other kinds of magmatic systems. I am currently particularly interested in the links (or lack thereof) between extrusive (i.e., erupted) and intrusive (i.e., unerupted) magmas, similarities/differences between large- and small-volume eruptions, and similarities/differences between magmas generated at different levels of the crust. I have also had a longstanding interest in the interactions and relationships between humans and their geologic surroundings (particularly volcanoes). -
Carolyn K. Pan, MD
Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
BioDr. Pan is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained vitreoretinal surgeon. She focuses on retinal vascular diseases, macular degeneration, and surgical repair of retinal detachments, macular pathology, and complications from cataract surgery. She has co-authored peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from optical coherence tomography imaging to embryonic stem cells for macular degeneration.
In addition to her clinical practice, she is dedicated to the education and training of medical students, residents, and fellows. As recognition of her efforts, she received the Faculty Teaching Award in 2016 from the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University and was the recipient of the national Women in Ophthalmology Educator Award in 2024. Within the department, she was the Associate Residency Program Director from 2020 to 2023, and currently serves as the Residency Program Director. Her educational efforts also extend beyond the department - since 2016, she has served on the annual meeting planning committee for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is currently Associate Secretary of the Annual Meeting and Chair of the Special Projects Committee.
Dr. Pan's clinical practice is mainly based at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Stanford's affiliate county hospital, where she is chief of the retina service. -
Chenjie Pan
Basic Life Research Scientist, Biology
BioI obtained my PhD from Dr. Xiaodong Wang's lab, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing/Tsinghua University. My major work during PhD is on the biochemical mechanism of myelin breakdown. I have expertise in in-tissue immunoprecipitation and pain behavior. Now I am working on axon guidance, degeneration, and plasticity in Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne's lab in Department of Biology.
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Feng Pan
Postdoctoral Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering
BioFeng Pan is a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Jennifer A. Dionne in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford. He received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin Madison, advised by Prof. Randall H. Goldsmith. His research expertise spans several aspects, including quantum optics, nanophotonics, metasurfaces, chiral metamaterials, plasmonics, and single-particle microscopy and spectroscopy. He is interested in harnessing photonics to address critical challenges in energy, quantum information science, and sustainability.
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Jennifer Pan
Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of Communication, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and of Sociology
BioJennifer Pan is a political scientist whose research focuses on political communication, digital media, and authoritarian politics. She is the Sir Robert Ho Tung Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of Communication and (by courtesy) Political Science and Sociology, and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute.
Dr. Pan's research uses experimental and computational methods with large-scale datasets on political activity to answer questions about the role of digital media in politics, including how political censorship, propaganda, and information manipulation work in the digital age and how preferences and behaviors are shaped as a result. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed publications such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Science, and Nature.
She graduated from Princeton University, summa cum laude, and received her Ph.D. from Harvard University’s Department of Government. -
Jennifer Yi-Jiun Pan
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Medicine - Med/Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Staff, Medicine - Med/Gastroenterology and HepatologyBioMy research interests thus far have focused on immunology, GI cancers, and improving quality of care for patients. I am passionate about understanding the different genetic and lifestyle factors that are involved in GI cancers and other colonic pathology, as well as improving systems of care to better manage the health and improve the outcomes of patients with these diseases. Towards that end, I have been involved in research in Lynch syndrome in order to bridge the gap between our current understanding of cancer risk in this high-risk population and the creation and implementation of guidelines worldwide. I also had the opportunity to work with collaborators in the International Mismatch Repair Consortium at the Department of Colorectal Medicine and Genetics with the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia where I saw firsthand the global efforts in the fight against colorectal cancer. In my current role as a staff gastroenterologist at the VA Palo Alto, I oversee the colorectal cancer prevention program. My goal is to continue to be part of and contribute to collaborative clinical and research efforts in order to provide the best care for our patients.
Professional Education:
- Fellowship: Stanford University--Gastroenterology (2016)
- MS: Stanford University--Epidemiology and Clinical Research (2016)
- Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital--Internal Medicine (2013)
- MD: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2010)
- AB: Harvard College--Biochemical Sciences (2006)
Honors and Awards:
- American College of Gastroenterology North American International GI Training Grant (2016)
Professional Memberships:
- American Gastroenterological Association
-- Delegate, AGA Trainee and Early Career GI Committee (2016-2018)
-- Regional Planner, AGA Regional Practice Skills Workshop – California (2016-2017)
- Northern California Society for Clinical Gastroenterology2014 – Present
-- Education and Trainee Committee (2021-Present)
-- Communications Committee (2021-Present)
Selected NCBI Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/jennifer.pan.1/bibliography/public/ -
Minggui Pan, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Medicine - Oncology
BioDr. Pan is a board-certified, fellowship-trained medical oncologist with the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center and a clinical professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology.
He diagnoses and treats various oncological conditions and specializes in the treatment of bone and soft tissue sarcoma. He creates personalized and comprehensive care plans for each patient he serves.
Dr. Pan’s research focuses include understanding how genomic alterations impact the biological behavior and prognosis of sarcomas. In his work, he identifies new targets for developing innovative therapeutics for sarcoma treatment.
Dr. Pan has numerous publications and presented dozens of abstracts in several cancer and immunology conferences. His papers have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, JCO Precision Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, Nature Review Clinical Oncology, Nature Nanotechnology, Frontier Endocrinology, JCO Oncology Practice, Journal of Hematology and Oncology, British Journal of Cancer Reports, and other peer-reviewed journals. He has also presented to his peers at international, national, and regional meetings, including the annual meetings of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Chinese Society Of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) and others.
Dr. Pan is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Association of Immunologists, American Association for Advancement of Science, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, and Connective Tissue Oncology Society. Dr. Pan is also an adjunct investigator with Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. -
Stephanie Jiaying Pan
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
BioStephanie Pan, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a pediatric and regional anesthesiologist at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. As the Associate Clinical Director for the pediatric anesthesiology division at Stanford, she is also a Local Mentor for the ASA Diagnostic POCUS Certificate Program, vice chair of POCUS for the SPA-SPPM UltRA POCUS SIG, and recipient of the ASRA Early-Stage Investigator Grant. Her clinical interests include perioperative methadone, pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric POCUS, and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeries.
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Yuandong PAN
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioYuandong Pan is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. His research focuses on developing digital and smart approaches to support more sustainable buildings, infrastructure, and cities. Before joining Stanford, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Future Road Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. His work aims to improve how the built environment is designed, managed, and maintained, contributing to smarter, more resilient, and more sustainable urban systems.
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John Christopher (J.C.) Panagides
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in RadiologyBioCurrent Integrated Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR) Resident at Stanford Medicine and recent graduate of Harvard Medical School (Class of 2023) with deep interests in emerging applications of interventional and diagnostic radiology, minimally invasive procedures, and biomedical engineering. Extensive experience in biomedical project design and clinical research in predictive analytics, radiology practice management, and population health outcomes.
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Pritam Kumar Panda
Postdoctoral Scholar, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Panda’s current research at Stanford University School of Medicine centers on the innovative design of anesthetics optimized for battlefield application. His work integrates advanced methodologies such as AI-driven protein design, molecular dynamics simulations, and computational drug design to identify and model potential anesthetic compounds with precision and efficacy.
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Vijay Pande
Adjunct Professor, Structural Biology Department
BioVijay Pande, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Structural Biology and Computer Science, also currently directs of the Stanford Program in Biophysics and the Folding@home Distribtued Computing project. His research centers on novel cloud computing simulation techniques to address problems in chemical biology. In particular, he has pioneered distributed computing methodology to break fundamental barriers in the simulation of protein and nucleic acid kinetics and thermodynamics. As director of the Folding@home project (http://folding.stanford.edu), Prof. Pande has, for the first time, directly simulated protein folding dynamics, making quantitative comparisons with experimental results, often considered a “holy grail” of computational biology. His current research also includes novel computational methods for drug design, especially in the area of protein misfolding and associated diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s Disease.
Professor Pande studied physics at Princeton University (B.A. 1992), where he was first introduced to biophysical questions, especially in undergraduate research with Nobel Laureate P. Anderson. His doctoral research in physics under Profs. T. Tanaka and A. Grosberg at MIT (Ph.D. 1995) centered on statistical mechanical models of protein folding, suggesting new ways to design protein sequences for stability and folding properties. As a Miller Fellow under Prof. D. Rokhsar at UC Berkeley, Prof. Pande extended this methodology to examine atomistic protein models, laying the foundations for his work at Stanford University. Among numerous awards, Prof. Pande has received the Biophysical Society’s Bárány Award for Young Investigators and Protein Society’s Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award, and was named to MIT’s TR100 and elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
The Pande research group develops and applies new theoretical methods to understand the physical properties of biological molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids and lipid membranes, using this understanding to design synthetic systems including small-molecule therapeutics. In particular, the group examines the self-assembly properties of biomolecules. For example, how do protein and RNA molecules fold? How do proteins misfold and aggregate? How can we use this understanding to tackle misfolding related degeneration and develop small molecules to inhibit disease processes?
As these phenomena are complex, spanning molecular to mesoscopic lengths and nanosecond to millisecond timescales, the lab employs a variety of methods, including statistical mechanical analytic models, Markov State Models, and statistical and informatic methods. Other tools include Monte Carlo, Langevin dynamics, and molecular dynamics computer simulations on workstations and massively parallel supercomputers, superclusters, and worldwide distributed computing. The group has also done extensive work in the application of machine learning, pioneering traditional and deep learning approaches to cheminformatics, biophysics and drug design.
For example, simulations in all-atom detail on experimentally relevant timescales (milliseconds to seconds) have produced specific predictions of the structural and physical chemical nature of protein aggregation involved in Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases. These results have fed into computational small molecule drug design methods, yielding interesting new chemical entities.
Since such problems are extremely computationally demanding, the group developed a distributed computing project for protein folding dynamics. Since its launch in October 2000, Folding@Home has attracted more than 4,000,000 PCs, and today is recognized as the most powerful supercluster in the world. Such enormous computational resources have allowed simulations of unprecedented folding timescales and statistical precision and accuracy. For more details, please visit http://pande.stanford.edu. -
Kathryn Pandes
Communications Manager, John Gardner Center
Current Role at StanfordCommunications Associate, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford Graduate School of Education
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Dilip Kumar Pandey
Affiliate, FSI
BioDilip Pandey is a Scholar-Practitioner of Human-Centred Democratic Governance whose work explores how democratic institutions can become more ethical, participatory, inclusive, and deeply human. Bringing together experience across legislative governance, public policy, political philosophy, literature, and civic engagement, his work focuses on democratic institutions, inclusive policy and governance, public ethics, and the role of culture in strengthening democratic societies. Born into a farming family in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dilip began his professional journey in the international technology sector after earning a Master's degree in Computer Applications (MCA). While technology shaped his systems thinking and organisational approach, he was increasingly drawn to questions of governance, public trust, and ethical leadership, leading him to transition into public life during India's anti-corruption movement. Between 2015 and 2017, he served as President of the Delhi unit of the Aam Aadmi Party. After contesting India's 2019 General Election, he was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Timarpur in 2020 and later served as Chief Whip of the ruling party. Working across legislative strategy, institutional coordination, public policy, and multiple government committees gave him first-hand insight into the opportunities and challenges of democratic governance, transforming governance from a profession into a subject of sustained intellectual inquiry.
Today, those experiences inform his doctoral research on democratic systems through the philosophical framework of Madhyastha Darshan (Coexistentialism). His work examines how ethics, coexistence, and citizen participation can contribute to more human-centred democratic institutions, bridging political philosophy with practical governance. Dilip's engagement with democratic thought extends beyond India. He is a Stanford Fisher Family Summer Fellow and served as First Vice President of the Global Council of Political Renewal (2022–2025), an international organisation dedicated to promoting ethical political leadership, democratic cooperation, and global peace. He is also associated with the United Nations Convention against Corruption network, reflecting his longstanding commitment to transparency, accountability, and integrity in public life.
Alongside scholarship and governance, Dilip is an author, poet, lyricist, and singer. His books include Dahleez Par Dil (Penguin Random House India), Khulti Girhein, Call Center, Tapki Aur Boondi Ke Laddu, and the bestselling historical novel Gulabi Khanjar. He believes literature and music help societies cultivate empathy and dialogue in ways that public policy alone cannot. His commitment to public service continues through the Radhika Prahlad Foundation, which supports underprivileged patients in accessing healthcare, and Music for All, through which his band, The Fakir Café, performs for socially marginalised communities to promote inclusion through artistic expression. Across scholarship, governance, literature, and public engagement, Dilip's work is guided by a simple conviction: democracy should be judged not only by the governments it elects or the institutions it creates, but also by its capacity to uphold human dignity, strengthen trust, and enable people to flourish together. -
Mahesh Pandit
Postdoctoral Scholar, Immunology and Rheumatology
BioI have completed my PhD in Immunology from Yeungnam University, South Korea. I studied adaptive immune cells especially focusing T cells and its relation to autoimmunity and tumor. I worked on different conditional knockout mice to investigate the cellular mechanisms. Similarly, I worked on disease induced mice to study its preventive and therapeutic approaches. Currently, I am working on Translational immunology as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University department of Immunology and Rheumatology. I focus on Epstein-Barr Virus, B cells and its relation with various autoimmune diseases.
