Bio

Fran, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is an MS candidate in Energy Science & Engineering at Stanford University, where she was named as a 2023 Knight Hennessy Scholar. Before becoming a Stanford student, she spent three years at the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in Boulder, Colorado working on decarbonization solutions for the oil and gas sector. She has a particular focus on methane detection, mitigation, and policy solutions. Prior to RMI, she held a position at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France working to support IEA's work on methane from the petroleum sector.

She is a graduate and varsity women's soccer player of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Fran earned a B.S. with High Honors in Environmental Science, a Chemistry minor, and a B.A. in Spanish. She has continued her love for competitive soccer career playing in France, Colorado, and California.

Honors & Awards

  • Knight Hennessy Scholar, Stanford University (2023)

Education & Certifications

  • B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Environmental Sciences (2018)

Contact

  • Academic
    freuland@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Department of Energy Science and Engineering Position: Graduate

Additional Info

All Publications

  • Direct measurement of plume velocity to characterize point source emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Eastwood, M. L., Thompson, D. R., Green, R. O., Fahlen, J. E., Adams, T. J., Brandt, A. R., Brodrick, P. G., Chlus, A., Kort, E. A., Reuland, F., Thorpe, A. K. 2025; 122 (36): e2507350122

    Abstract

    An explosion of recent research uses remote imaging spectroscopy from aircraft and spacecraft to detect and quantify methane point source emissions. These instruments first map the methane enhancement field and then combine this information with the effective wind speed to estimate the source emission rate. This wind speed is typically the largest uncertainty in derived emission rates. It is often, by necessity, inferred from coarse-resolution meteorological reanalysis products which do not match the spatial or temporal extent of wind experienced by the gas plume. Here, we circumvent this problem by simultaneously measuring plume velocity using the same spectrometer that maps the methane plume. Our approach acquires multiple consecutive views of the same point source, with visual tracking of the plume's features to estimate its ground velocity. This resolves the representational mismatch between reanalysis and effective wind speeds. It provides data with exact spatiotemporal coincidence to the plume being measured. The approach facilitates dramatic improvement in the precision of remote methane point source quantification.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2507350122

    View details for PubMedID 40892911

  • Advancing New Technology and Policy to Manage Methane in This Decisive Decade ENVIRONMENT Gordon, D., Reuland, F. 2023; 65 (6): 5-17

    View details for DOI 10.1080/00139157.2023.2245740

    View details for Web of Science ID 001084569100002

  • Evaluating net life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions intensities from gas and coal at varying methane leakage rates ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS Gordon, D., Reuland, F., Jacob, D. J., Worden, J. R., Shindell, D., Dyson, M. 2023; 18 (8)

    View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ace3db

    View details for Web of Science ID 001029992800001

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