

Earth Systems Program
Investigate the complex interaction of humans and nature.
Academic Advisors
Meet our academic advisorsM

Michelle Anderson
Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Patrick Archie
Director, O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, Lecturer

Nicole Ardoin
Director, E-IPER, Associate Professor of Education and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Kevin Arrigo
Donald and Donald M. Steel Professor of Earth Sciences

Sally Benson
Precourt Family Professor, Professor of Energy Resources Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Adam Brandt
Associate Professor of Energy Resources Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Marshall Burke
Associate Professor of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

Karen Casciotti
Victoria and Roger Sant Director, Earth Systems Program, Professor of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Page Chamberlain
Professor of Geological Sciences

Larry Crowder
Edward Ricketts Provostial Professor and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Gretchen C. Daily
Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Jenna Davis
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Higgins-Magid Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Anne Dekas
Assistant Professor of Earth System Science

Mark Denny
John B. and Jean De Nault Professor of Marine Science at the Hopkins Marine Station

Noah Diffenbaugh
Kara J Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Rodolfo Dirzo
Bing Prof in Environmental Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Sibyl Diver
Lecturer

Rob Dunbar
W.M. Keck Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Scott Fendorf
Terry Huffington Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Chris Field
Melvin and Joan Lane Professor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Professor of Earth System Science, of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Christopher Francis
Professor of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Zephyr Frank
Gildred Professor of Latin American Studies, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, Iberian and Latin American Cultures

David Freyberg
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Tadashi Fukami
Professor of Biology

Margot Gerritsen
Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, Emerita

Lawrence Goulder
Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Precourt Institute for Energy and at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Elizabeth Hadly
Director, Jasper Ridge, Paul S. and Billie Achilles Professor of Environmental Biology, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Geological Sciences

Thomas Hayden
Professor of the Practice, Earth Systems Program

George Hilley
Professor of Geological Sciences

Sara (Suki) Hoagland
Lecturer

James Holland Jones
Associate Professor of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

David Kennedy
Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus

Rosemary Knight
The George L. Harrington Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Alexandra Konings
Assistant Professor of Earth System Science and, by courtesy, of Geophysics & Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Jeffrey Koseff
William Alden Campbell and Martha Campbell Professor in the School of Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Anthony Kovscek
Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

Eric Lambin
George and Setsuko Ishiyama Provostial Professor and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

James Leape
William and Eva Price Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

David Lobell
Benjamin M. Page Professor, William Wrigley Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

Pamela Matson
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute, Emerita

Stephen Monismith
Obayashi Professor in the School of Engineering

Rosamond Naylor
William Wrigley Professor, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics

Richard J. Nevle
Senior Lecturer, Earth Systems Program

Stephen Palumbi
Jane and Marshall Steel Jr. Professor of Marine Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Jonathan Payne
Dorrell William Kirby Professor & Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Kabir Peay
Associate Professor of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Erik Sperling
Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences and, by courtesy, of Biology and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Jenny Suckale
Assistant Professor of Geophysics and, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment

James Sweeney
Professor of Management Science & Engineering, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, at the Precourt Institute for Energy and, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution

Leif Thomas
Professor of Earth System Science

Barton Thompson
Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Peter Vitousek
Clifford G. Morrison Professor of Population and Resource Studies, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Earth System Science

Virginia Walbot
Professor of Biology

Michael Wara
Senior Research Scholar

Paula V. Welander
Associate Professor of Environmental Earth System Science