Jenna Davis, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and center fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Jenna Davis, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and center fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Jenna Davis's research interests focus on the intersection of economic development and environmental management, with particular emphasis on cost-effective, sustainable water supply and sanitation service delivery in developing countries. Current research projects focus on decentralized, private-sector delivery of water and sanitation services in several countries; sustainable sanitation solutions for middle- and low-income urban areas; synergies between water and sanitation planning and economic development strategies (e.g., agricultural productivity); and links among water, sanitation and health. She has conducted fieldwork in more than a dozen countries, including, most recently, the Philippines, Mozambique and Bolivia.

Jeffrey Koseff, MS '78, PhD '83, Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment, William Alden Campbell and Martha Campbell Professor in the School of Engineering and Michael Forman University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Jeffrey Koseff, MS '78, PhD '83, Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment, William Alden Campbell and Martha Campbell Professor in the School of Engineering and Michael Forman University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Jeffrey Koseff's academic work focuses on the interaction between physical and biological systems in natural aquatic environments. His research activities are in the general area of environmental fluid mechanics and focus on turbulence and internal wave dynamics in stratified flows; transport and mixing in estuarine systems; phytoplankton dynamics in estuarine systems; coral reef, sea-grass, and kelp-forest hydrodynamics and transport processes; and the dispersal of wastes from marine aquaculture systems. Professor Koseff has been the recipient of a number of teaching awards at Stanford. Since 2004 he has served (jointly with Buzz Thompson) as the Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Teresa H. Meng, Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Teresa H. Meng, Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Meng's early research activities focused on low-power system design and wireless communications. In 1999, she took leave from Stanford and founded Atheros Communication (NASDAQ: ATHR). She returned to Stanford in 2001 to continue her research and teaching at the University. Dr. Meng's current research interests are bio-implant technologies, neural signal processing and wireless power transfer. She is the author of one book, several book chapters and over 200 technical articles in journals and conferences. Dr. Meng has received many awards and honors for her academic research and technical accomplishments. Her most recent awards include the DEMO Lifetime Achievement Award, the IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award, the McKnight Technological Innovations in Neurosciences Award, the Distinguished Lecturer Award and a Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the Bosch Faculty Scholar Award, the Innovator of the Year Award by MIT Sloan School eBA and the CIO 20/20 Vision Award. Dr. Meng was also named one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs by Red Herring in 2001. Dr. Meng is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She received her MS and PhD from UC-Berkeley and her BS from National Taiwan University.

Paul Yock, Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine, director of the Biodesign Program, professor of mechanical engineering (by courtesy) and founding co-chair of the department of bioengineering

Paul Yock, Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine, director of the Biodesign Program, professor of mechanical engineering (by courtesy) and founding co-chair of the department of bioengineering

Dr. Yock is internationally known for his work in inventing, developing and testing new devices, including the Rapid Exchange™ balloon angioplasty system, which is now the primary system in use worldwide. He also invented a Doppler-guided access system known as the Smart Needle™ and PD-Access™. The main focus of Dr. Yock's research has been in the field of intravascular ultrasound. He authored the fundamental patents for mechanical intravascular ultrasound imaging and helped conduct the initial clinical trials. In 1986 he founded Cardiovascular Imaging Systems, which was acquired by Boston Scientific in 1994. Dr. Yock has cofounded several other medical technology companies. In his academic career, Dr. Yock has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, chapters and editorials, a textbook and over 45 U.S. patents. His current research interests focus on development and testing of catheter-based delivery systems for cardiac cell transplantation and new catheter and molecular imaging techniques for cardiology. Dr. Yock also founded and directs the Program in Biodesign, a unit of Stanford's Bio-X initiative that focuses on invention and technology transfer related to biomedical engineering. Recent awards include the Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT) Career Achievement Award, the American College of Cardiology Distinguished Scientist Award and an honorary doctorate from Amherst College. Dr. Yock is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.