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The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment serves as Stanford University's environmental studies hub for faculty.An interdisciplinary research lab, Woods encompasses senior fellows and affiliated faculty as well as researchers, postdoctoral scholars, and students collaborating on sustainability research. [1]
The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an international center for research and education in biological and environmental science. [1] Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution that was independent for most of its history, but became officially affiliated with the University of Chicago on July 1, 2013.
The Doerrs' gift was the largest ever given to a university for the establishment of a new school and the second largest gift to an academic institution; it makes the Doerrs the top funders of climate change research and scholarship. Other donors include Yahoo! cofounders Jerry Yang and David Filo and their spouses, Akiko Yamazaki and Angela Filo.
Stanford University has many centers and institutes dedicated to the study of various specific topics. These centers and institutes may be within a department, within a school but across departments, an independent laboratory, institute or center reporting directly to the dean of research and outside any school, or semi-independent of the university itself.
In recognition of her contributions to academia and research, Hadley was awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor Award, which includes a $1 million grant over five years. [10] Hadly holds the position of Head of the Faculty Senate at Stanford University. [1] She is a Senior Fellow of Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. [17]
Stephen Henry Schneider (February 11, 1945 – July 19, 2010) [1] was Professor of Environmental Biology and Global Change at Stanford University, a Co-Director at the Center for Environment Science and Policy of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority (SCCWRP) [26] UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California at Los Angeles [27] USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (WIES)
Pamela Anne Matson (born 1953) [1] is an American scientist and professor. From 2002 - 2017 she was the dean of the Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.