Research Groups
Faculty and students in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences conduct research in areas including our planet's history and future; the energy and resource base that supports society; geologic hazards that impact a growing population; a changing climate and environment; and the challenge of sustainability.
Energy Resources Engineering
Energy Resources Engineering builds on a foundation of engineering principles to explore Earth's energy resources, including optimizing oil recovery from petroleum reservoirs, carbon capture and sequestration, efficient geothermal engineering, clean and efficient energy conversions, and renewable energy systems.
More information on research in Energy Resources Engineering can be found in these sites. These websites are created and maintained by the faculty, students and staff involved with each group.
- Benson Lab
- Clean Energy Conversions Laboratory
- Environmental Assessment & Optimization Group
- Geothermal Program
- SUPRI-A: Thermal & Heavy Oil Recovery
- SUPRI-B: Reservoir Simulation
- SUPRI-D: Well Testing
- SCRF: Center for Reservoir Forecasting
- SCCS: Stanford Center for Carbon Storage
- Smart Fields
- Wyoming Carbon Capture and Storage Project
Earth System Science
Earth System Science works to understand, predict, and respond to human-caused and natural environmental change at local to global scales. To do so, the department investigates the complexity of the global system, including the interactions, synergies, and feedbacks that link the oceans, atmosphere, land surfaces, and freshwater systems.
More information on research in Environmental Earth System Science can be found in these sites. These websites are created and maintained by the faculty, students and staff involved with each group.
- Anne Dekas Lab
- Biogeochemistry Lab (Vitousek Group)
- Climate & Earth System Dynamics Group (Noah Diffenbaugh Group)
- David Lobell Laboratory
- Francis Molecular Microbial Ecology Group (Chris Francis Group)
- Global Ecology (Chris Field Group)
- Hydrogeology and Water Resources (Steven Gorelick)
- Laboratory for Regional Ecological Studies (Gregory Asner Group)
- Laboratory for Regional Ecological Studies (Ken Caldeira Group)
- Leif Thomas Group
- Matson Sustainability Science Research Laboratory (Pam Matson Group)
- Ocean Biogeochemistry (Kevin Arrigo Group)
- Robert Dunbar Group
- Roz Naylor Group
- Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry (Scott Fendorf Group)
- Stanford Educational Farm
- Terrestrial Paleoclimate Group
- Welander Lab
Geological Sciences
Geological Sciences focuses on the history and structure of the Earth, the physics and chemistry of Earth materials, the processes that cycle those materials on a global scale, and the interaction of human activities with geological processes and resources.
More information on research in Geological and Environmental Sciences can be found in these sites. These websites are created and maintained by the faculty, students and staff involved with each group.
- Archean Research Group
- Basin and Petroleum System Modeling Group
- Environmental Isotope Geochemistry & Geochronology Group
- Extreme Environments Laboratory
- Geoarchaeology
- Geochronology Group
- Historical Geobiology
- The Mantle Processes Group
- Mineralogy and Materials Science of Nuclear Materials
- Paleobiology Research Group
- Sedimentary Research Group
- Silicic Magmatism & Volcanology
- Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting Group
- Stanford Project on Deepwater Depositional Systems (SPODDS)
- Structural Geology and Geomechanics Group
- Structural Geology and Tectonics
- Solid-State NMR and Silicate Materials Group
- Surface and Aqueous Geochemistry Group
- Tectonic Geomorphology Group
Geophysics
Geophysics combines the principles of physics and geology to explore the Earth using seismic waves, electromagnetic fields, satellite data, and rock physics to address questions about global Earth structure, earthquakes and fault mechanics, volcanic processes, surface deformation, and groundwater contamination.
More information on research in Geophysics can be found in these sites. These websites are created and maintained by the faculty, students and staff involved with each group.
- The Center for Groundwater Evaluation and Management
- Crustal Deformation and Fault Mechanics
- Crustal Geophysics
- Earthquake Seismology
- Environmental Geophysics
- Global Climate and Energy Program (GCEP)
- Radar Interferometry
- Stanford Exploration Project (SEP)
- Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Project (SRB)
- Stanford Rock Physics Lab (SRPL)
- Stanford Wave Physics Lab (SWP)
- Stress and Crustal Mechanics
