Leadership
The school's leadership team combines unparalleled experience as scholars, researchers, educators, and higher education leaders with a profound commitment to the school’s mission.
Dean Arun Majumdar
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Arun Majumdar is the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University, a faculty member of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy) and Senior Fellow and former Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He is also a faculty in Department of Photon Science at SLAC.
More about the Dean and his messages to the community
Integrative Initiatives
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Karen Casciotti
Associate Dean for Space Planning
Faculty Affairs
Education
Department chairs
![Sarah Billington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/sustainability.stanford.edu/sites/sustainability/files/styles/stanford_circle/public/media/image/sarah-billington_profilephoto_0.jpeg.png?itok=okxjMDWk)
Sarah Billington
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Rosemary Knight
Geophysics
![Fiorenza Micheli](https://cdn.statically.io/img/sustainability.stanford.edu/sites/sustainability/files/styles/stanford_circle/public/media/image/fiorenza-micheli_profilephoto_0.jpeg.png?itok=qs9wJyjx)
Fiorenza Micheli
Oceans
Interdisciplinary degree program directors
![Julia Novy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/sustainability.stanford.edu/sites/sustainability/files/styles/stanford_circle/public/media/earth_news/Julia%20Novy-Hildesley_SteveCastillo_2019.jpg.png?itok=cvETQnQY)
Julia Novy
Co-director, Sustainability Science and Practice
Institute directors
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Chris Field
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Staff leadership
![Chuck Litchfield](https://cdn.statically.io/img/sustainability.stanford.edu/sites/sustainability/files/styles/stanford_circle/public/media/image/chuck_litchfield_july_2022_19a-cropped_0.jpg.png?itok=2retAsYE)
Charles Litchfield
Senior Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer