Stacey F. Bent
Stanford University
Vice Provost, Graduate Edu & Postdoc Affairs, Jagdeep & Roshni Singh Professor in the School of Engineering, Professor of Energy Science Eng, Sr Fellow at Precourt & Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Eng, Materials Sci Eng & Chemistry
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Monday, May 20, 2024 | 4:00–5:00 p.m. PDT | Location TBD
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Bio
Stacey F. Bent is the Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor at Stanford University, where she is Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Energy Science and Engineering, and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemistry, of Materials Science and Engineering, and of Electrical Engineering. She also currently serves as Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs. Bent obtained her B.S. degree in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Stanford, and she was a postdoctoral fellow at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Bent’s research interests are in the understanding of surface chemistry and materials synthesis and the application of this knowledge to a variety of problems in sustainable energy, semiconductor processing, and nanotechnology. Bent was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2020. She is also a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Vacuum Society (AVS). She is the recipient of the 2018 ACS Award in Surface Chemistry, the 2020 SRC Technical Excellence Award, and the 2021 ALD Innovator Award, the highest recognition in the ALD community. In 2021, she also was honored with the Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science from AIChE.
Past Lectures
2023 SPEAKER
Cato T. Laurencin
University of Connecticut
University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor; CEO of the Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering
Regenerative Engineering: Chemistry and Materials Science in Regeneration
2022 SPEAKER
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University
K.K. Lee Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering; Courtesy Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR)
Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics
2020 SPEAKER
Sharon C. Glotzer
University of Michigan
Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; John W. Cahn Distinguished University Professor of Engineering; Stuart W. Churchill Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Engineering Colloidal Matter, Assembly Pathways and the Entropic Bond
2019 SPEAKER
Gregory Stephanopoulos
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
W. H. Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Engineering Microbes for the Production of Isoprenoid Compounds
2018 SPEAKER
Sang Yup Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering