Profiles

Carlos Ernesto Guestrin - Professor of Computer Science

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Dr. Guestrin's Lab Homepage

Dr. Carlos Guestrin is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. His previous positions include the Amazon Professor of Machine Learning at the Computer Science & Engineering Department of the University of Washington, the Finmeccanica Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Senior Director of Machine Learning and AI at Apple, after the acquisition of Turi, Inc. (formerly GraphLab and Dato) — Carlos co-founded Turi, which developed a platform for developers and data scientist to build and deploy intelligent applications.
Carlos Alvarado Acosta - William and Lynda Steere Fellow

Bio-X SIGF Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2021
Home Department: Structural Biology
Faculty Advisors: Joseph Puglisi (Structural Biology) and Zev Bryant (Bioengineering)
Carlos Alvarado Acosta

2021 Bio-X Fellow

Learn more about Carlos's research!
Carlos Aldrete - Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow (Anonymous Donor)

Bio-X SIGF Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2023
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Xiaojing Gao (Chemical Engineering) and Ngan Huang (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Carla Shatz - Sapp Family Provostial Professor and Professor of Biology and of Neurobiology

Seed Grant Committee Member, Scientific Leadership Council Chair, Clark Center Faculty

Stanford Profile

Dr. Shatz's Lab Webpage

To discover cell and molecular underpinnings of circuit tuning, the Shatz lab has conducted functional screens for genes regulated by neural activity.
Carla Pugh - Thomas Krummel Professor

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center Homepage

Dr. Carla Pugh is Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also the Director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement (T.E.C.I.) Center. Her clinical area of expertise is Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Pugh obtained her undergraduate degree at U.C. Berkeley in Neurobiology and her medical degree at Howard University School of Medicine. Upon completion of her surgical training at Howard University Hospital, she went to Stanford University and obtained a PhD in Education. She is the first surgeon in the United States to obtain a PhD in Education.
Carla Huerta-Lopez - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2025

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Heilshorn
Talk Title: Engineering a fallopian tube model for mechanistic studies of hydrosalpinx
Event: GRS/GRC Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2025

Awarded in 2024

Talk Title: Engineered matrices reveal stiffness-mediated chemoresistance In patient-derived pancreatic cancer organoids
Event: TERMIS World Conference 2024
Carl Zhang - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2024 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: Bioengineering
Mentor: Philip Beachy (Urology and Developmental Biology)
Carl Feinstein - Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

CAP Profile

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (School of Medicine) Homepage

Dr. Feinstein's clinical focus is towards child and adolescent psychiatry, and the psychotherapeutic processes.
Cara Bohon - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

CAP Profile

Dr. Bohon's research interests have focused on the neural bases of eating disorders and obesity.