Welcome from Vice Provost Stacey F. Bent

I am honored to have the opportunity to represent Stanford’s graduate student and postdoctoral scholar communities as the vice provost for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Our office works collaboratively across Stanford to enhance the educational experience of our graduate students and postdoctoral scholars while fostering their professional and personal development. We help provide the tools for a fulfilling experience at Stanford, preparing our students to thrive and contribute to a changing world. 

I was also a graduate student at Stanford, studying chemistry. I was fortunate to have the ability to engage deeply in fundamental research, and the work was as rewarding as it was challenging. While I devoted most of my energy to the pursuit of knowledge, along the way I was able to grow and foster many close professional and personal friendships that I still enjoy today. I hope your time at Stanford also brings you the opportunity to form your own connections, across many different disciplines.

I am proud of how well-equipped our graduate students and postdocs are to leverage the countless opportunities at Stanford. Many of our graduate students and postdocs complement their disciplinary education with offerings in professional development, interdisciplinary studies, and networking events. Others get passionately involved in public service or explore exciting entrepreneurial ventures – in short, follow your curiosity, and the pursuit of knowledge, interests, and goals will lead you through and beyond this wonderful university.

I encourage you to take full advantage of the incredible academics and additional opportunities that this special place has to offer.

With best wishes, 

Stacey F. Bent
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs
Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor in the School of Engineering
Professor of Energy Science and Engineering

 

About Prof. Stacey Bent 

Prof. Stacey F. Bent, Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor in the School of Engineering, is Stanford University’s second Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs. Prof. Bent brings extensive experience in mentoring and advancing undergraduate and graduate education. Prof. Bent has served on several notable committees including the Stanford Commission on Graduate Education in 2005, Academic Steering Group on Education for Stanford’s long-range planning effort in 2017-18, and American Chemical Society’s Presidential Commission on Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences in 2011-12. 

Prof. Bent has extensive faculty and research experience. She serves as professor in Chemical Engineering, professor of Energy Science and Engineering, and, by courtesy, of Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry. Prior to her appointment, Prof. Bent served as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs in the School of Engineering, chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and as the director of the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy.