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Stacey F. Bent is the Jagdeep and Roshni Singh Professor in the School of Engineering and Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs at Stanford University, where she is appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemistry, of Materials Science and Engineering, and of Electrical Engineering. Professor Bent obtained her B.S. degree in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Stanford. After carrying out postdoctoral work at AT&T Bell Laboratories, she joined the faculty of the Chemistry Department at New York University. She moved to Stanford University in 1998.
Professor Bent’s research is focused on understanding surface and interfacial chemistry and materials synthesis, and applying this knowledge to a range of problems in sustainable energy, semiconductor processing, and nanotechnology. Her group currently studies new materials and processes for electronics, solar cells, and catalysis. She has published over 250 papers and has presented over 300 invited talks.
Professor Bent has been recognized with a number of awards for both research and teaching. She is the Bert and Candace Forbes University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and has won the Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Stanford and the Stanford Medal for Faculty Excellence Fostering Undergraduate Research. She is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Vacuum Society (AVS), and the World Technology Network. She received the ACS Award in Surface Chemistry in 2018.
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