Dr. Sally Benson, Professor of Energy Science & Engineering, Sr. Fellow at both Precourt Institute for Energy and Woods institute for the Environment, and former Co-Director of Precourt institute for Energy, is an internationally recognized energy expert. For the past 25 years, she has focused on deep decarbonization of the global energy system through discovering and developing new technologies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Her talk with focus on her take-aways from her last two years serving as the Deputy Director for Energy and Chief Strategist for the Energy Transition at Office of Science and Technology Policy

Dr. Benson trained as an earth scientist and engineer, she has researched a wide variety of topics related to energy and the environment.
Prior to joining Stanford University, she was at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she held many positions, including Earth Sciences Division Director, Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences, and Deputy Director for Operations. She has been a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and a member of several National Academies of Sciences studies related to energy and the environment, most recently the study on Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration.