Dustin Schroeder

Dustin Schroeder is an Associate Professor of Geophysics and of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. His research focuses on advancing the scientific and technical foundations of ice penetrating radar and its use in observing and understanding the interaction of ice and water across the solar system. On Earth, he investigates the evolution, behavior, and stability of Earth’s ice sheets. He is also a science team member on NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, which will explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and recipient of the AGU’s James B. Macelwane Medal. 

He is a proud first-generation college student and grateful beneficiary of liberal arts education and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and BA in Physics (with minors in Math and Philosophy) from Bucknell University and PhD in Geophysics from the University of Texas at Austin. At Stanford, he is a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, serves as Director of COLLEGE 102: Citizenship in the 21st Century (part of Stanford's new first-year core) and is vice-chair of the Faculty Senate. He is also Chair of Earth and Space Sciences for the National Science Olympiad (the nation’s largest team-based K-12 science competition).