Accelerating decision-making for critical earth resources under subsurface uncertainty

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My name is David, and I’m a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford’s Earth & Planetary Sciences Department. I am passionate about advancing new geological & geophysical knowledge for the global Mineral-Energy nexus. My work focuses on pioneering data-driven research and teaching to tackle decision-making challenges under subsurface uncertainty. I am particularly interested in integrating Human Intelligence (HI) with Artificial Intelligence (AI) when addressing the challenges, specifically in critical minerals, geo-energy resources, and carbon removal.

I co-founded one of Stanford University’s largest industrial affiliates research programs, Mineral-X, and have been its Program Director since 2022. Stanford Mineral-X is now Silicon Valley’s major research center on critical mineral supplies, pioneering the transformation of the critical mineral sector using AI. I led the landing of over $4.35M in research funds, opening new research directions on exploration, mining, processing, and supply chains for critical minerals with cutting-edge AI technologies.

Since 2024, I’ve been selected to serve on the National Academies’ Committee on “Optimizing the USGS Mineral Resources Program Science Portfolio,” addressing the national need for mineral resources data and science.

Learn more about my research from the lastest Publications and new textbook “Data Science for the Geosciences (Cambridge University Press, 2023).”