616 Serra St.
Encina Hall E412
Stanford, CA 94305
616 Serra St.
Encina Hall E412
Stanford, CA 94305

mthurber@stanford.edu
(650) 724-9709 (voice)
(650) 724-1717 (fax)

Mark Thurber is Assistant Director for Research at PESD, where he oversees all aspects of the Program's research and is also directly responsible for research on low-income energy services.

Before coming to PESD, Dr. Thurber worked in high-tech industry, focusing on volume manufacturing operations in Mexico, China, and Malaysia. This work included a multi-year assignment in Guadalajara developing local technological capability in precision manufacturing measurements.

Dr. Thurber holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering (Thermosciences) and a B.S.E. from Princeton University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His academic research has included engineering studies of gas-phase laser diagnostics as well as policy analyses of technology management in the developing world and power plant emissions reductions strategies in the United States.