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Zhenan Bao

Professor in Chemical Engineering and Professor

Zhenan Bao is the K. K. Lee Professor in Chemical Engineering and Professor, by courtesy, of chemistry and materials science and engineering at Stanford University. She has close to seven hundred referred publications and more than eighty US patents. Her current research focuses on organic electronics, including skin-inspired materials, dynamic energy storage, and recyclable, re-processable materials. She received her PhD in chemistry from the University of Chicago.

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Stanford and Hoover Institution contributors to the Stanford Emerging Technology Review are seen on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2025. (DMV Productions)
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Stanford Emerging Technology Review Highlights Promise and Risk of Frontier Tech to Washington, DC Policymakers

Contributors to the 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review brought its findings to America’s capital on February 25, with the challenge and promise presented by frontier technologies now clearer than ever before.

March 11, 2025
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Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers New Insights

The 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report is now available, offering American policymakers a comprehensive overview of how ten frontier technologies, from artificial intelligence to robotics, are transforming the world.

February 24, 2025
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How Disruptive Is DeepSeek? Stanford HAI Faculty Discuss China’s New Model

Experts weigh in on the implications of DeepSeek’s open-source model and its impact on technology, geopolitics, the arts, and more.

February 13, 2025 by Amy Zegart
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CFR and the Stanford Emerging Technology Review Launch New Podcast Series on Frontier Technologies

Frontier technologies are transforming international relations and the U.S. economy. As a result, more bridges between science and engineering labs, Washington, DC, and the world of business are needed. The Hoover Institution and Stanford University’s School…

February 12, 2025
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The Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2025: Frontier Tech For A New Geopolitical Era

The Hoover Institution and the School of Engineering at Stanford University invite you to a panel discussion for the launch of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2025 report in Washington, DC.

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Drew Endy: Made In China 2025—Who Is Winning?

Hoover Institution fellow Drew Endy testifies before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a hearing on "Made in China 2025—Who Is Winning?"

February 06, 2025 by Drew Endy
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Bio-Strategies and Leadership Holds Inaugural Congressional Fellowship Program on Biotechnology Strategy

Drew Endy, a Hoover science fellow and senior fellow and Martin Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education (Bioengineering) at Stanford University, convened nearly two dozen Hoover and Stanford experts, policymakers, and business leaders earlier this…

October 18, 2024
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Government Officials, Hoover Fellows, and Silicon Valley Leaders Discuss Cooperation at Sixth Annual Tech Track II Symposium

Fifty US government officials, scholars from the Hoover Institution, Stanford University scientists and engineers, technology experts, venture capitalists, and business leaders convened at the Sixth Annual Tech Track II Symposium hosted by the Hoover…

December 16, 2024
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Technology Applications By Policy Area

This chapter explores applications from each of the ten technology fields described in the report as they may relate to five important policy themes: economic growth, national security, environmental and energy sustainability, health and medicine, and civil…

February 07, 2025
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Cross-Cutting Themes

One of the most important and unusual hallmarks of this moment is convergence: emerging technologies are intersecting and interacting in a host of ways, with important implications for policy. This chapter identifies themes and commonalities that cut across…

February 07, 2025
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