Stanford University, Vice President, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Kathryn Ann ‘Kam’ Moler, PhD has been named the Vice President for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University.

Most recently, Moler has served as Vice Provost and Dean of Research from 2018-2023, transition Dean for the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in 2022, and Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences in the School of Humanities and Sciences from 2016-2018. She is also the Marvin Chodorow Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and a professor of applied physics, physics, energy science, and engineering. 

Moler has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific papers and taught classes ranging from Advanced Topics in Quantum Mechanics to Professional Ethics for Physicists. In 2014, Stanford appointed her as the Sapp Family Fellow in Undergraduate Education to honor her sustained commitment to teaching. Among other roles in D.C., she serves as Co-Chair of the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, which is tasked with advising the President and the National Science and Technology Council on the National Quantum Initiative. During her tenure as Vice Provost and Dean of Research, Moler championed strong connections between Stanford, SLAC, and the Department of Energy, resulting in significant investments in people and facilities in support of not only SLAC and Stanford researchers but the country.

Moler earned her bachelor’s degree in physics with honors from Stanford in 1988 and her doctorate in physics from Stanford in 1995. After three years as an R. H. Dicke postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University, she became the first female faculty member in Stanford’s Department of Applied Physics in 1998. 

Rebecca Kennedy and David Bellshaw led this search with Silvia Cheng and Elizabeth Arvanitis