Naomi Boness

Managing Director, Stanford Natural Gas Initiative, and Co-Managing Director, Stanford Hydrogen Initiative

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Naomi Boness is the Managing Director of the Natural Gas Initiative at Stanford University and Co-Managing Director of the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative. She is an experienced practitioner in the energy sector with a focus on using her background in reservoir geophysics and technoeconomic modeling to develop technology solutions related to natural gas, hydrogen, and decarbonization in both the developed and the developing world. In addition to managing the research portfolio, Boness teaches classes in earth science and energy engineering.  

Prior to Stanford, Boness held a variety of technical and management positions at Chevron. She holds board positions at Aemetis, a renewable fuels company, and Veriten, an energy education firm. She is a member of the Renewable Natural Gas Coalition Advisory Committee and an advisor to several energy startups. Boness holds a PhD in Geophysics from Stanford University, an MS in Geological Sciences from Indiana University, and a BS in Geophysics from the University of Leeds.