Gail Ann Mahood[1] is a geologist and professor emerita at Stanford University, having retired in 2019 following a 40-year career there.
[6][7] She has received multiple degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, including a 1974 B.A., a 1976 M.A., and a 1980 Ph.D., all in geology.
[8] While at Stanford, she served in multiple administrative roles, including associate vice provost of Graduate Education and chair of the Faculty Senate.
[12][13][14][15] She has served as both an Engineering Committee member,[16] and as the president of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District.
[27][28] Some of Mahood's work was awarded as being one of the "Top Geoscience Papers from 2016" by the Geological Society of America.