Adam Boies is head of the Aerosol and Nanotechnology for Energy and the Environment (ANEE) laboratory at Stanford University, which focuses on developing energy and environmental technologies through aerosol and nano-scale approaches that can either synthesize or measure aerosols, nanoparticles, or pollution.

He was previously Professor of Nanomaterials and Aerosol Engineering and Head of the Energy Faculty at the Cambridge University Engineering Department. He served as director of the Advanced Carbon Application and Manufacturing network and was co-creator and Partnership Director of the Aerosol Science CDT.