Category Archives: Board

Carlos Castillo-Chavez Appointed to President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Congratulations to past NIMBioS Advisory Board Member Carlos Castillo-Chavez who has been appointed to President Obama’s 2013 Committee on the National Medal of Science. Castillo-Chavez will be part of a committee of 12 engineers and scientists appointed by the president … Continue reading

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Camacho Named SACNAS Distinguished Mentor

Congratulations are in order for NIMBioS Advisory Board Member Erica Camacho honored with the 2012 SACNAS Distinguished Undergraduate Institution Mentor Award. Camacho, a professor at Arizona State University, was one of six recipients of the 2012 SACNAS Distinguished Awards. SACNAS … Continue reading

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NIMBioS Board Member Receives Nation’s Top Early-Career Award

NIMBioS board member Mariel Vazquez, a math professor at San Francisco State University, has been named one of the nation’s most promising young scientists for her work at the interface of mathematics and biology. President Barack Obama named Vazquez as … Continue reading

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NSF CAREER Grant Awarded to Board Member

Mariel Vazquez, a member of the NIMBioS Board of Advisors, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her innovative work on DNA topology. Vazquez is an associate professor of mathematics at San Francisco State University. Her … Continue reading

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Visit from UT Interim President

UT Interim President Jan Simek stopped by the other day during our bi-annual Board of Advisors Meeting. Board member Ellis McKenzie (NIH) and Simek were roommates as freshman at UC Santa Cruz back in the day.

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