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Dr. Guillermo Acosta
Dr. Acosta was raised in El Paso, Texas, and would work seasonally on the family farm near Anthony, New Mexico. Originally, he studied architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. After switching majors and institutions a couple of times, he earn

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Dr. Aguilar is an assistant professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced. Research in his lab focuses on the application of molecular techniques to answer questions in ecology and evolutionary biology. He received

Dr. Carmen Aguilar
Associate Scientist, began with interests in Origins of Life and chemical evolution from early formation of the planet to present hydrothermal systems of Yellowstone Lake. She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master's degrees from the National Autonomous Un

Dr. Roberto Aguilar
Dr. Roberto M. Aguilar is a first-generation Mexican-American Neuroendocrinologist. Dr. Aguilar comes from a large Mexican-American family whose roots go back to Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar obtain his B.S. degree in Biology from the University

Dr. Nancy Aguilar-Roca
Nancy Aguilar-Roca earned her Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. After completing her postdoctoral work in comparative physiology and genomics, Nancy has taken a position in a curri

Dr. Renato Aguilera
Dr. Renato Aguilera obtained his Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Texas (UTEP) in his home town of El Paso, Texas. He subsequently received an NSF Fellowship and obtained a Ph.D. in Immunology from UC Berkeley in 1987. After two yea

Dr. Julia Aguirre
Dr. Julia Aguirre is an assistant professor in the Education program at the University of Washington, Tacoma.Her research interests lie at the intersection of mathematics learning and teaching; teacher cognition and practice; professional development, rol

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Dr. Aiello was recruited by the University of Michigan-School of Public Health and began her current position as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Center for Social Epidemiology & Population Health in September 2005. Her research aims to exam

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Dr. George Alvarez
Dr. George A. Alvarez (A.B. Princeton University, 1998, Psychology; Ph.D. Harvard University 2005, Psychology) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Dr. Alvarez has several

Dr. Juan Arroyo
Dr. Arroyo was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. After working in the private industry for several years, Juan got his doctorate degree in molecular biology, mi

Dr. John Augusto
John graduated from Washburn University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. In 1995, he received his Masters of Science in Education from the University of Kansas and in 2007 will complete his PhD in Education.

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Dr. Robert Barnhill
Robert Barnhill, Ph.D., received his B.A. from the University of Kansas and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, both in mathematics. At the University of Utah, he helped create Computer Aided Geometric Design, which utilizes applied mathematics and c

Dr. Melina Barona
Melina Barona is the Diversity & Education Programs Associate for the Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems (WaterCAMPWS). The WaterCAMPWS is a Science and Technology Center funded by the National Science Foundation. The

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Dr. David Begay
David Begay’s Biography David Begay, Ph.D., is founding co-director of Indigenous Education Institute. He is also co-developer of the Navajo constellation cylinder for portable star lab. Administratively, he held the offices of Dean of Instruction, Ass

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Dr. Bemis is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She earned a degree in Biology from the University of New Hampshire, Durham. Her pre-doctoral work was at Harvard M

Dr. Claudia Benitez Nelson
Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson grew up in Seattle Washington. While playing soccer at the University of Washington, she earned double degrees in Oceanography and Chemistry. After taking a year to travel the world she began her Ph.D. in Oceanography at the W

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Ms. Benoit-Moctezuma has many years of experience managing and coordinating various public health education projects; assisting in development and publication of curricula/educational materials for health professionals and families in the area of cancer e

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Dr. C Gita Bosch
C. Gita Bosch Associate Dean, Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate School Associate Director, Graduate Studies, Sloan-Kettering Institute Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center C. Gita Bosch is the Associate Dean of Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Graduate Sc

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Dr. Emilio Bruna
Bruna has joint appointments in the University of Florida’s Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation and Center for Latin American Studies. He and his students conduct research on the consequences of human activities such as deforestation and habita

Dr. Daniel Bullock
Daniel Bullock earned his B.A. at Reed College and his Ph.D. at Stanford. After teaching psychology at U. Denver, he joined the Center for Adaptive Systems at Boston University, where he is Associate Professor in, and a founding member of, the Cognitive &

Dr. Linda Burhansstipanov, DrPH, CHES
Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) has worked in public health since 1971, primarily with Native American issues. She taught full-time at universities for 18 years. She developed and implemented the Native American Cance

Dr. Juan Bustamante
Juan J Bustamante, Ph.D., is currently working as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His work involves examining the regeneration of the liver. He received his B.S. in biology from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTS

Dr. Barbara Butterfield
Barbara Butterfield, Ph.d, has over 35 years of service in higher education. She is executive consultant to the University of Michigan, senior consultant to the Segal Company. Dr. Butterfield is a consultant educator in the area of faculty development f

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Dr. Charles Calisher
Dr. Calisher was born in New York City but fled there as soon as he could, attending college in Philadelphia, obtaining a Master's degree at the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. at Georgetown University, and then being employed at Microbiological Asso

Dr. Erika Camacho
Erika Camacho, Ph.D., grew up in east Los Angeles, California, and she understands many of the struggles that students must endure in striving to attain their academic and professional goals. She began mentoring students during high school at Garfield Hi

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Dr. Ignacio Camarillo
Ignacio G. Camarillo, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. He received his B.S. in Biology in 1992 from St. Mary’s College, MI, and his Ph.D. in 1996 in Physiology from Wayne State University, Detroit MI.

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Dr. Chris Cash
Chris Cash is the Institute for Broadening Participation, IBP Outreach Coordinator. Chris seeks to attract students with strong interest in interdisciplinary science into over 120 doctoral programs in universities and colleges throughout the United State

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Dr. Paul Coleman
Paul Coleman received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Notre Dame and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in astrophysics from the University of Pittsburgh. He has received awards for teaching and research, and has held positions at the National Radio As

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Dr. Diana Dalbotten
Diana Dalbotten is the Director of Diversity for the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, an NSF-funded center that is headquartered at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota.

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Dr. Jose de la Torre
Dr. José de la Torre is a microbial ecologist at San Francisco State University, where he studies microorganisms involved in the global geochemical cycling of Nitrogen. In particular, he has focused on understanding the physiology, ecology and evolution o

Dr. Jane Dell'Amore
Jane Dell’Amore has been on the staff of the National Research Council of the National Academies since 1974. Her first five years were spent in the Office of International Affairs working on the exchange program with the former USSR and its aligned countr

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Dr. Leonardo Duenas osorio
Dr. Dueñas-Osorio has taught courses in structural mechanics, in addition to probability and statistics. He is currently preparing a new graduate course regarding the science of reliable complex systems. His research on interdependent response of networke

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Dr. John Fernandez
Dr. John D. Fernandez is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and an Executive Member of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions. Dr. Fernandez has a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and an M.S.

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José Fernández has worked at AAAS since July 2004. He was the Marketing Associate for the Minority Scientists Network , charged with the task of recruiting and managing student and faculty Campus Representatives. For over a year he toured campuses through

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Dr. Maria Franco
Dr. Franco holds a PhD and MS in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University and a BS in Mathematics from Universidad del Valle (Colombia, South America). Her research focuses on problems of nonlinear elasticity, calculus of variations and numerical analy

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Dr. Corey Garza
Corey Garza is an assistant professor in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy at California State University, Monterey Bay. He previously served as a research ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As a NOAA scient

Dr. Tina Garza
Kristine M. Garza obtained her B.S. in Biology at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas in 1991. In 1997, she obtained her Ph.D. in Microbiology/Immunology at the University of Virginia. She conducted her postdoctoral studies at the Ontario Cancer

Dr. Ann Gates
Ann Quiroz Gates is the Associate Vice President of Research and Sponsored Projects at the University of Texas at El Paso and past chair of the Computer Science Department. Her research areas are software property elicitation and specification, and workfl

Dr. Barry Gold
Barry Gold is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University of Pittsburgh. Previously he was at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska where he was Professor and Associate Director of the Eppley

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Dr. Elma González
Dr. Elma Gonzalez, a full professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA, received her Ph.D. in Cellular Biology at Rutgers University and was a post-doctoral fellow at UC Santa Cruz. Prof. Gonzalez has worked on glyoxysome biogen

Dr. Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr
Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr. is a mathematical statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He has contributed to the development of sampling designs and estimation procedures for various multistag

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Dr. Rochelle Gutierrez
Rochelle Gutiérrez’ research focuses on equity in mathematics education, race/class/language issues in teaching and learning, effective teacher communities, and social justice. She has served as a member of the RAND National Mathematics Study Panel and t

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Dr. Luis Haro
Dr. Luis S. Haro received a B.A. in Biology from UC-San Diego, a Ph.D. in Biology from UC-Santa Cruz, a UC-President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship and was a Research Scientist at the Whittier Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology. He joined UT-San Antonio

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Amy Hegarty serves in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service as a Program Analyst in the Recruitment Staff. With a Bachelor's degree in Personnel/Labor Relations from the University of Maryland as well as 19 years of Federal se

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Dr. Nancy Houfek
Nancy Houfek has served as a consultant to professional speakers throughout the United States since 1978. She has presented workshops for Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Radcliffe Seminars, Harvard Medical School, and The Derek Bok Center for Teac

Dr. Yvette Huet-Hudson
Dr. Yvette M. Huet-Hudson received B.A.s in Human Biology and Microbiology from the University of Kansas. She then went on to get her Ph.D. degree in Physiology from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. While a graduate student she received an N

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Dr. Monik Jimenez
Monik C. Jimenez received a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. She is currently working on understanding the relationship between socio-economic factors and tooth loss among minority populations in the US. Her o

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Dr. Eric Jolly
Dr. Eric Jolly is President and CEO of the Science Museum of Minnesota. Jolly came from the Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts, where he served as Senior Scientist and vice president. His participation on numerous advisory boards and

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Dr. Claudia Knez
Claudia Knez was born in Mexico and moved to the U.S. when she was twelve. She attended the University of Virginia and received her Bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy in May 2000. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin. She complet

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Dr. Jacqueline  Liederman
Dr. Jacqueline Liederman is a Professor in the Brain, Behavior and Cognition Program at Boston University (BU). She also has joint appointments in the Applied Linguistics Program, Program in Neurosciences, the Behavioral Neurosciences Program, and is an

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Dr. Ramon Lopez
Dr. Ramon E. Lopez is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), he was awarded the 2002 APS Nicholson Medal for Humanitarian Service to Science, and he is the

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Dr. Elisa Maldonado
Elisa Maldonado is a Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her thesis focuses on the effects of environmental factors on marine invertebrate larvae. Specifically, she is interested in the effects of food availability an

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Dr. Diana I. Marinez, emeritus professor of Biochemistry and Dean of the College of Science and Technology at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (1994-2005) received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Indiana University Medical Center and was a post-doctoral f

Dr. Luis  Marky
At the professional level, Dr. Marky lectures in Medicinal Chemistry I where he is the course coordinator, Medicinal Chemistry II, and one elective course "Therapeutic Applications of Proteins and Nucleic Acids". At the graduate level, Dr. Markey is the

Dr. Leticia Marquez-Magaña
Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña is a Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She earned her BS/MS degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, her PhD in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley, and completed her post-doctoral training

Dr. Catalina Martinez
Catalina grew up in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography with a master’s degree in Oceanography in 2000. She obtained a second master’s degree from URI in Marine Affairs in 200

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Dr. JV Martinez
Dr. Joseph V. Martinez (“J.V.”), a founder and former SACNAS president, is Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. Dr. Martinez received his Bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University (NAU), a Ph.D. in Chemistry from O

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Dr. Kermin Martinez Hernandez
Kermin Joel Martinez-Hernandez attended his first SACNAS conference in 2006 as a graduate student at Purdue University, IN where he is currently a graduate student. He enjoyed a lot the conference at Tampa, Florida and he consider the best conference ever

Dr. Luz Martinez-Miranda
Prof. Luz J. Martinez-Miranda is an Associate Professor of Materials Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her main interests are liquid crystal films and their interactions with ma

Dr. Audeliz Matias
Audeliz Matias Skidmore College Consortium for Faculty Diversity Post-Doctoral Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor Audeliz, or Audi like her friends call her, grew up in Añasco, Puerto Rico and moved to the United States in 2000 to pursue her docto

Dr. Catherine Mavriplis
Catherine Mavriplis holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. She was a tenured professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the George Washington University from 1991 to 2005. Dr. Mavriplis served as a Program Dire

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Dr. José María Menéndez Gómez
José María Menéndez recently received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Virginia Tech. He holds a post-doctoral position as a CEMELA fellow (an NSF-funded Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as) working under the supervision of Dr. Marta Civil. Hi

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Brianne joined the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships team in October 2005. She leads the outreach and recruitment activities, including managing conferences, presentations and special events; overseeing advertising, the Web site and other publi

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Dr. Mills is Chief of the Medical Ecology Unit, Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His research during the last 20 years has been an investigation of the ecological factors ass

Dr. Ennio Mingolla
Dr. Ennio Mingolla (A.B. Harvard College 1973, Philosophy and Social Relations; M.Ed. Boston University 1978, Educational Media and Technology; Ph.D. University of Connecticut 1983, Experimental Psychology) is Professor of Cognitive and Neural Systems and

Dr. Gustavo Miranda-Carboni
My undergraduate research career started at East Los Angeles Community College, where I participated in the Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) program. I transferred to UCLA to complete my bachelor’s degree in microbiology and molecular genetics

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Beronda Montgomery, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Energy – Plant Research Lab and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University. She received a Ph.D. in Plant Biology in 2001 from the University o

Dr. Lupita Montoya
Dr. Lupita D. Montoya is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, the oldest technological university in the United States. She holds a B.S. in Engineering (Applied Mechanics) from California State Un

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Yolanda Munoz Maldonado was born in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on June 19, 1970. She received a B.S. degree in 1997 from the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Mathematical Education and a M.S. degree in Statistics in 2000 from The University of Texas a

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Dr. Juan Noveron
Dr. Noveron was born in México and migrated with his family to the United States when he was fourteen years old. He obtained a B.A. in Chemistry from California State University Long Beach and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California Santa

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Dr. Omayra Ortega
Her research interests include using differential equations-based mathematical modeling to better understand potential mechanisms for control of rotavirus with a focus on vaccination in underdeveloped countries. She is also interested in exploring the epi

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Dr. Jesus Pando
Dr. Jesus Pando earned his PhD under Li-Zhi Fang in 1997 at the University of Arizona. He was awarded a Chateaubriand Post-Doctoral Fellowship and an NSF Post-Doctoral Fellowship to continue his work at Observatoire de Strasbourg, France. He is now an A

Dr. Raj Pandya
Rajul Pandya is the director of UCAR's Community Building Program, which builds institutional relationships that increase the diversity and societal relevance of the atmospheric and related sciences. Pandya is also director of SOARS, an internship progra

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Dr. Christine Pfund
Christine Pfund earned her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, Chris is the Associate Director of the Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning and the co-Director of The Wisconsin Program for

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Dr. Anthony Rene
Dr. René is assistant director for referral and liaison at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He received a B.S. degree Biology from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, i

Dr. Geraldine Richmond
Professor Geraldine Richmond has been a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon since 1985. She has an active research program involving the use of laser spectroscopy to study molecular processes at surfaces. With over 140 publications, her work

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Dr. Alberto Roca
Dr. Roca is a Project Scientist in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research involves using biophysical approaches to understand the molecular mechanism of recombinational DNA repair. He is

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Dr. Eloy Rodriguez
Dr. Eloy Rodriguez is a Chicano born in South Texas. His mother’s ancestral roots going back to the early 1700s in Texas and his father was a Mexican citizen who came as a bracero to the U.S. Dr. Rodriguez grew up with over 60 cousins, of which 11 rece

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Dr. Javier Rojo
Javier Rojo is Professor of Statistics at Rice University. He received a Masters’ degree and a PhD from Stanford University and UC Berkeley respectively. He was Statistics/Probability Program director at NSF in 1997-1999 and was a visiting professor at SM

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Dr. Nahyr Rovira Figueroa
Nahyr Rovira-Figueroa grew up in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She received her Bachelor and Masters Degree in Chemistry from University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus in 1998 and 2001 respectively. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Science Education. Nahyr p

Dr. Ivelisse Rubio
Dr. Ivelisse M. Rubio was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University. Her research interests

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Dr. Brisa Sanchez
Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD is Assistant Research Professor of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, where she joined after completing her degree in biostatistics at Harvard University. Her methodological research interes

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Dr. Reinaldo Santos
Reinaldo Santos, born on March 21, 1984 in San Juan, PR has just completed a BA in Applied Physics at Universidad Metropolitana. He was a recipient of the MIE Scholarship. In 2003 and 2004, Santos conducted the research Using Normal Modes Analysis to Fi

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Dr. Keivan Stassun
Keivan Stassun is assistant professor of astronomy at Vanderbilt University, with an adjunct position at Fisk University. Dr. Stassun serves as chair of the American Astronomical Society's Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy. He is also co-

Dr. Brandilyn Stigler
The oldest of 6 children, Brandilyn grew up in west Texas with second-generational roots in Mexico and India. She received a B.S. and an M.S. in mathematics from New Mexico State University and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Virginia Tech for her interdisci

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Dr. Jane Tucker
Jane Tucker, Ph.d, is the president of Jane W. Tucker & Associates. She has over 25 years of experience working with leaders in higher education and industry. Her interests include negotiations, coaching individual leaders and change management.

Dr. Tim Turner
Mr. Tim Turner has been managing federally-funded programs for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) since 1986. His experience includes program management of fellowship programs that support graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, a

Dr. Wesley Uehara
Wesley Uehara is the Education Manager for the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, a National Science Foundation Science & Technology Center headquartered at UCLA. His position deals with developing and running programs that form the Center’s educatio

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Dr. David Vigerust
Dr. Vigerust is a postdoctoral fellow in Infectious Disease at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. His research involves elucidating the mechanisms of viral-bacterial synergism and the innate immune response to influenza. Dr. Viger

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Dr. Greg Villareal
Dr. Greg Villareal attended his first SACNAS conference in 1995 while completing his Bachelor's degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In 2006, he earned his Ph.D. in Neurobiology at the University of California Los Angeles where he studied me

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Dr. Lee Warren
Dr. Lee Warren is Associate Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, where she has worked since 1988. Providing teaching support to faculty and graduate student teaching assistants, she works on issues of group pro

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Dr. Jory Weintraub
Jory Weintraub received a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from The University of California at San Diego and a PhD in Immunology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then received an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship to i

Dr. Talithia Williams
Talithia was born and reared in Columbus, Georgia. As a high school student, she excelled in the sciences and was active in the marching band and student government. A graduate of Spelman College with B.S. in mathematics and Howard University with a M.S

Dr. Stephen Wirkus
Stephen Wirkus, Ph.D., completed his doctorate in August of 1999 in the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. Dr. Wirkus is interested in the study of nonlinear differential equations and works with both the theoretical and computational

Dr. Beatriz Xoconostle
Born on August 18th, 1963 in Mexico City. She is Biologist from the UNAM and got her master and PhD degrees in Genetics and Plant Biotechnology at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the IPN (Cinvestav). Currently, Beatriz Xoconostle is Resea

Dr. Luisa Zambrano
Native from Colombia, Graduated from a high school specialized in arts in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Recently became the first female to graduate from a BSc. in Applied Physics at Universidad Metropolitana. In 2003 became an MIE Scholar and a Ronald McNair Sc

Dr. Maria Elena Zavala
MariaElena Zavala was born in LaVerne California. She earned a BA from Pomona Collge and a Ph.D. from UC Berkely both in Botany. Currently, she is professor at California State University, her group conducts research on plant hormone metabolism, and she


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