CAMPOS Initiative Event

Celebrating the 2016-2017 CAMPOS Faculty Scholars at a Welcome Reception
Davis, CA

We welcomed UC Davis’ newest faculty members recruited as CAMPOS Faculty Scholars on Monday, November 21, 2016.

CAMPOS stands for Center for Advancing Multicultural Perspectives on Science, which is an initiative of UC Davis ADVANCE. The latter is funded through the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE Program, aimed at promoting women’s participation and advancement in academic careers in STEM, which, in this case, stands for science, social science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Here are the new 2016-2017 CAMPOS Faculty Scholars who were welcomed on November 21st. They were selected for their transformative thinking, unique perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches and leadership potential, and each is believed to have the ability to make an impact in their field in profound and enduring ways.

  1. Samuel Díaz-Muñoz
    Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
    College of Biological Sciences
  2. Rebecca Hernandez
    Assistant Professor of Land, Air and Water Resources
    College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  3. Maureen Njoki Kinyua
    Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    College of Engineering
  4. Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño
    Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    School of Medicine
  5. Jeanette Ruiz
    Lecturer PSOE of Communication
    College of Letters and Science: Division of Social Sciences
  6. Jesús M. Velázquez
    Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    College of Letters & Science: Division of Mathematics and Physical Science

For additional information on CAMPOS please visit: http://ucd-advance.ucdavis.edu/campos

Pictured (L-R): Chancellor Emerita Linda Katehi, Karen McDonald, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Maureen Njoki Kinyua, Rebecca Hernandez, Jesús M. Velázquez, Samuel Díaz-Muñoz, Jeanette Ruiz, Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño, Alexis Patterson, Rebecca Calisi-Rodriguez.