CAMPOS | College of Biological Sciences

Discovering Curiosity: The Tangled Fate of Math and Biology with Professor Mariel Vazquez

Knots are a part of nature. From pocketed headphones to carelessly packed garden hoses, they find ways to manifest in strings and loops. This isn’t just a truth of mathematics; it’s a truth of biology. In fact, DNA molecules can also get tied into knots.

Cellular and Microbiology

Professor Mariel Vazquez Named Faculty Director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science

Professor Mariel Vazquez has been appointed as the new faculty director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science, or CAMPOS, succeeding the founding faculty director, Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, professor emeritus at the Betty Irene More School of Nursing.

Campus and Community

The CAMPOS Mission Continues: Newly Inducted Scholars Add to Faculty Diversity

UC Davis is committed to CAMPOS: Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science. Campus leaders made that clear during the induction ceremony for the university’s newest CAMPOS Faculty Scholars, which included College of Biological Sciences faculty Wilsaan M. Joiner and James A. Letts.

Campus and Community

Mariel Vazquez

Professor
Department of Mathematics, College of Letters and Science
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Biological Sciences
Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS)

Mathematical Sciences Building (MSB) 2150, and Briggs 09