Vanya Quiñones is an American university administrator and a former neurobiologist is serving as the President of California State University, Monterey Bay.
Vanya Quiñones | |
|---|---|
| 5th President of California State University, Monterey | |
| Assumed office August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo M. Ochoa |
| Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Pace University | |
| In office 2018–2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico (BS, MS) Rutgers University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | neurobiology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Characterization of a mouse hypothalamic cell line immortalized with a temperature-sensitive variant of the large T antigen of the simian virus 40 (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Geller |
Early life and education
editQuiñones was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and spent her childhood on her family's dairy farm.[1][2]
She attended the University of Puerto Rico, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in cell biology. She attended Rutgers University, where she earned her Ph.D. in neurobiology and physiology.[3]
Career
editQuiñones taught at Hunter College and eventually ended up becoming the provost at Pace University before becoming the president at California State University, Monterey Bay.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Vanya Quiñones: University president, neuroscientist, cowgirl | KAZU News". kazu.org. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "Vanya Quiñones: Applying Human and Scientific Principles to Educational Leadership at CSUMB | Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine". hispanicoutlook.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ a b "CSUMB holds presidential investiture ceremony for Dr. Vanya Quiñones | Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology". hispanicengineer.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "California State University Monterey Bay is rising across college rankings. Here's why". thecalifornian.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.