Erika Camacho, The HSI Ecosystem and the NSF HSI Program
Dr. Erika Tatiana Camacho is the inaugural holder of the Manuel P. and María Antonietta Berriozábal Endowed Chair and professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Sciences’ mathematics and neuroscience, developmental and regenerative biology departments. Before arriving to UTSA Camacho was a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Institut de la Vision-Sorbonne Université in Paris for the academic year 2022-2023 and a Full Professor in the School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU) where she spent 16 years as a faculty member. Camacho has a long and successful career in and outside of academia as a mathematical biologist, researcher, educator, mentor and advocate for racial and gender equity.
Derrick Brazill, Building Capacity at HSIs for STEM Student Success
Dr. Derrick Brazill serves as the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at York College. He received his BS in Biology from Stanford and his PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Rice University, he became an Assistant Professor at Hunter College, City University of New York in the Department of Biological Sciences. During his 21 years there, he reached the rank of Professor and served two terms as Department Chair, overseeing the restructuring of the program and a consequent doubling of majors. He also served as the Director of the MARC Program for 16 years, increasing its participants’ PhD acceptance rate from 40% to 75%. As Provost, he has secured funding to support research experiences for underrepresented students in STEM and health-related fields. He has earned several honors including being the inaugural speaker for the “Lecture in Mentoring Excellence” at the NIH, and receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, “the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.”
Carmen Domingo, Faculty and Student Intersectionality in STEM Disciplines
The Domingo lab is focused on the cellular and molecular pathways that underlie pattern formation in the vertebrate embryo, specifically how cells acquire specific cell fates and morphologies early in development.
Dr. Domingo’s education work focuses on strategies to increase the retention and graduation rate of students in STEM, with a particular focus on increasing diversity in the sciences. These efforts have led to improvements in teaching strategies as well as the development of innovative programmatic efforts that increase diversity across disciplines ranging from biology to computer science.
