The Comisi\u00f3n Gestora (CG) would like to introduce Professor Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Ph.D. who will serve as Yachay Tech\u2019s new Rector effective immediately.<\/p>\n
Professor Castillo-Chavez is a Distinguished Mexican-American Mathematician, Scientist, Social Scientist and Social Activist who has had a luminous career in the USA where he has held multiple distinguished Professorships and Center Directorships. Most recently he has served as the \u201cRegents Professor, and Joaquin\u00a0 Bustoz Jr. Professor, of Mathematical Biology\u201d at\u00a0 Arizona State University, where he was also named Director of The Simon A. Levin Center of Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences,\u00a0 Director of the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute and Director of the\u00a0 Institute for Strengthening the Understanding of Mathematics and Science.<\/p>\n
In addition, he has also held honorary Professorships worldwide including the distinguished Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0 Professorship at MIT, a Visiting Professorship at Harvard\u2019s Center of Disease Dynamics, the Xi\u2019an Jiatong University in China, the Universidad de Belgrano in Argentina, the Universidad de los Andes, in Colombia, a C\u00e1tedra Patrimonial at UNAM in M\u00e9xico and was the Stanislaw M. Ulam Distinguished Scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory.<\/p>\n
His research and teaching work is remarkably interdisciplinary and lies at the interface of the mathematical, natural, and social sciences with emphasis on (i) dynamic social landscapes on disease dispersal, (ii) the interplay between host behavior and disease evolution, and (iii) the impact of human behavior in relation to environmental and social structures on the dynamics of addiction. Specifically, he has been involved in the mathematical study of the spread, control, transition dynamics and social consequences of diseases such as influenza, HIV, Tuberculosis, rotavirus, pneumonia and rubella and he has also modeled the impact of emergent or re-emergent diseases like Ebola, SARS and Zika.\u00a0 As a matter of fact he is considered by the international scientific community as one of the pioneers of the field of \u201c Mathematical Biology\u201d. He has authored 250 publications including a dozen books, textbooks, research monographs and edited volumes.<\/p>\n
Professor Castillo-Chavez is the true epitome of the \u201cSocial Activist-Scientist\u201d and has focused all of his scientific activities in studying problems that can help humanity combat disease and has provided solutions that improve living conditions for millions around the world. On February 24, 2016, the University Francisco Gavidia in the Republic of El Salvador inaugurated a research Center in his name. The Centro de Modelaje Matem\u00e1tico Carlos Castillo-Chavez, in the city of San Salvador, is only one example of his international recognition as both a scientist and an activist in the service of humanity.<\/p>\n
In the United States Professor Castillo-Chavez has also been extremely successful in inspiring new generations of Hispanic Scientists, of both genders, in all fields of Physical, Biological, Chemical and Social Sciences.\u00a0 Indeed he has been recognized by many to be the intellectual leader and one of the most distinguished\u00a0 \u201crole model\u201d of the, US-based community of Hispanic Scientists and Engineers. In recognition of this inspiring role, he has received multiple awards and recognitions from Educational Societies as well as from the Whitehouse and President Obama himself, who appointed him a member the prestigious committee for the \u201cNational Medal of Science\u201d.<\/p>\n
The CG is delighted that Yachay Tech\u2019s unique vision continues to attract luminary scientists of the caliber and international impact of Professor Castillo-Chavez as it enters the next phase of its scholarly growth and achievement.<\/p>\n
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Ares\u00a0J. Rosakis, Ph.D.,<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2527,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3736","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uitey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yachaytech.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticia\/3736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yachaytech.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticia"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yachaytech.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticia"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yachaytech.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yachaytech.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yachaytech.edu.ec\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}