Carlos Castillo-Chavez

Carlos Castillo-Chavez recently retired from Arizona State University (ASU), where he was Regents Professor and Joaquín Bustoz Jr. Professor of Mathematical Biology. He was also the founder and former executive director of the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute and the Simon A. Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center ASU. His research is driven by the role of social dynamics (social landscape) in disease evolution, and he is a strong supporter of mentoring and encouraging underrepresented minority students in the U.S. for higher education and research.