Vanya Quiñones

Vanya Quiñones
5th President of California State University, Monterey
Assumed office
August 2022
Preceded byEduardo M. Ochoa
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Pace University
In office
2018–2022
Personal details
BornArecibo, Puerto Rico
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico (BS, MS)
Rutgers University (PhD)
Scientific career
Fieldsneurobiology
Institutions
ThesisCharacterization of a mouse hypothalamic cell line immortalized with a temperature-sensitive variant of the large T antigen of the simian virus 40 (1992)
Doctoral advisorHerbert Geller

Vanya Quiñones is an American university administrator and former neurobiologist. She serves as the current President of California State University, Monterey Bay.