Anjelica Gonzalez

Anjelica is the first person from her family to receive a bachelor's degree. In 1999, Anjelica received her Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering[6] from Utah State University[2] in Logan, Utah. In 2004, she obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Biology[6][7] from Baylor College of Medicine[2] in Houston, Texas. Gonzalez is currently an appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University[8] in New Haven, Connecticut.

Her areas of research include:[9]

• Leukocyte biology
• Vascular biology[10]
• Biomaterials
• Vascular engineering

Anjelica has earned numerous awards and distinctions. Here are a selection:

• Yale University - Provost's Teaching Award[8]
• Yale University's Video Series "Discussions on Science and Diversity" - Host[11][12]
• STEM and Social Inclusion Speaker Series - First Speaker[13]
• Newsweek/Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit Speaker[2]
• NBC 10 Latino Innovators[2]
• USAID/Gates Foundation DevelopmentxChange Investor Pitch Competition Award Winner[2]
• Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award for “Artificial Amniotic Membrane Scaffolds for Scarless Wound Healing” (2011)[14]
• Biomedical Engineering Society Diversity Award (2018)[15][16]

Gonzalez speaks out for women and minorities:[18]

• "Data shows that women and minorities are selectively sorted out of engineering, math and science careers."
• "Additionally, when they do speak up and exhibit their skills, young women are often overlooked or blatantly dismissed."
• "Studies have evaluated whether hard work is rewarded in a fair manner, and determined that cultural norms and implicit biases in many cases prevent equal reward for equal efforts."

• Anjelica Gonzalez publications indexed by Google Scholar