Faculty Profile

Candice Reneé Price is a visiting mathematician from Smith College in Northampton, MA. Born and raised in California, she earned her doctoral degree (2012) in mathematics from the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on the application of mathematics to biology, primarily working on DNA topology and knot theory applied to the structure of DNA. More recently, her research has included the study of how disease risks can impact social behavior and questions involving the intersection of mathematics of social justice.