Members of the Council are elected representatives of the Principal Investigators from various units of the Texas A&M University research community. As such, it is the responsibility of Council Members to maintain an effective dialogue with their constituents. Various guests may be invited to a meeting(s), at the discretion of the CPI Chair, when a meeting topic or issue is discussed that intersects with the purview of an administrative office. The list of invited guests changes every year at the discretion of the CPI Chair.
2012-2013 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Reza Langari, Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
rlangari@tamu.edu
979.845.1251
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Faculty Senate Research Committee
Niall Slowey, Vice Chair
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
slowey@ocean.tamu.edu
979.845.8478
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) PI/Faculty Advisory Committee (PIFAC) – CPI Representative
Lawrence Rauchwerger, Past Chair
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
rwerger@cse.tamu.edu
979.845.8872
CPI Membership Term: 2009-2012 (extended through 2013 as Past Chair)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) PI/Faculty Advisory Committee (PIFAC) – TEES Representative; Task Force on Research Data Stewardship at Texas A&M University; Chancellor Research Initiative Advisory Committee
2012-2013 CPI Membership Roster
Clinton Allred
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
callred@tamu.edu
979.845.0863
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: University Research Council
Nancy Amato
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
amato@tamu.edu
979.862.2275
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; TIAS Administrative Council
Helene Andrews-Polymenis
Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis
TAMHSC College of Medicine
handrews@medicine.tamhsc.edu
979.436.0340
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Joe Arosh
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jarosh@tamu.edu
979.845.6173
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Joseph Awika
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
awika@tamu.edu
979.845.2985
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Wolfgang Bangerth
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
bangerth@tamu.edu
979.845.6393
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP); Intellectual Property Constituent Committee (IPCC)
Mary Bryk
Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
bryk@tamu.edu
979.862.2294
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Teaching Laboratory Safety Committee for Texas A&M; Council for Strategic Budgeting; Sub-Council for Strategic Reallocation
Lance Bullard
Texas Transportation Institute
l-bullard@tamu.edu
979.845.6153
CPI Membership Term: 2010-2013
External Committees: n/a
Steve DiMarco
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
sdimarco@ocean.tamu.edu
979.862.4168
CPI Membership Term: 2010-2013
External Committees: n/a
Jamie Foster
Forage Management and Ecology
Texas AgriLife Research
jlfoster@ag.tamu.edu
361.358.6390
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: EPIK-Maestro Working Group/Focus Group
Jaime Grunlan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
jgrunlan@tamu.edu
979.845.3027
CPI Membership Term: 2012 -2015
External Committees: n/a
Jean-Luc Guermond
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
guermond@math.tamu.edu
979.862.4890
CPI Membership Term: 2012 -2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: Graduate Student Copyright/IP Policies Review Task Force
Anuj Gupta
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Texas A&M University at Qatar
anuj.gupta@qatar.tamu.edu
974.4423.0314
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
rgutier@cse.tamu.edu
979.845.2942
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Paul Hardin
Department of Biology
College of Science
phardin@mail.bio.tamu.edu
979.458.4478
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: Council for the Built Environment (non-voting member; voting in 2013-14)
Claire Katz
Department of Philosophy
ckatz@philosophy.tamu.edu
979.845.7994
CPI Membership Term: 2010-2013
External Committees: n/a
Beverly Kuhn
Texas Transportation Institute
b-kuhn@tamu.edu
979.862.3558
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014 (second term)
External Committees: Transportation Services Advisory Committee; EPIK-Maestro Working Group/Focus Group; 2012-13 AFS Awards Selection Committee
Rafael Lara-Alecio
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
a-lara@tamu.edu
979.845.3467
CPI Membership Term: 2010-2013
External Committees: EPIK-Maestro Working Group/Focus Group
Jeffrey Liew
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
jeffrey.liew@tamu.edu
979.845-1239
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: VPR Search Advisory Committee
Leyuan Liu
Center for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology
Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center
lliu@ibt.tamhsc.edu
713.677.7518
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Mary Meagher
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
m-meagher@tamu.edu
979.845.2564
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014 (second term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Richard Mercier
Offshore Technology Research Center
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
rsmercier@tamu.edu
979.845.6000
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014 (second term)
External Committees: n/a
Joan Mileski
Departments of Maritime Administration and Marine Sciences
Texas A&M University at Galveston
mileskij@tamug.tamu.edu
409.740.4978
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Lynne Opperman
Department of Biomedical Sciences
TAMHSC Baylor College of Dentistry
lopperman@bcd.tamhsc.edu
214.828.8134
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2013 (second term)
External Committees: n/a
Bhimu Patil
Department of Horticultural Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
b-patil@tamu.edu
979.862.4521
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: Council for the Built Environment (voting member)
Walter Peacock
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
College of Architecture
peacock@tamu.edu
979.845.7853
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Ronald Randel
Department of Animal Science
Texas AgriLife Research
r-randel@tamu.edu
903.834.6191
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
J. N. Reddy
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
jnreddy@tamu.edu
979.862.2417
CPI Membership Term: 2010-2013
External Committees: n/a
Penny Riggs
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
riggs@tamu.edu
979.862.7015
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Raffaella Righetti
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
righetti@ece.tamu.edu
979.862.8586
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Mary Jo Richardson
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
mrichardson@ocean.tamu.edu
979.845.7966
CPI Membership Term: 2010-2013
External Committees: n/a
Arun Sen
Department of Information and Operations Management
Mays Business School
asen@mays.tamu.edu
979.845.8370
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Eva Shipp
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
TAMHSC School of Rural Public Health
eshipp@srph.tamhsc.edu
979.458.2151
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Loren Skow
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
lskow@tamu.edu
979.845.3194
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Emil Straube
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
straube@math.tamu.edu
979.845.3721
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a
Susanne Talcott
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
smtalcott@tamu.edu
979.458.1819
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015
External Committees: n/a
Lori Taylor
Bush School of Government and Public Service
ltaylor@bushschool.tamu.edu
979.458.3015
CPI Membership Term: 2011 – 2014 (second term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Terry Thomas
Department of Biology
College of Science
tlthomas@tamu.edu
979.845.0184
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Office of Sponsored Research Services (OSRS) PI/Faculty Advisory Committee (PIFAC) – Representative for the A&M System Office of Research; Task Force on Research Data Stewardship at Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University Research Administration Committee (TRAC)
Sandra Tucker
University Libraries
s-tucker@library.tamu.edu
979.862.1043
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: Task Force on Research Data Stewardship at Texas A&M University; Council for Strategic Budgeting; Sub-Council for Strategic Reallocation (alternate); Graduate Student Copyright/IP Policies Review Task Force (alternate)
Victor Ugaz
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
ugaz@tamu.edu
979.458.1002
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: 2012-13 TOP Proposals Evaluation Committee
Travis Whitney
Department of Ruminant Nutrition
Texas AgriLife Research
trwhitney@ag.tamu.edu
325.653.4576
CPI Membership Term: 2011 – 2014
External Committees: n/a
Teresa Wilcox
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
twilcox@tamu.edu
979.845.0618
CPI Membership Term: 2011 – 2014
External Committees: n/a
Heather Wilkinson
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
h-wilkinson@tamu.edu
979.845.1491
CPI Membership Term: 2011 – 2014
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Shuping Zhang
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
shupingzhang@tamu.edu
979.845.9814
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015
External Committees: n/a
Joe Zietsman
Texas Transportation Institute
zietsman@tamu.edu
979.458.3476
CPI Membership Term: 2011 – 2014