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.
2013-2014 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Niall Slowey, 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
Mary Bryk, Vice Chair
Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
bryk@tamu.edu
979.862.2294
CPI Membership Term: 2013 – 2016 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Council for Strategic Budgeting; Sub-Council for Strategic Reallocation
Reza Langari, Past Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
rlangari@tamu.edu
979.845.1251
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Faculty Senate Research Council
2013-2014 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
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: CPI Executive Committee; Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP); Intellectual Property Constituent Committee (IPCC)
Vytas A. Bankaitis
Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine
TAMHSC College of Medicine
vytas@tamhsc.edu
979.862.3188
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016
External Committees: n/a
*Representing Principal Investigators in the College of Medicine, College of Nursing and the Rural Community Health Institute (RCHI)
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: 2013-2016 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a
Roderick (Rod) Dashwood
Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention
Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology
rdashwood@ibt.tamhsc.edu
713.677.7806
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a
Steve DiMarco
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
sdimarco@ocean.tamu.edu
979.862.4168
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016 (2nd term)
External Committees: Texas A&M University Multidisciplinary Accounting Committee (T-MAC)
Jamie Foster
Forage Management and Ecology
Texas AgriLife Research
jlfoster@ag.tamu.edu
361.358.6390
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: n/a
Jay Groppe
Department of Biomedical Sciences
TAMHSC Baylor College of Dentistry
jgroppe@bcd.tamhsc.edu
214.370.7203
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016
External Committees: n/a
*Representing Principal Investigators in the Texas A&M College of Dentistry
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: 2013 – 2016
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 (voting member in 2013-14)
Tony Hsieh
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
Dwight Look College of Engineering
hsieh@tamu.edu
979.845.4985
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016
External Committees: n/a
Daniel Jiménez
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
djimenez@cse.tamu.edu
979.845-2434
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: 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
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; Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Health Science Center Merger 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
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: n/a
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
Lawrence Rauchwerger
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
rwerger@cse.tamu.edu
979.845.8872
CPI Membership Term: 2013 – 2016 (2nd term)
External Committees: Texas A&M Meal Reimbursement Committee
Sanjay Reddy
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Veterinary Pathobiology
sreddy@cvm.tamu.edu
979.4458-0658
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016
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: CPI Executive Committee
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
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; Price Waterhouse Cooper – Comprehensive Administrative Review Advisory 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: Council for the Built Environment (non-voting member 2013-14; voting member 2014-15)
Richard Street
Department of Communication
r-street@tamu.edu
979.845.0209
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016
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: Laboratory Safety Advisory Committee
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 (2nd term)
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); Maestro Working Group; Email Selection Advisory Committee
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; Graduate Student Copyright/IP Policies Review Task Force (alternate); Transportation Services Advisory Committee (TSAC)
Victor Ugaz
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
ugaz@tamu.edu
979.458.1002
CPI Membership Term: 2011-2014
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Maestro Working Group
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: Price Waterhouse Cooper – Comprehensive Administrative Review Advisory Committee
Joe Zietsman
Texas Transportation Institute
zietsman@tamu.edu
979.458.3476
CPI Membership Term: 2011 – 2014