2014-2015 Council Membership

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.

2014-2015 CPI Officers (effective September 1)

Mary Bryk, 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; Texas A&M University Research Compliance Committee; Council for Strategic Budgeting; Sub-Council for Strategic Reallocation; SRS Roles and Responsibilities Committee

Helene Andrews-Polymenis, Vice Chair
Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis
College of Medicine
handrews@medicine.tamhsc.edu
979.436.0340
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; SRS Roles and Responsibilities Committee

Niall Slowey, Past Chair
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
slowey@ocean.tamu.edu
979.845.8478
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Texas A&M System Sponsored Research Services (SRS) PI/Faculty Advisory Committee (PIFAC) – CPI Representative; Advisory Committee to Texas A&M Leadership Steering Committee

2014-2015 CPI Membership Roster

Ergun Akleman
Department of Visualization
College of Architecture
ergun.akleman@gmail.com
979.845.6599
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a

Clinton Allred
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
callred@tamu.edu
979.862.6655
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a

Jorge Alvarado
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
Dwight Look College of Engineering
jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu
979.458.1900
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: Executive Committee

Juan Anciso
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
j-anciso@tamu.edu
956.968.5581
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
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
jawika@ag.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
512.689.7194
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: Executive Committee

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)

James Batteas
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
batteas@chem.tamu.edu
979.458.2965
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017
External Committees: Executive Committee; Research Development Fund Advisory Committee

Ulisses Braga-Neto
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
ulisses@ece.tamu.edu
979.862.6441
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a

Lance Bullard
Texas Transportation Institute
l-bullard@tamu.edu
979.845.6153
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a

Tahir Cagin
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
tcagin@tamu.edu
979.862.1449
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a

Ambika Chandra
Turfgrass Breeding and Molecular Genetics
Texas AgriLife Research
a-chandra@tamu.edu
972.952.9218
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
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

Tim Dellapenna
Department of Marine Sciences
Texas A&M University at Galveston
dellapet@tamug.edu
409.740.4952
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a

Steve DiMarco
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
sdimarco@tamu.edu
979.862.4168
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016 (2nd term)
External Committees: Texas A&M University Multidisciplinary Accounting Committee (T-MAC); Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)

Jamie Foster
Forage Management and Ecology
Texas AgriLife Research
jlfoster@ag.tamu.edu
361.358.6390
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a

Jim Grau
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
j-grau@tamu.edu
979.845.2584
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017 
External Committees: Executive Committee

Jay Groppe
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry
jgroppe@bcd.tamhsc.edu
214.370.7203
CPI Membership Term: 2013-2016
External Committees: n/a

Jaime Grunlan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
jgrunlan@tamu.edu
979.845.3027
CPI Membership Term: 2012 -2015 
External Committees: SRS Roles and Responsibilities

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

Arum Han
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
arum.han@ece.tamu.edu
979.845.9686
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee

Margaret Hobson
Strategic Initiatives
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
m-hobson@tamu.edu
979.458.9285
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: Transportation Services Advisory Committee

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

Craig Kaplan
Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
cdkaplan@tamu.edu
979.845.0429
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017 
External Committees: University Research Council (URC)

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: n/a

Heather Moberly
University Libraries
hmoberly@library.tamu.edu
979.847.8624
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a

Laurie Paarlberg
Bush School of Government and Public Service
l.paarlberg@tamu.edu
979.845.1673
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017
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
979.458-0658
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; Council for the Built Environment, non-voting member (2014-15), voting member (215-16); Research Development Fund Advisory Committee, Chair

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

Nauman Sheikh
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
nauman@tamu.edu
979.845.8955
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a

Eva Shipp
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
TAMHSC School of Public Health 
eshipp@sph.tamhsc.edu
979.436.9389
CPI Membership Term: 2014- 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a

Loren Skow
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
lskow@tamu.edu
979.845.3194
CPI Membership Term: 2012-2015
External Committees: n/a

Michael Smotherman
Department of Biology
College of Science
msmotherman@bio.tamu.edu
979.845.3454
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017
External Committees: n/a

Emil Straube
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
straube@math.tamu.edu
979.845.9424
CPI Membership Term: 2012 – 2015 (2nd term)
External Committees: Council for the Built Environment – 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

Victor Ugaz
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
ugaz@tamu.edu
979.458.1002
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: Executive Committee; Maestro Working Group; Intellectual Property Constituent Committee (IPCC)

Teresa Wilcox
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
twilcox@tamu.edu
979.845.0618
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: Executive Committee

Heather Wilkinson
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
h-wilkinson@tamu.edu
979.845.1491
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a

Joe Zietsman
Texas Transportation Institute
zietsman@tamu.edu
979.458.3476
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017 (2nd term)