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.
2016-2017 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Penny Riggs, Interim Chair (Jan 17, 2017 – Aug 31, 2017)
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
riggs@tamu.edu
979.862.7015
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Research Development Fund Advisory Committee, Chair, Maestro Dashboard Researcher Working Group, Chair
James Batteas, Chair (Sept 1, 2016 – Jan 16, 2017)
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
batteas@chem.tamu.edu
979.458.2958
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: Academic Advisory Committee
Helene Andrews-Polymenis, Past 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; Texas A&M Stakeholders Committee (TSOC)
2016-2017 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
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: n/a
Juan Anciso
Horticulture Science
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
j-anciso@tamu.edu
956.968.5581
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a
Vytas A. Bankaitis
Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
vytas@tamhsc.edu
979.862.3188
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019 (2nd Term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Texas A&M Research Compliance Committee
*Representing Principal Investigators in the College of Medicine, College of Nursing and the Rural Community Health Institute (RCHI)
Fuller Bazer
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu
979.845.2659
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2018
External Committees: n/a
Othmane Bouhali
Department of Physics
Texas A&M University at Qatar
othmane.bouhali@qatar.tamu.edu
+974.423.0038
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2018
External Committees: n/a
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: Maestro Working Group
Tahir Cagin
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
tcagin@tamu.edu
979.862.2416
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
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
Darren DePoy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
depoy@physics.tamu.edu
979.862.2082
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Martin B. Dickman
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
mbdickman@tamu.edu
979.862.4788
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018
External Committees: n/a
Fugen Dou
Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
f-dou@aesrg.tamu.edu
409.752.2741
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2018
External Committees: n/a
Micky Eubanks
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
mdeubanks@ag.tamu.edu
979.862.7847
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018
External Committees: n/a
Susan Saab Fortney
Texas A&M School of Law
sfortney@law.tamu.edu
817.212.3902
CPI Membership Term: 2016 – 2019
External Committees: n/a
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
Zachary Grasley
Department of Civil Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
zgrasley@civil.tamu.edu
979.845.9965
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: Transportation Services Advisory Committee
Jim Grau
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
j-grau@tamu.edu
979.845.2584
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: Council for the Built Enviornment
Jay Groppe
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Dentistry
jgroppe@bcd.tamhsc.edu
214.370.7203
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: n/a
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/Executive Committee
Bruce Herbert*
University Libraries
Texas A&M University
beherbert@library.tamu.edu
979.845.1083
CPI Membership Term: 2014-2017
External Committees: n/a
*Representative for Heather Moberly’s unexpired term
Jennifer Horney*
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health
horney@sph.tamhsc.edu
979.436.9391
CPI Membership Term: 2014- 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a
*Representative for Eva Shipp’s unexpired term
Julian Hurdle
Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases
Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology
jhurdle@ibt.tamhsc.edu
713.677.7572
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018
External Committees: n/a
Daniel A. Jiménez
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
djiminez@cs.tamu.edu
979.845.2434
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2018
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)
Oi-Man Kwok
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
omkwok@tamu.edu
979.458.1407
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: n/a
Jeffrey Liew
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
jeffrey.liew@tamu.edu
979.845-1239
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Mike Lukuc
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
m-lukuc@tti.tamu.edu
979.845.5239
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: n/a
Jodie Lutkenhaus
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dwight Look College of Engineering
jodie.lutkenhaus@tamu.edu
979.845.2682
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee
Alejandro Orsi
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
aorsi@tamu.edu
979.845.1673
CPI Membership Term: 2016 – 2019
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
Ramona Paetzold
Department of Management
Mays Business School
rpaetzold@mays.tamu.edu
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2018
External Committees: n/a
Pamela Plotkin
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
plotkin@tamu.edu
979.845.3854
CPI Membership Term: 2016 – 2019
External Committees: n/a
Brendan Roark
Department of Geography
College of Geosciences
broark@geog.tamu.edu
979.862.1775
CPI Membership Term: 2015- 2018
External Committees: n/a
Alexei Safonov
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
safonov@physics.tamu.edu
979.845.1479
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018
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
Loren Skow
Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
lskow@tamu.edu
979.845.3194
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2018
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
Frank Sottile
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
sottile@math.tamu.edu
979.845.7554
CPI Membership Term: 2015 – 2018
External Committees: n/a
David Stelly
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
stelly@tamu.edu
979.845.2745
CPI Membership Term: 2016 – 2019
External Committees: n/a
David Threadgill
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
dwthreadgill@tamu.edu
979.862.2569
CPI Membership Term: 2016 – 2019
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee, Research Development Fund 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: Intellectual Property Constituent Committee (IPCC); Council for the Built Environment; Graduate Education Committee
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, Graduate Education Committee, Chair
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: Graduate Education Committee
Joe Zietsman
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
zietsman@tamu.edu
979.458.3476
CPI Membership Term: 2014 – 2017 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a