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.
2018-2019 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
David Threadgill, Chair
Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
dwthreadgill@tamu.edu
979.436.0850
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2020
External Committees: n/a
Darren DePoy, Vice Chair
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
depoy@physics.tamu.edu
979.862.2082
CPI Membership Term: 2018 – 2021 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Penny Riggs, Past Chair
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
riggs@tamu.edu
979.862.7015
CPI Membership Term: 2015-2019 (2nd term)
External Committees: CPI Executive Committee; Maestro Dashboard Researcher Working Group, Chair
2018-2019 CPI Membership Roster
Ergun Akleman
Department of Visualization
College of Architecture
ergun.akleman@gmail.com
979.845.6599
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a
Jorge Alvarado
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
College of Engineering
jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu
979.458.1900
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020 (2nd term)
External Committees: n/a
Vytas A. Bankaitis
Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
vytas@tamu.edu
979.436.0758
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Texas A&M University Research Compliance Committee
Kayla Bayless
Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
kaylajb@tamu.edu
979.436.0763
CPI Membership Term 2017-2020
External Committees: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee
Mark Benden
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Health
Texas A&M Health Science Center
mbenden@sph.tamhsc.edu
979.436.9334
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2019 (unexpired term for Jane Bolin)
External Committees: n/a
David Bierling
Freight Mobility Division, Multimodal Freight (RRI)
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
979.317.2563
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Jane Bolin
Department of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
Texas A&M Health Science Center
jbolin@tamhsc.edu
979.436.9468
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2018
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
College of Engineering
ulisses@tamu.edu
979.862.6441
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020 (2nd term)
External Committees: Maestro Working Group
Sandra Braman
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts
braman@tamu.edu
979.845.5500
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Michael Brewer
Department of Field Crop Entomology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
mjbrewer@ag.tamu.edu
361.265.9201
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Candice Brinkmeyer-Langford
Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
brinkmeyer@tamu.edu
979.845.3194
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Craig Carpenter
Department of Agricultural Economics
AgriLife Extension Service
ccarpenter@tamu.edu
979.845.1941
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Ambika Chandra
Turfgrass Breeding and Molecular Genetics
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
a-chandra@tamu.edu
972.231.5362
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Russell Cross
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
hrcross@tamu.edu
979.862.1705
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Nancy Downing
College of Nursing
Texas A&M Health Science Center
downing@tamhsc.edu
979.436.0157
CPI Membership Term: 2018 – 2021
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
Akhilesh Gaharwar
Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
gaharwar@tamu.edu
979.458.5540
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Kerri Gehring
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
kbgehring@tamu.edu
979.862.3643
CPI Membership Term: 2018 – 2021
External Committees: n/a
Zachary Grasley
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
zgrasley@civil.tamu.edu
979.845.9965
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: Transportation Services Advisory Committee
Carl Gregory
Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
CGregory@medicine.tamhsc.edu
979.436.9643
CPI Membership Term 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Jay Groppe
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Dentistry
groppe@tamhsc.edu
214.370.7203
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Melissa Grunlan
Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
mgrunlan@tamu.edu
979.845.2406
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Michael Hall
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
hall@chem.tamu.edu
979.845.1843
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Bruce Herbert
University Libraries
beherbert@tamu.edu
979.845.1083
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Christian Hilty
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
chilty@chem.tamu.edu
979.862.3099
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Sheng-Jen “Tony” Hsieh
Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
College of Engineering
hsieh@tamu.edu
979.845.4985
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
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
Rafael Lara-Alecio
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
a-lara@tamu.edu
979.845.3467
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
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
College of Engineering
jodie.lutkenhaus@tamu.edu
979.845.2682
CPI Membership Term: 2016 – 2019
External Committees: n/a
Steve Maren
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
maren@tamu.edu
979.458.7960
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: Animal Research Advisory Committee; Attending Veterinarian Search Committee
Jayshree Mishra
Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
mishra@tamhsc.edu
361.221.0963
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Gaylon Morgan
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
AgriLife Extension Service
gdmorgan@tamu.edu
979.865.0870
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Alejandro Orsi
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
aorsi@tamu.edu
979.845.4014
CPI Membership Term: 2016-2019
External Committees: n/a
Dennis Perkinson
Transportation Modeling Program
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
d-perkinson@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2246
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierson
Department of Horticultural Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
eapierson@tamu.edu
979.862.1307
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
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
Kent Portney
Bush School of Government and Public Service
kportney@tamu.edu
979.458.8031
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Harland Prechel
Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
hprechel@tamu.edu
979.845.6424
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Jayanth ‘Jay’ Ramadoss
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jramadoss@tamu.edu
979.845.7261
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Korok Ray
Department of Accounting
Mays Business School
korok@mays.tamu.edu
979.862.2078
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Brendan Roark
Department of Geography
College of Geosciences
broark@geos.tamu.edu
979.862.1775
CPI Membership Term: 2018- 2021
External Committees: n/a
Alexei Safonov
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
safonov@physics.tamu.edu
979.845.1479
CPI Membership Term: 2018 – 2021 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Dean Schneider
Director of Operations, Gulf Coast Regional Manufacturing Center
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
d-schneider@tamu.edu
979.458.0250
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Scott Socolofsky
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
socolofs@tamu.edu
979.845.4517
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Frank Sottile
Department of Mathematics
College of Science
sottile@math.tamu.edu
979.845.7554
CPI Membership Term: 2018 – 2021 (2nd Term)
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
Ramesh Talreja
Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
talreja@tamu.edu
979.458.3256
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Aaron Tarone
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
tamlucilia@tamu.edu
979.862.1311
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Lee Tarpley
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont
ltarpley@tamu.edu
409.752 2741
CPI Membership Term 2017-2020
External Committees: Export Control Designated Liaisons Network; TAMU Regulations 29.01.03 Review Taskforce
R.J. David Wells
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University at Galveston
wellsr@tamug.edu
409.740.4989
CPI Membership Term 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a