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.
2019-2020 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Darren DePoy, 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: President’s Excellence Fund Steering Committee (PEF); Export Control Designated Liaisons Network; TAMU IT Committee
Stephen Maren, Vice Chair
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
maren@tamu.edu
979.458.7960
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee; Animal Research Advisory Committee
David Threadgill, Past 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
2019-2020 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
Helene Andrews-Polymenis
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology
College of Medicine
handrews@tamu.edu
979.436.0340
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: Texas A&M Stakeholders Operations Committee (TSOC)
Debjyoti Banerjee
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
dbanerjee@tamu.edu
979.845.4500
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: Texas A&M Stakeholders Operations Committee (TSOC)
Kayla Bayless
Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
kaylajb@tamu.edu
979.436.0763
CPI Membership Term 2017-2020
External Committees: Research Development Fund; Open Access Policy Committee
David Bierling
Freight Mobility Division, Multimodal Freight (RRI)
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
d-bierling@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2563
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Othmane Bouhali
Department of Physics
Texas A&M University at Qatar
othmane.bouhali@qatar.tamu.edu
974.4423.0038
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Export Committee
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: n/a
Sandra Braman
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts
braman@tamu.edu
979.845.5500
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 Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
brinkmeyer@cvm.tamu.edu
979.845.6780
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees:
Craig Carpenter
Department of Agricultural Economics
AgriLife Extension Service
ccarpenter@tamu.edu
979.845.1941
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Ambika Chandra
Turfgrass Breeding and Molecular Genetics
Texas 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
downing@tamu.edu
979.436.0157
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Timothy Elliott
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
timothyrelliott@tamu.edu
979.862.3095
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: n/a
Gabriel Eckstein
Texas A&M School of Law
gabrieleckstein@law.tamu.edu
817.212.3912
CPI Membership Term: 2019 – 2022
External Committees: n/a
Jessica Fitzsimmons
Department of Oceanography
College of Geosciences
jessfitz@tamu.edu
979.845.5137
CPI Membership Term: 2019 – 2022
External Committees: n/a
Dana Gaddy
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
dgaddy@cvm.tamu.edu
979.862.9134
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees:
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
Carl Gregory
Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
cgregory@tamu.edu
979.436.9643
CPI Membership Term 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Ethan Grossman
Department of Geology and Geophysics
College of Geosciences
e-grossman@tamu.edu
979.845.0637
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
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
Gang Han
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health
gang.han@tamu.edu
979.436.9508
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: n/a
Bruce Herbert
University Libraries
Texas A&M University
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
James Kaihatu
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
jkaihatu@civil.tamu.edu
979.862.3511
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: n/a
James Kovar
Department of Roadside Safety and Physical Security
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
j-kovar@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2680
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: Transportation Services Advisory Committee (TSAC)
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
Jayshree Mishra
Irma Lerma Rangel
College of Pharmacy
jayshree.mishra@tamu.edu
361.221.0963
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Wes Osburn
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
osburnw@tamu.edu
979.845.3989
CPI Membership Term: 2018-2021
External Committees: n/a
Hongjiao Ouyang
Department of Endodontics
Texas A&M College of Dentistry
ouyang@tamhsc.edu
214.828.8324
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: n/a
Jean-Philippe Pellois
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
pellois@tamu.edu
979.862.6501
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2022
External Committees: n/a
Dennis Perkinson
Environment & Air Quality Division
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
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 Ramadoss
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jramadoss@cvm.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 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Alexei Safonov
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
safonov@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
979.458.0251
CPI Membership Term: 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a
Scott Socolofsky
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
socolofsky@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: 2019 – 2022 (2nd Term)
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 Regulation 29.01.03 Review Taskforce
Jamie Rae Walker
Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Services
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
jamie-rae-walker@tamu.edu
972.231.5362
CPI Membership Term 2019-2022
External Committees: n/a
R.J. David Wells
Department of Marine Biology
Texas A&M University at Galveston
wellsr@tamug.edu
409.740.4989
CPI Membership Term 2017-2020
External Committees: n/a