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.
2022-2023 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Debjyoti Banerjee, Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
dbanerjee@tamu.edu
979.845.4500
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2023
External Committees: Texas A&M Stakeholders Operations Committee (TSOC)
Jessica Bernard, Vice Chair
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
jessica.bernard@tamu.edu
979.845.2581
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees: University Research Council
David Stelly, Past Chair
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
stelly@tamu.edu
979.845.2745
CPI Membership Term: 2019 – 2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
2022-2023 CPI Membership Roster
Daniel Alge
Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
dalge@tamu.edu
979.458.9248
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Jorge Alvarado
Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
College of Engineering
jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu
979.458.1900
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Helene Andrews-Polymenis
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology
College of Medicine
handrews@tamu.edu
979.436.0340
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Texas A&M Stakeholders Operations Committee (TSOC)
Edith Arámbual-Mercado
Recyclable Materials
Texas Transportation Institute
e-arambula@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2299 x42299
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Joe Arosh
Department Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jarosh@tamu.edu
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Raymundo Arroyave
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
raymundo.arroyave@tamu.edu
979.845.5416
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Giridhar ‘Giri’ Athrey
Department of Poultry Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
giridhar.athrey@ag.tamu.edu
979.458.9921
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
David Bierling
Research & Implementation, Houston Area
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
d-bierling@tti.tamu.edu
979.862.2710
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Heath Blackmon
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
blackmon@tamu.edu
979.845.4264
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Candice Brinkmeyer-Langford
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
brinkmeyer@tamu.edu
979.845.6780
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Research Compliance Committee
Rebecca Brooker
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
rebecca.brooker@tamu.edu
979.845.4409
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Rodolfo De Carvalho Cardoso
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
rodolfo.cardoso@ag.tamu.edu
979.458.8463
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2024*
External Committees:
*alternate for Kerri Gehring’s unexpired term
Theodora Chaspari
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
chaspari@tamu.edu
979.458.2205
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
H. Russell Cross
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
hrussell.cross@ag.tamu.edu
979.862.1705
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Laura Dague
Bush School of Government and Public Service
dague@tamu.edu
(979) 845-6591
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Jennifer ‘Jen’ Dulin
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
jdulin@bio.tamu.edu
979.845.4589
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
JRyan Ewing
Department of Geology and Geophysics
College of Arts and Sciences
rce@tamu.edu
979.845.2089
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Jessica Fitzsimmons
Department of Oceanography
College of Arts and Sciences
jessfitz@tamu.edu
979.845.5137
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Rainer Fries
Department of Physics & Astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences
rjfries@comp.tamu.edu
979.845.1411
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Dana Gaddy
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
School Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
dgaddy@tamu.edu
979.862.9134
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Shannon Glaser
Department of Medical Physiology
College of Medicine
sglaser@tamu.edu
979.436.9260
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
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 2021-2024 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee; Research Development Fund Recurring Funds Committee; Research Compliance Committee
Jean-Luc Guermond
Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
guermond@tamu.edu
979.862.4890
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Tracy Hammond
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
hammond@cse.tamu.edu
979.324.6022
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Gang Han
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Public Health
gang.han@tamu.edu
979.436.9508
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Paul Hernandez
Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture (TLAC) and Educational Psychology
School of Education and Human Development
prhernandez@tamu.edu
979.464.9229
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Daniel Jiménez
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
djimenez@cse.tamu.edu
979.845.2434
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Konstantinos Kakosimos
Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University at Qatar
k.kakosimos@qatar.tamu.edu
+974.4423.0678
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Rafael Lara-Alecio
Department of Educational Psychology
School of Education and Human Development
a-lara@tamu.edu
979.845-3467
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Wenshe Liu
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
wsliu2007@tamu.edu
979.845.1746
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Xingmao ‘Samuel’ Ma
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
xma@civil.tamu.edu
979.862.1772
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Jayshree Mishra
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
jayshree.mishra@tamu.edu
361.221.0963
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Felix Mormann
Texas A&M School of Law
mormann@law.tamu.edu
817.212.4025
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Robin Page
College of Nursing
rpage@tamu.edu
979.436.0147
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Dennis Perkinson
Transportation Safety Center (TSC)
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
d-perkinson@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2246
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierson
Department of Horticultural Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
eapierson@tamu.edu
979.862.1307
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Sarah Potvin
Office of Scholarly Communication
University Libraries
spotvin@library.tamu.edu
979.458.2662
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Harland Prechel
Department of Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
hprechel@tamu.edu
979.845.6424
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Korok Ray
Department of Accounting
Mays Business School
korok@mays.tamu.edu
979.862.2078
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Luis Ribera
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
lribera@tamu.edu
979.845.3030
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2023*
External Committees:
*alternate for Craig Carpenter’s unexpired term
Dean Schneider
Manufacturing Initiatives
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
d-schneider@tamu.edu
979.458.0251
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Anil C. Somenahally
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Overton
asomenahally@tamu.edu
903.834.6191 ext 248
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Paul Straight
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
paul_straight@tamu.edu
979.845.4231
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Ramesh Talreja
Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
talreja@tamu.edu
979.458.3256
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Aaron Tarone
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
tamlucilia@tamu.edu
979.862.1311
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Lee Tarpley
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont
ltarpley@tamu.edu
409.752 2741 x2235
CPI Membership Term 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: External Committees: TAMUS Maestro Steering Committee; TAMUS Maestro Budget Forecasting Leadership Committee.
Daniel Thornton
Department of Oceanography
College of Arts and Sciences
dthornton@tamu.edu
979.845.4092
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Nathan Tichenor
Bush Combat Development Complex
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
ntichenor@tamu.edu
979.317.1303
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Jamie Rae Walker
Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Services
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
jamie-rae-walker@tamu.edu
979.862.8819
CPI Membership Term 2022-2025 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
JR.J. David Wells
Department of Marine Biology
Texas A&M University at Galveston
wellsr@tamug.edu
409.740.4989
CPI Membership Term 2020-2023 (2nd Term)
External Committees: n/a
Qingwu Xue
Department of Crop Physiology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Amarillo
qxue@ag.tamu.edu
806.354.5803
CPI Membership Term 2020-2023
External Committees:
Wei Yan
Department of Architecture
College of Architecture
wyan@tamu.edu
979.845.0584
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2023
External Committees:
Hua Zhang
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Dentistry
hzhang@tamu.edu
214.828.8487
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees: