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.
2023-2024 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Jessica Bernard, Vice Chair
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
jessica.bernard@tamu.edu
979.845.2581
CPI Membership Term: 2020-2025
External Committees:
Robin Page, Vice Chair
School of Nursing
rpage@tamu.edu
979.436.0147
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2026
External Committees: University Research Council
Debjyoti Banerjee, Past Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
dbanerjee@tamu.edu
979.845.4500
CPI Membership Term: 2019-2024
External Committees:
2023-2024 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:
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@cvm.tamu.edu
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Raymundo Arroyave
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
rarroyave@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:
Lane Baker
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
lane.baker@tamu.edu
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Keith Biggers
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
biggers@tamu.edu
979.317.3984
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Heath Blackmon
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
blackmon@bio.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
cbrinkmeyer@cvm.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
rebeccabrooker@tamu.edu
979.845.4409
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees:
Rodolfo 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 K. Gehring’s unexpired term
Suman Chakravorty
Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
chaspari@tamu.edu
979.458.0064
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Theodora Chaspari
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
chaspari@tamu.edu
979.458.2205
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Laura Dague
The Bush School of Government and Public Service
dague@tamu.edu
(979) 845-6591
CPI Membership Term: 2021-2024
External Committees:
Nimir Elbashir
Department of Petroleum & Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University Qatar
nimir.elbashir@qatar.tamu.edu
+974.4423.0128
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2024*
External Committees:
*alternate for K. Kakosimos’s unexpired term
Ryan 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:
Dana Gaddy
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
School Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
dgaddy@cvm.tamu.edu
979.862.9134
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Shannon Glaser
Department of Medical Physiology
School of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
sglaser@tamu.edu
979.436.9260
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Brianne Glover
Infrastructure Investment Analysis
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
b-glover@tti.tamu.edu
979. 317.2282
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Carl Gregory
Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine
School 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: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees: Faculty Senate, Speaker
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:
Tim Hartmann
Department of Horticulture
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
timothy.hartmann@ag.tamu.edu
979.845.2839
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
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: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Irfan Khan
Department of Marine Engineering Technology
Texas A&M University at Galveston
irfankhan@tamu.edu
409.740.4549
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
James Kovar
Roadside Safety
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
j-kovar@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2680
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Katy Lane
Center for International Business Studies
Mays Business School
klane@tamu.edu
979.845-5234
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
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:
Katie Lewis
Department of Soil & Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Lubbock
katie.lewis@ag.tamu.edu
806.746.6101
CPI Membership Term 2023-2026
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: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Annmarie MacNamara
Department of Psychological & Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
amacnamara@tamu.edu
979.845.3069
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Michelle Meyer
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
College of Architecture
michelle.meyer@tamu.edu
979.458.8145
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
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:
Laura Sare
Research Data Management Services
Texas A&M University Libraries
lsare@tamu.edu
979.458.2200
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
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: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Courtney Starrett
Department of Visualization
School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts
cstarrett@tamu.edu
979.
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
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:
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:
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: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
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
Sarah White-Springer
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
s.white@ag.tamu.edu
979.862.3595
CPI Membership Term 2023-2026
External Committees:
Guoyao Wu
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
guoyao.wu@ag.tamu.edu
979.845.1817
CPI Membership Term 2023-2026
External Committees:
Qingwu Xue
Department of Crop Physiology
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Amarillo
qxue@ag.tamu.edu
806.354.5803
CPI Membership Term 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Hua Zhang
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Dentistry
hzhang@tamu.edu
214.828.8487
CPI Membership Term: 2022-2025
External Committees: