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.
2025-2026 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Jorge Alvarado, Chair
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
College of Engineering
jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu
979.458.1900
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Laura Dague, Vice Chair
Department of Public Service and Administration
The Bush School of Government and Public Service
dague@tamu.edu
(979) 845-6591
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027 (2nd term)
External Committees: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee, VP for Research Search Committee, Univeristy Research Council
Robin Page, Past Chair
College of Nursing
Texas A&M Health Science Center
rpage@tamu.edu
979.436.0147
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees: Research Identity Committee, HR Working Committee on Research Personnel
2025-2026 CPI Membership Roster
Joe Arosh
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jarosh@cvm.tamu.edu
979.845.6173
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027 (2nd term)
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: 2025-2028 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Keith Biggers
Texas A&M Center for Applied Technology
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
biggers@tamu.edu
979.458.8963
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Janet Bluemel
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
bluemel@tamu.edu
979.845.7749
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Rebecca Brooker
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
rebeccabrooker@tamu.edu
979.845.2581
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028 (2nd term)
External Committees: Research Identity Committee (alternate), Associate Provost for Faculty Advocacy Search, SSC Advisory Committee
Mary Campbell
Department of Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
m-campbell@tamu.edu
979.845.6549
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees: Research Data Focus Group – SRS
Rodolfo Cardoso
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
rodolfo.cardoso@ag.tamu.edu
979.458.8463
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Sanjukta Chakraborty
Department of Medical Physiology
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
schakraborty@tamu.edu
979.436.0697
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Suman Chakravorty
Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
schakrav@tamu.edu
979.458.0064
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Bahar Dadashova
Department of Traffic Operations and Roadway Safety
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
B-Dadashova@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2137
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Courtney Daigle
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Courtney.Daigle@ag.tamu.edu
979.862.9171
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Margaret Foster
Medical Sciences Library
Texas A&M University Libraries
margaretfoster@tamu.edu
979.862.1893
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Shannon Glaser
Department of Medical Physiology
College 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
Policy Analysis Division
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
b-glover@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2282
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Carl Gregory
Department of Medical Physiology
College of Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center
cgregory@tamu.edu
979.436.9643
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Jean-Luc Guermond
Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
guermond@tamu.edu
979.862.4890
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027 (2nd term)
External Committees:
John ‘Drew’ Hamilton
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
hamilton@tamu.edu
979.845.2758
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
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, Past Speaker
Tim Hartmann
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
timothy.hartmann@ag.tamu.edu
979.321.7017
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Bruce Herbert
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
bruce.herbert@ag.tamu.edu
979.321.5754
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees: Research Data Focus Group – SRS, Federal Demonstration Partnership
Paul Hernandez
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture (TLAC) and Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
prhernandez@tamu.edu
979.464.9229
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Srividhya Iyer
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
srividhya.iyer@tamu.edu
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Jim Ji
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University Qatar
jim.ji@qatar.tamu.edu
+974.4423.0128
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2027
External Committees:
Daniel Jiménez
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
djimenez@tamu.edu
979.845.2434
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026 (2nd term)
External Committees:
Natalie Johnson
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
School of Public Health
nmjohnson@tamu.edu
979.436.9325
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
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:
Jonathan Kotinek
Division of Academic Affairs, Honors Academy
Texas A&M University Non-Academic Units
jkotinek@tamu.edu
979-845-1957
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
James Kovar
Department of Roadside Safety
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
j-kovar@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2680
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees: Transportation Services Advisory Committee
Katy Lane
Center for International Business Studies
Department of Management
Mays Business School
klane@tamu.edu
979.845-5234
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees: GA-48 Working Committee, EPIK – Maestro Steering Committee
Rafael Lara-Alecio*
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
a-lara@tamu.edu
979.845.3467
External Committees: Export Control Designated Liaison Network (ECDLN)
*Appointed substitute for retired G. Webb 9/1/2025-8/31/2026
Sufang Liu
Department of Biomedical Science
College of Dentistry
sufang.liu@tamu.edu
214.828.8387
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Wenshe Liu
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
wliu@chem.tamu.edu
979.845.1746
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027 (2nd term)
External Committees:
Dai Lu
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Texas A&M Health Science Center
dlu@tamu.edu
361.221.0745
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Xingmao ‘Samuel’ Ma
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
samuelma@tamu.edu
979.862.1772
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Annmarie MacNamara
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
amacnamara@tamu.edu
979.845.3069
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Michelle Meyer
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
College of Architecture
mmeyer@arch.tamu.edu
979.845.7813
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
Felix Mormann
Texas A&M School of Law
mormann@law.tamu.edu
817.212.4025
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027 (2nd term)
External Committees:
Theresa Morris
Department of Sociology
College of Arts and Sciences
theresa.morris@tamu.edu
979.862.3193
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees: Sesquicentennial Planning & Steering Committee
Georges Naufal*
Department of Economic
College of Arts and Sciences
gnaufal@tamu.edu
979.845.7351
External Committees:
*alternate for M. Campbell 9/1/2025 – 6/30/2026
Henry Potter
Department of Oceanography
College of Arts and Sciences
hpotter@tamu.edu
979.845.0405
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
David Powers
Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
david.powers@chem.tamu.edu
979-862-3089
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Shreya Raghavan
Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
sraghavan@tamu.edu
979-458-3126
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Jean Ragusa
Department of Nuclear Engineering
College of Engineering
jean.ragusa@tamu.edu
979.862.2033
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
Nathanael Rosenheim
Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning
College of Architecture
nrosenheim@arch.tamu.edu
979.845.7813
External Committees:
*Substitute for M. Meyer
Alexei Safonov
Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Arts and Sciences
safonov@tamu.edu
979-845-1479
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees: Export Control Designated Liaison Network (ECDLN)
Justin Scheiner
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
justin.scheiner@ag.tamu.edu
(979) 321-7037
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Anil C. Somenahally
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Overton
Anil.Somenahally@ag.tamu.edu
903.834.6191 ext 248
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees:
Courtney Starrett
Department of Visualization
College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
cstarrett@tamu.edu
CPI Membership Term: 2023-2026
External Committees:
David Stelly*
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
stelly@tamu.edu
979.321.5912
External Committees:
*alternate for unexpired COALS seat
Lee Tarpley
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont
ltarpley@tamu.edu
409-752-2741 ext 2235
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees: EPIK – Maestro Steering Committee
James ‘Jamie’ Thompson
Department of Veterinary Large Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
jthompson@cvm.tamu.edu
979.845.3541
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
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: Defining Core Facilities Working Group
Taylor Ware
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
taylor.ware@tamu.edu
979-845-9374
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Sarah White-Springer
Department of Animal Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
s.white@ag.tamu.edu
979.314.8524
CPI Membership Term 2023-2026
External Committees:
Qingwu Xue
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Amarillo
qxue@ag.tamu.edu
806.354.5803
CPI Membership Term 2023-2026 (2nd Term)
External Committees: