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.
2026-2027 CPI Officers (effective September 1)
Laura Dague, Chair
Department of Public Service and Administration
The Bush School of Government and Public Service
dague@tamu.edu
979.845.6591
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2028 (2nd term)
External Committees: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee
Giridhar ‘Giri’ Athrey, Vice Chair
Department of Poultry Science
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
giridhar.athrey@ag.tamu.edu
979.458.9921
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029 (2nd Term)
External Committees: University Research Council
Jorge Alvarado, Past Chair
Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology
College of Engineering
jorge.alvarado@tamu.edu
979.458.1900
CPI Membership Term: 2024-2027
External Committees:
2026-2027 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:
Amine Benzerga
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
benzerga@tamu.edu
979.845.1602
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
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: 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:
Homero Casteneda-Lopez
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
hcastaneda@tamu.edu
979.317.2180
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
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:
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:
Ana Diaz Artiles
Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
adartiles@tamu.edu
979.845.1187
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
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:
Terry Gentry
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
tjgentry@tamu.edu
979.321.5918
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
Brianne Glover
Policy Analysis Division
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
b-glover@tti.tamu.edu
979.317.2282
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029 (2nd term)
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: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee
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:
Tim Hartmann
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
timothy.hartmann@ag.tamu.edu
979.321.7017
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029 (2nd term)
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
979.314.3280
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2028
External Committees:
Jim Ji
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University Qatar
jim.ji@qatar.tamu.edu
979.458.1468
CPI Membership Term: 2025-2027
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:
Tammi Johnson
Department of Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Uvalde Center
tammi.johnson@ag.tamu.edu
830.988.6142
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
Eun Sung Kan
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Stephenville Center
eunsung.kan@ag.tamu.edu
254.968.4144
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
Irfan Khan
Department of Marine Engineering Technology
Texas A&M University at Galveston
irfankhan@tamu.edu
409.740.4549
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029 (2nd term)
External Committees:
Raj Kota
Department of Strategic Initiatives
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
kkraj@tamu.edu
979.317.1260
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
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: 2026-2029 (2nd term)
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: 2026-2029 (2nd term)
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
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees: Export Control Designated Liaison Network (ECDLN)
Kiju Lee
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
College of Engineering
kiju.lee@tamu.edu
979.458.6479
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
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:
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
Justin Moscarello
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
jmm31@tamu.edu
979.458.0931
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
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: Research Development Fund Advisory Committee
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:
Baley Reeves
National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
baley@tamu.edu
979.458.9260
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
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:
Raquel Sitcheran
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics
College of Medicine
raquel.sitcheran@tamu.edu
979.436.4348
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029
External Committees:
Courtney Starrett
Department of Visualization
College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts
cstarrett@tamu.edu
979.845.7832
CPI Membership Term: 2026-2029 (2nd term)
External Committees:
Lee Tarpley
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Beaumont Center
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:
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 2026-2029 (2nd term)
External Committees:
Kelly Wilson
College of Nursing
Texas A&M Health Science Center
kwilson@tamu.edu
979.436.0151
CPI Membership Term 2026-2029
External Committees:
Siyu Yu
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
College of Architecture
syu@arch.tamu.edu
979.676.7689
CPI Membership Term 2026-2029
External Committees: