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Principal Faculty

Dr. Hubert Amrein, PhD
Hubert Amrein, PhD

Professor

Sensory perception of external chemical world; Molecular/neural basis of sugar and amino acid perception

 
Dr. Vytas Bankaitis, PhD
Vytas Bankaitis, PhD

Professor and Wehner-Welch Foundation Chair in Chemistry

Cellular functions and novel lipid-mediated signal transduction pathways

 
Dr. Kayla Bayless, PhD
Kayla Bayless, PhD

Associate Professor

How human endothelial cells, which line the interior surface of blood vessels, invade into 3D matrices

 
Dr. Sarah Bondos, PhD
Sarah Bondos, PhD

Associate Professor

Tissue-specific regulation of protein function; Functionalizable protein-based materials

 
Dr. Allison C. Rice-Ficht, PhD
Allison C. Rice-Ficht, PhD

Regent Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Medicine

Director of the Center for Microencapsulation and Drug Delivery

Using biomaterials for controlled release of live and subunit vaccines

 
Dr. Carl Gregory, PhD
Carl Gregory, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute of Regenerative Medicine

Biology of mesenchymal stem cells and their relation to bone healing

 
Dr. Jason Karpac, PhD
Jason Karpac, PhD

Associate Professor

Origins of adaptive signaling networks that shape metabolic flexibility and aging

 
Dr. Ryang-Hwa Lee, PhD
Ryang-Hwa Lee, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute of Regenerative Medicine

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells

 
Dr. Fei Liu, PhD
Fei Liu, PhD

Associate Professor, Institute of Regenerative Medicine

Mesenchymal stem cells' roles in growth and metastasis of cancer; Application of MSCs for cancer treatment

 
Dr. Steve Maxwell, PhD
Steve Maxwell, PhD

Associate Professor

Cancer; Oncogenes; Tumor suppressor; Genes programmed cell death (apoptosis); Chemoresistance; and Angiogenesis

 
Dr. Siegfried Musser, PhD
Siegfried Musser, PhD

Professor

Protein Targeting and Translocation into Membrane-bound and Membrane-less Compartments

 
Dr. Ashok K. Shetty, PhD
Ashok K. Shetty, PhD

Professor, Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Enhancing brain function after injury, disease or aging

 
Dr. Irtisha Singh, PhD
Irtisha Singh, PhD

Assistant Professor

Computational Biology, Genomics, Epigenetics, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics

 
Dr. Raquel Sitcheran, PhD
Raquel Sitcheran, PhD

Associate Professor

NF-B (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) proteins role in regulating cancer cell behavior

 
Dr. David Threadgill, PhD
David Threadgill, PhD

Professor, The Tom and Jean McMullin Chair of Genetics

Cancer genetics; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Environmental response genetics; and Systems genetics resources

 
Dr. Gregg B. Wells, MD, PhD
Gregg B. Wells, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Role of protein structure in diseases

 
Dr. Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD

Professor, Institute for Biosciences and Technology

Basic mechanisms of breast carcinogenesis

 

Joint Faculty Appointments

Dr. Angela Arenas-Gamboa, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Professor
Vaccine development against select agents
Dr. Scott Dindot, PhD

Associate Professor 
Epigenetic and genetic mechanisms of phenotypic variation and disease
Dr. L. Rene Garcia, PhD 
 
Professor
Chemo/mechano-sensory and motor outputs changes under various physiological conditions
Dr. Wenshe Liu, PhD 

Professor 
Understanding of the epigenetic chromatin regulation and the development of therapeutics that target chromatin epigenetics
Dr. Josh Wand, PhD 
 
 
Professor

Research Faculty

Dr. Tetsuya Miyamoto, PhD 

Research Assistant Professor
Neuroscience

Dr. Deborah Threadgill, PhD 
Deborah Threadgill, PhD

Research Assistant Professor 
Dr. Zhigang Xie, PhD 

Research Associate Professor
Molecular/cellular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell homeostasis in development and cancer

 

Instructional Track Faculty

Dr. Kamlesh K Yadav, MTech, PhD 

Instructional Associate Professor 

 

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Arthur E. Johnson, PhD 
 
Arthur E. Johnson, PhD

Regents Professor Emeritus 

Dr. Geoffrey Kapler, PhD

Geoffrey Kapler, PhD

Professor Emeritus
Replication and transmission of eukaryotic chromosomes 

Dr. C. Nick Pace, PhD 

Distinguished Professor
Regents Professor
McMullin Professor of Genetics
Protein solubility, stability, and folding

Dr. Darwin J. Prockop, PhD 
Darwin J. Prockop, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Director of Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Mesenchymal stem cells' therapeutic benefits for brain injury, epilepsy, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
Dr. J. Martin Scholtz, PhD 
J. Martin Scholtz, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Executive Associate Vice President for Research
Protein folding and misfolding using biophysical techniques

 

Research Staff

Abbey, Colette
abbey@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Associate
4403C MREB
979.436.0761

Ahn, Ji-Eun
ahn@medicine.tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
4403C MREB
979.436.0802

Attaluri, Sahithi, MPharm
attaluri@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Assistant
243 Reynolds Medical Bldg.

Bing, Shuai, MD
shuai@medicine.tamu.edu
Senior Research Associate
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9656

Cuomo, Danila
cuomo@medicine.tamu.edu
Assistant Research Scientist
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852

Dave, Sandeep, PhD
dave@medicine.tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
448 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0861

Fujii, Shinsuke, PhD
fujii@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Scientist
4350 MREB
979.436.0798

Gonzalez, Alejandra
alejandragonzalez@tamu.edu
Research Associate
4353C MREB 2

Grabon, Aby
abygrabon@gmail.com
Postdoctoral Research Associate
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756

Kodali, Maheedhar, PhD
kodali@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Scientist
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9657

Lee, Dong, PhD
dwlee@medicine.tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
4353F MREB
979.436.0748

Xiaotong Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
4353D MREB 2
979.436.0766

Madhu, Leelavathi Narayana, PhD
madhu@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Scientist
240 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9660

McDermott, Mark, PhD
mcdermott@medicine.tamu.edu
Assistant Research Scientist
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756

Miyamoto, Chika
cmiyamoto@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Associate
4353C MREB
979.436.0802

Mlih, Mohammed, PhD
mlih@medicine.tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
4353D MREB
979.436.0766

Person, Alexandra
aperson@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Associate
204 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0779

Pflug, Kathryn (Casey)
pflug@tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
4353D MREB 2
979.436.0748

Rao, Xiaolan, BA
rao@medicine.tamu.edu
Research Assistant
224 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9656

Rashmi, Richa
Richa.rashmi.1202@tamu.edu
Research Associate
4353C MREB 2
979.436.9293

Waghu, Faiza Mohammed Hanif
faiza07@tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
4353C MREB 2
979.436.9293

Zhao, Qingguo, PhD
qzhao@tamu.edu
Assistant Research Scientist
242A Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436-0766 

Graduate Research Assistants

Arabiotorre Duran, Angela
arabiotorreduran@medicine.tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
116 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0756

Haskell, Andrew
haskell@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
426 Reynolds Bldg.
979.436.9652

Salvador, Anna
annacsalvadr@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852

Sheida Hedjazi
Sheida.hedjazi@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
4353C MREB 2 

Salvador, Anna
annacsalvadr@tamu.edu
Graduate Assistant-Research
428 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0852 

Staff

Perkkio, Crystal
cperkkio@tamu.edu
Senior Administrative Coordinator
4209 Medical Research Education Building II
979.436.0856

Eubanks-Garcia, Lisa
leubanks@tamu.edu
Business Administrator I
4209 Medical Research Education Building II
979.436.0855

Garcia, Cynthia
cynthiag@tamu.edu
Business Administrator I
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.0509

Griffin, Amy
agriffin@tamu.edu
Business Coordinator I
4209 Medical Research Education Building II
979.436.0854

Carson Barreiro
Carson_b@tamu.edu
Student Worker
228 Reynolds Medical Bldg.
979.436.9682