CBGN People
Principal Faculty
![Dr. Hubert Amrein, PhD](../../images/people/hubert-amrein-square-min.jpg)
Professor
Sensory perception of external chemical world; Molecular/neural basis of sugar and amino acid perception
![Dr. Vytas Bankaitis, PhD](../../images/people/vytas-bankaitis.jpg)
Professor and Wehner-Welch Foundation Chair in Chemistry
Cellular functions and novel lipid-mediated signal transduction pathways
![Dr. Allison C. Rice-Ficht, PhD](../../images/people/allison-ficht.jpg)
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. Jason Karpac, PhD](../../images/people/jason-karpac.jpg)
Associate Professor
Origins of adaptive signaling networks that shape metabolic flexibility and aging
![Dr. Ryang-Hwa Lee, PhD](../../images/people/ryang-hwa-lee.jpg)
Associate Professor, Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells
![Dr. Fei Liu, PhD](../../images/people/fei-liu.jpg)
Associate Professor, Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Mesenchymal stem cells' roles in growth and metastasis of cancer; Application of MSCs for cancer treatment
![Dr. Siegfried Musser, PhD](../../images/people/siegfried-musser.jpg)
Professor
Protein Targeting and Translocation into Membrane-bound and Membrane-less Compartments
![Dr. Ashok K. Shetty, PhD](../../images/people/ashok-k-shetty-300w-300h-min.jpg)
Professor, Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Enhancing brain function after injury, disease or aging
![Dr. Irtisha Singh, PhD](../../images/people/irshita-singh.png)
Assistant Professor
Computational Biology, Genomics, Epigenetics, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics
![Dr. Raquel Sitcheran, PhD](../../images/people/raquel-sitcheran.jpg)
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](../../images/people/david-threadgill.jpg)
Professor, The Tom and Jean McMullin Chair of Genetics
Cancer genetics; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Environmental response genetics; and Systems genetics resources
Joint Faculty Appointments
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Associate Professor
Vaccine development against select agents |
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Associate Professor Epigenetic and genetic mechanisms of phenotypic variation and disease |
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Professor Understanding of the epigenetic chromatin regulation and the development of therapeutics that target chromatin epigenetics |
Professor
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Research Faculty
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Research Assistant Professor Neuroscience |
Deborah Threadgill, PhD
Research Assistant Professor |
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Research Associate Professor Molecular/cellular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell homeostasis in development and cancer |
Instructional Track Faculty
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Steve Maxwell, PhD
Instructional Professor Cancer; Oncogenes; Tumor suppressor; Genes programmed cell death (apoptosis); Chemoresistance; and Angiogenesis |
Emeritus Faculty
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Arthur E. Johnson, PhD
Regents Professor Emeritus |
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Distinguished Professor Regents Professor McMullin Professor of Genetics Protein solubility, stability, and folding |
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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 |
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J. Martin Scholtz, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Executive Associate Vice President for Research Protein folding and misfolding using biophysical techniques |
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Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Professor, Institute for Biosciences and Technology Basic mechanisms of breast carcinogenesis |
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