People
Principal/Primary Faculty
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
Lymphatic Biology; Inflammation; Microbiome; Tumor Microenvironment; Lymphatic Metastasis
Walter E. Cromer, PhD
Instructional Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
wecromer@tamu.edu
Shannon S. Glaser, PhD
Professor of Medical Physiology
Lymphatic Biology; Vascular Biology; Hepatology
Travis W. Hein, PhD
Professor of Medical Physiology
Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Signaling; Diabetes
Lih Kuo, PhD
Regents Professor of Medical Physiology
Associate Department Head
Director, Division of Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Oxidative Stress
Brett M. Mitchell, PhD
Professor of Medical Physiology
Hypertension; Immunity and Inflammation; Preeclampsia; Endothelial Dysfunction
Ian V.J. Murray, PhD
Interim Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Instructional Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
Mechanisms Underlying Alzheimer's Disease; Analysis of Medical Education
Mariappan Muthuchamy, PhD
Professor of Medical Physiology
Cardiac & Lymphatic Muscle Contraction; Mechanotransduction
Research Professor of Medical Physiology
Xu Peng, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
Cardiac and Vascular Development; Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis
Roderic Pettigrew, PhD, MD
Professor of Medical Physiology
Executive Dean, Engineering Medicine
Cardiology; Imaging; Bioengineering
pettigrew@tamu.edu
Professor of Medical Physiology
rrosa@tamu.edu
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
Lymphatic Biology; Lymph Transport; Metabolism; Adipose Tissue Biology
Carl Tong, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
Contractile Proteins; Diastolic Dysfunction; Contractility; Cardiomyopathy; Calcium to Cross-Bridge Relationship
Andreea Trache, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Live Cell Biophysics; Mechanobiology; Imaging
Mohammad Nasir Uddin, PhD, FAHA
Research Associate Professor of Medical Physiology
uddin65@tamu.edu
David C. Zawieja, PhD
Regents Professor and Head of Medical Physiology
Executive Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Lymphatic Biology; Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Imaging
Joint/Adjunct Faculty
Jiang Chang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Development and Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
Cardiac Biology; Molecular Basis of Heart Failure
Bonnie J. Dunbar, PhD
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Professor of Medical Physiology
Microgravity and Partial g Fluid Physics; Digital Human Modeling; Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacesuit System Design; Space Systems Engineering
Abhishek Jain, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
Director, Bioinspired Translational Microsystems (BioinSyst) Lab
Pathophysiological Interactions Between Blood Cells and Vessel Wall; Microengineered Models of Vascular and Hematologic Diseases
Thomas V. Peterson, PhD
Instructional Professor of Medical Physiology
Teaching and Curriculum Development; Medical Student Admissions
Executive Associate Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Primary Care and Rural Medicine
Professor of Medical Physiology
Muscle Regeneration; Extremity Vascular Trauma; Imaging
John Stallone, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology
Professor of Medical Physiology
Vascular physiology and pharmacology, especially sex differences in vascular function, blood pressure and hypertension; The roles of the gonadal steroids (androgens and estrogens) in the regulation
Guoyao Wu, PhD
Professor of Animal Science
Professor of Medical Physiology
TAES Faculty Fellow and University Faculty Fellow
Pathobiology of Nitric Oxide and Polyamines; Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Complications
Yubin Zhou, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
Calcium Channels; Calcium Ion Transport; Calcium Flux
Emeritus Faculty
R. Kelly Hester, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology
Associate Dean for Faculty Development Emeritus, Texas A&M University College of Medicine
Cynthia Meininger, PhD
Professor Emerita of Medical Physiology
Janet L. Parker, PhD
Professor Emerita of Medical Physiology
H. Wayne Sampson, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology
Warren E. Zimmer, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology
Support Staff
Vince Cupit
Administrative Associate III
vcupit@tamu.edu
Tina R. Mendoza
Business Administrator I
trmendoza@tamu.edu
Amelia Rodriguez
Business Coordinator I
aerodriguez@tamu.edu
Technical Staff
Jake Blizman
Student Research Assistant
jonathanchilds@tamu.edu
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Xu Peng
patrickdespain@tamu.edu
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Carl Tong
laticiaellankil123@tamu.edu
Jordan Faust
Technician III
Supervisor: Dr. Shannon Glaser
jordanjfaust@tamu.edu
End User Support Specialist III
Supervisor: Dr. David Zawieja
kfoskett@tamu.edu
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Carl Tong
kaitlynkelly@tamu.edu
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Carl Tong
yunwookwon@tamu.edu
Ashleigh Little
Student Research Associate
ael5938@tamu.edu
Student Research Assistant
Johnny Odeh
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
johnnyodeh@tamu.edu
Samuel V. Padgham, AAS, AA
Technician III
Supervisor: Dr. Andreea Trache
svpadgham@tamu.edu
Sean Reilly
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Carl Tong
Andrea Reyna, BS
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
areyna94@tamu.edu
Danaleigh Stiles
Student Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Shannon Glaser
stiles2023@tamu.edu
Brittany Tate
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
b.l.tate2022@tamu.edu
Graduate Students
Texas A&M University
carenaz3@exchange.tamu.edu
Heidi Creed, BS
University of Washington
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
hcreed@tamu.edu
Justin McDermott, MPH
University of Utah
Mentor: Dr. Brett Mitchell
jgmrex@tamu.edu
Thien Phan, BS
University of Mary Washington, Virginia
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
ttphan@tamu.edu
Yu Xi, MS
Zhejiang University, China
Mentor: Dr. Xu Peng
xiyuzj@tamu.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Shobana Balakrishnan, PhD
University of Madras, India
Mentor: Dr. Brett Mitchell
navshobi27@tamu.edu
Priyanka Banerjee, PhD
West Bengal University of Health Science, India
Mentor: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
pbanerjee@exchange.tamu.edu
Saranya Kannan, PhD
University of Madras, India
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
saranyakannan@tamu.edu
Jadavpur University, India
Mentor: Dr. Mariappan Muthuchamy
bhuvanesh@tamu.edu