INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN GENETICS - Key Persons


Alexandra Naron

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee
  • GGSA Representative

Ana Velasquez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • GGSA Vice - President

Andres Barboza

Job Titles:
  • GGSA Seminar Chair

Anthony Matarazzo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee
  • GGSA Representative

Autumn McManis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • GGSA Representative

Daniela Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Outreach Committee
  • GGSA Representative

Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Dr. Brian Davis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee

Dr. Clare Gill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Outreach Committee

Dr. David Riley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee

Dr. David Stelly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Outreach Committee

Dr. David Threadgill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Learn a bit about the history of the Program, its evolution, and where it is heading from Dr. Threadgill's perspective.

Dr. Fei Liu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee

Dr. Gregory Reeves

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. Heath Blackmon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee
  • Biology

Dr. Isabel Caballero

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Outreach Committee
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Advising Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Program Manager

Dr. Jeffrey Cirillo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee

Dr. Jenny Hyde

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Jerome Menet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Biology

Dr. Jessica Galloway Peña

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. Jessica Light

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Jim Song

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. Kayla Bayless

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Dr. Kevin Myles

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee

Dr. Kristin Patrick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Larry Suva

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Membership Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. Linglin Xie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee

Dr. Luis R. Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Biology ( SCI ) - Former Chair As Advisor

Dr. Mary Bryk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee

Dr. Matt Sachs

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Awards Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Biology
  • Chairman of Awards Committee

Dr. Michael C. Golding

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Dr. Michael Criscitiello

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Michael Polymenis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. Nancy Ing

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Dr. Paul Straight

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Pushkar Lele

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Outreach Committee

Dr. Qing Sun

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Outreach Committee

Dr. Raquel Sitcheran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Dr. Richard Gomer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Biology

Dr. Sakiko Okumoto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee

Dr. Scott Dindot

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Terje Raudsepp

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee

Dr. Vishal Gohil

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advising Committee

Dr. Vlad Panin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Dr. Wanhe Li

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Biology

Dr. Weston Porter - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. William Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Advising Committee
  • Member of the Awards Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dr. William Rooney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee

Dr. Zach Adelman

Job Titles:
  • Program Chair - Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program / Professor, Texas a & M Agrilife Research Fellow, Texas a & M Presidential Impact Fellow

Dr. Zachary Adelman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee

Eric Shah

Job Titles:
  • GGSA Representative

Jean McMullin

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Genetics

Kaitlyn Carter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • GGSA Recruitment Officer

Lois Gordils-Valentin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Outreach Committee
  • GGSA Representative

Ramiah Vickers

Job Titles:
  • GGSA Representative

Stephanie McMahon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Outreach Committee
  • GGSA Representative

Tamara Ospina-Vega

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Advising Committee
  • Member of the Awards Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Member of the Outreach Committee
  • Program Coordinator II / Genetics and Genomics