Core Management Team

Assistant Director
Karla Kidd
Research Program Coordinator
UTSA
Department of Geological Sciences

Stephen Ackley
Associate Professor of Research
UTSA
Department of Geological Sciences
stephen.ackley@utsa.edu

Kiran Bhaganagar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
kiran.bhaganagar@utsa.edu

John Cassano, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Boulder
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
cassano@cires.colorado.edu

Christopher Combs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
ccombs@utsa.edu

Alberto Mestas-Nuñez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Practice
UTSA
Department of Geological Sciences
alberto.mestas@utsa.edu
Affiliated Faculty

David Akopian, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
david.akopian@utsa.edu

Adel Alaeddini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
adel.alaeddini@utsa.edu

Yongcan Cao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
yongcan.cao@utsa.edu

Neil Debbage, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Political Science and Geography
neil.debbage@utsa.edu

Alfonso Fernández, Ph.D.
Associate Profesor
Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Department of Geography
alfernandez@udec.cl

Daniel Pineda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
daniel.pineda@utsa.edu

Chunjiang Qian, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
chunjiang.qian@utsa.edu

David Restrepo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
david.restrepo@utsa.edu

Blake Weissling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Practice
UTSA
Department of Geological Sciences
blake.weissling@utsa.edu