Core Management Team

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

Krystal Peralez, Ph.D.
Research Program Coordinator
UTSA
NASA MIRO CAMEE
krystal.peralez@utsa.edu

Stephen Ackley
Associate Professor of Research
UTSA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
stephen.ackley@utsa.edu

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

Alberto Mestas-Nuñez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Practice
UTSA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
alberto.mestas@utsa.edu

Alejandro Orsi, Ph.D.
Professor
Texas A&M University
Department of Oceanography
aorsi@tamu.edu

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

Marilyn Raphael, Ph.D.
Professor
UCLA
Department of Geography
raphael@geog.ucla.edu

Kamesh Subbarao, Ph.D.
Professor
UT Arlington
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
subbarao@uta.edu

Alan Whittington, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
alan.whittington@utsa.edu

Tomeka Wilson, Ed.D.
Grant Project Director
St. Philip's College-Alamo Colleges
tcross13@alamo.edu
CAMEE Early Career Research Fellows

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

Shrihari Sankarasubramanian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
shrihari.sankarasubramanian@utsa.edu
Affiliated Faculty

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

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

Guillermo Araya, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Department of Mechanical Engineering
j.araya@upr.edu

Saugata Datta, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
saugata.datta@utsa.edu

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

Yongli Gao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UTSA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
yongli.gao@utsa.edu

Cody Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
cody.gonzalez@utsa.edu

Harry Millwater, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
harry.millwater@utsa.edu

Kaushik Mitra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
kaushik.mitra@utsa.edu

Sushil Prasad, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Computer Science
sushil.prasad@utsa.edu

John Quarles, Ph.D.
Professor
UTSA
Department of Computer Science
john.quarles@utsa.edu

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

Brendy Rincon Troconis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
brendy.Rincon@utsa.edu

Wei Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Computer Science
wei.wang@utsa.edu

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

Xinting Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Physics and Astronomy
xinting.yu@utsa.edu

Xuan Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UTSA
Department of Physics and Astronomy
xuan.zhou@utsa.edu
Alumni
Dr. Kiran Bhaganagar – Director, 2021-2022
Dr. Hongjie Xie – Director, 2019-2021
Izzy DeLeon – Research Program Coordinator, 2021-2023
Karla Kidd – Research Program Coordinator, 2019-2021