Faculty & Research
Iliana Alanis, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development
Email: iliana.alanis@utsa.edu
- Instruction with Specializations in Multilingual Studies and Educational Psychology
- Rights of Young Children to Develop Their Native Language and Cultural Identity
- Sociocultural Examination of Pedagogical Practices in Early Childhood Dual Language Contexts
Adel Alledani, Ph.D.
Professor, CAMLS Director, Mechanical Engineering Department, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: adel.alledani@utsa.edu
- Theoretical and applied elements of AI
- Machine learning
- Industry 5.0 advanced manufacturing
- Lean enterprise systems
Advanced Data Engineering Lab (Director)
Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems (Director)
Alfonso Apicella, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: alfonso.apicella@utsa.edu
- Neural basis for Perception and Behavior
- Cortical Circuits
- Optogenetics
Maria Arreguin-Anderson, Ed.D.
Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development
Email: maria.arreguin@utsa.edu
- Minority Student's Access to Education in Early Childhood and Elementary Bilingual Settings
- Young Children's Translanguaging Practices
- Critical Science Pedagogy
- Intersections of Language and Social Justice
Lacy Barton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: lacy.barton@utsa.edu
- Cell signaling and migration
- Ovary and testis development
- Primordial germ cell dynamics
- Reproductive developmental biology
Emily Bonner, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development
Email: emily.bonner@utsa.edu
- Equity and Access in Mathematics
- Community-Based Mathematics
- Teacher Professional Development in STEM
Eric Brey, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: eric.brey@utsa.edu
- Tissue regeneration
- Regenerative medicine
- Vascularization
Denver Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: denver.brown@utsa.edu
- Exercise Psychology & Behavioral Medicine
- Time Use Epidemiology
- Physical Activity Determinants
- Movement Behaviors and Health
Anthony Burgos-Robles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: anthony.burgos-robles@utsa.edu
- Cortical and Amygdala Circuits
- Emotion
- Learning and Memory
- Motivation
- Stress
Astrid E. Cardona, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, College of Sciences
Email: astrid.cardona@utsa.edu
- Neuroinflammation and Mechanisms of Tissue Damage in Diabetic Retinopathy and Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuroprotective Approaches via Modulation of Innate Immune Function
Melanie Carless, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: melanie.carless@utsa.edu
- Cardiometabolic Risk
- Epigenetics
- Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
- Stem Cells
https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/MelanieCarless.html
Felicia Castro-Villareal, Ph.D., LSSP
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Email: felicia.castrovillarreal@utsa.edu
- Multicultrual Assesment and Issues
- Teacher Consultation
- Mental Health in Schools
Kelly Cheever, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: kelly.cheever@utsa.edu
- Long-term health outcomes associated with contact sport participation
- Cervical spine injury following concussion
- Sports-related concussion
- Training load acclimatization and periodization to reduce musculoskeletal injury risk
https://hcap.utsa.edu/kinesiology/research/applied-biomechanics-research-lab.html
Guenevere (Qian) Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: guenevereqian.chen@utsa.edu
- The Internet of Things Security
- Healthcare Security
- Blockchain Technology
- Autonomic Computing and Self-Protection Systems
Tracy Cowden, DMA
Roland K. Blumberg Endowed Professor in Music, Department Chair, Department of Music, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
Email: tracy.cowden@utsa.edu
- Music as Therapy
- Cognition and Behavior
- Alzheimer's Disease
- PTSD
- Brain Wellness and Aging
Thomas Coyle, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Health, Community and Policy
Email: thomas.coyle@utsa.edu
- Mental Ability, Intelligence, & IQ
- Brain Aging & Cerebral Health Markers
- Academic Aptitude Test (SAT and ACT)
Samuel DeJulio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development
Email: samuel.dejulio@utsa.edu
- Teacher literacy and education
- Curriculum and instruction development
- Literacy tutoring and mentoring
- Bilingual literacy practices
Kathy Ewoldt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development
Email: kathy.ewoldt@utsa.edu
- Internventions and Accomodations to Maximize Learning in Inclusive Settings
- Integration and Implementation of Technology in Inclusion Classrooms
- Service Animal Policy
Chantal Fahmy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Health, Community and Policy
Email: chantal.fahmy@utsa.edu
- Health criminology
- Prison reentry
- Incarceration and public health
- Social support
- Institutional corrections
Amanda Fernandez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Sciences
Email: amanda.fernandez@utsa.edu
- Adversarial Learning
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
Thomas Forsthuber, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department, College of Sciences, Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Chair in Biotechnology
Email: Thomas.Forsthuber@utsa.edu
- Mechanisms Promoting Autoimmune Diseases
- Translational Research That Can Be Directly Applied
Doug E. Frantz, Ph.D.
Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Department, College of Sciences
Email: doug.frantz@utsa.edu
- Asymmetric Catalysis
- Heterocyclic Synthesis
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Physical Organic Chemistry
- Process Chemistry
Truman Gamblin, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: Truman.Gamblin@utsa.edu
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Electron Microscopy
- Neurodegeneration
- Protein Biochemistry
- Protein Misfolding and Aggregation
Gary Gaufo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: gary.gaufo@utsa.edu
- Molecular and Cellular Approaches in Neural Development
- Developmental Patterning in Vertebrate Embryos
- Neural Plasticity
- Regenerative Medicine
http://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/GaryGaufo.html
Ed Golob, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, College for Health, Community, and Policy
Email: edward.golob@utsa.edu
- Spatial Cognition
- Attention and Working Memory
- Perception and Action
- Age-related Neurological Disorders
http://www.golobcogneurolab.org/
Marzieh Hajiaghamemar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: marzieh.memar@utsa.edu
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Biomechanics
- Biomarkers
- Translational Knowledge for Preclinical and Clinical Applications
https://engineering.utsa.edu/biomedical/team/marzieh-hajiaghamemar-memar-ph-d-p-e/
Willie Hale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: willie.hale@utsa.edu
- Interpersonal Perception
- Belongingness & Authenticity
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Personalized Medicine
Brian P. Hermann, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: brian.hermann@utsa.edu
- Male Infertility and Fertility Preservation
- Single-Cell Gene Expression
- Spermatogonial Stem Cells
Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences, Semmes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cell Biology, Director, UTSA Brain Health Consortium
Email: jenny.hsieh@utsa.edu
- Epilepsy
- Neurogenesis
- Stem Cells
Chia (George) Hsu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: chia.hsu@utsa.edu
- Molecular mechanisms of immunity and inflammation
- Programmed cell death pathways in neurological diseases and injuries
- Small molecule pharmacology
- Exercise as it relates to 'Immune Fitness' in performance
https://hcap.utsa.edu/kinesiology/research/immune-fitness-lab.html
David Jaffe, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: david.jaffe@utsa.edu
- Epilepsy
- Hippocampal Function and Alzheimer's Disease
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Synaptic and Axonal Signal Integration
Crystal Kalinec-Craig, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development
Email: crystal.kalinec-craig@utsa.edu
- Supporting Teacher's to Recognize Children's Mathematical Resources
- Incorporating Group Worthy Tasks that Leverage Children's Funds of Knowledge
Marie Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., BCBA, LBAh
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Email: marie.kirkpatrick@utsa.edu
- Using Applied Behavior Analysis in Schools to Support Children with Autism and Other Develpometnal Disabilities
- Techonolgy to Deliver Behavior Analytic Interventions to Teach New Skills
- Coaching and Training Teachers to Implement Evidence-Based Practices
Dhireesha Kudithipudi, Ph.D.
Professor, Robert F McDermott Endowed Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Director of AI Consortium
Email: dhireesha.kudithipudi@utsa.edu
- AI Algorithms
- Emerging Computing Substrates
- Energy Efficient Machine Learning
- Lifelong Learning
- Neuromorphic AI Systems and Architectures
- Spiking and Rate Based Models
Richard LeBaron, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: Richard.Lebaron@utsa.edu
- Cell Adhesion; Cell Biology
- Disorders of the Temporomandibular Joint
- Extracellular Matrix Molecules in Cancers and in Diabetes Complications
- Regenerative Medicine; Tissue Regeneration
Hyoung-gon Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, John H. Doran, M.D., F.A.C.P., Distinguished Professorship in Peripheral Neuropathy, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: hyoung-gon.lee@utsa.edu
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Neurobiology
- Neurodegeneration
- Impacts of PTSD and TBI on Neuronal health
Soo Chan Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, College of Sciences
Email: soochan.lee@utsa.edu
- Fungal Morphogenesis
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Medical Mycology
- Mucormycosis
- Mycobiome
Itamar Lerner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College for Health, Community, and Policy
Email: itamar.lerner@utsa.edu
- Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience of Memory & Learning
- Sleep Effects on Cognition & Emotion
- Brain Mechanisms Behind Creativity and Semantic Memory in Healthy and Schizophrenic Individiuals
Chin-Hsing (Annie) Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: annie.lin@utsa.edu
- Functional Genomics
- Stem Cell and Cancer Biology
Aimin Liu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Lutcher Brown Distinguished Chair in Biochemistry
Email: aimin.liu@utsa.edu
- Cofactor Biosynthesis
- Mechanistic Enzymology
- Metabolism
- Oxygen Activation
- Protein Biochemistry
- Redox Regulation
Stella Lopez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Health, Community and Policy
Email: stella.lopez@utsa.edu
- Person Perception
- Dynamics of Online Social Interactions
- Performance Success and Failure
- Research Methodologies
- Self-Efficacy, Need to Belong, and Coping Strategies
Jose Lopez-Ribot, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, College of Sciences and Associate Dean for Research, College of Sciences, Margaret Batts Tobin Distinguished Chair in Biotechnology
Email: Jose.LopezRibot@utsa.edu
- Antifungal Drug Development
- High Throughput Screening
- Immunopathogenesis of Fungal Infections
- Medical Mycology
- Microbial Biofilms
Hannah Macnaul, Ph.D., LSSP
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Email: hannah.macnaul@utsa.edu
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Assessment and Treatment of Severe Problem Behavior with ASD
- Developing Non-Obtrusive Interventions Based on Applied Behavior Analysis
- Multidisciplinary Training and Collaboration for Higher Education Students
Lindsey Macpherson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: lindsey.macpherson@utsa.edu
- Circuit Mapping
- Functional Imaging Techniques
- Sensory Neuroscience
- Gut-Brain Connections
- Chemosensation of Taste
Marcelo Marucho, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences
Email: marcelo.marucho@utsa.edu
- Computational and Theoretical Biophysics
- Computational and Theoretical Nanomaterials
- Computational and Theoretical Neurophysics
- Scientific Software Developer
- Biophysical Mechanisms of Electrical Signals Along Cytoskeleton Filaments
- Role of Monomer Mutations in Protein Binding, Polymer Stability, and Information Processing
John R. McCarrey, Ph.D.
Professor, Kleberg Distinguished University Chair in Cellular & Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: john.mccarrey@utsa.edu
- Epigenetic Regulation of Cell Functions
- Mammalian Germ Cells and Stem Cells
- Transcriptome Analysis
- Epigenetic Reprogramming, Epimutations
- Potentials for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)
Stanton McHardy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Research, Chemistry Department, College of Sciences
Email: stanton.mchardy@utsa.edu
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Small Molecule Drug Discovery in Cancer, Infectious Disease, and Neuroscience
- Synthesis of Natural Products
- Synthetic Methodology
Alan Meca, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: alan.meca@utsa.edu
- Identity development across variety of domains including ethnic/racial identity, parental identity, military identity, etc.
- Cultural Identity Development among ethnic/racial minorities
- Acculturation and cultural stress among immigrant populations
Sandra Morissette, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Psychology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: sandra.morissette@utsa.edu
- Military Health
- Post-Deployment Functional Recovery
- Trauma, Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors
- Smoking Cessation
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Christopher Navara, Ph.D.
Director Stem Cell Core, Professor of Research, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: christopher.navara@utsa.edu
- Cell Cycle Regulation in Stem Cells
- Human and Non-Human Primate Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Neuronal Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells
- Non-Human Primate Models of Stem Cell Therapies
Leslie Neely, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, Director of the San Antonio Applied Behavior Analysis Research Consortium
Email: leslie.neely@utsa.edu
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Autism
- Maladatpive and Pro-Social Behaviors
- Pre-emptive Treatment for At Risk Infants and Toddlers for Autism
- Telehealth
Jessica Nowlin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Classics, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
Email: jessica.nowlin@utsa.edu
- Urban Development
- Culture Contact
- Public Archaeolgy and Ethics
- Digital Techniques of 3D Modeling
Sakiko Oyama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: sakiko.oyama@utsa.edu
- Prevention and rehabilitation of upper extremity injuries
- Analysis of pitching motion and how it relates to the shoulder and elbow injuries commonly seen in youth and adolescent baseball pitchers
- Identification and modification of movement patterns and physical characteristics (ex. strength, flexibility, core stability) that are associated with injuries
Se-Woong Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, College for Health, Community and Policy
Email: sewoong.park@utsa.edu
- Upper limb motor control
- Movement variability in motor learning
- Sensorimotor behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder
Humberto Pena, Ph.D., BCBA, LBA
Associate Professor of Research, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Email: humberto.pena@utsa.edu
- Special Education
- Closing employment gap for young adults with ASD, intellectual disabilites, and other developmental disabilities
- Social skills in integrated employment to promote inclusion
- ABA interventions to decrease maladaptive behaviors
George Perry, Ph.D.
Professor, Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in Neurobiology, Department of Biology, College of Sciences
Email: george.perry@utsa.edu
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Neurobiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Mechanism of Amyloid β Directed Protective Response
Priya V. Prasad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences
Email: priya.prasad@utsa.edu
- Mathematics Education (Elementary to College)
- Nature and Structure of Mathematical Knowledge
- Equitable Outcomes in Math Education
John Quarles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Sciences
Email: john.quarles@utsa.edu
- Game Design
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Realities
Amina Qutub, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: amina.qutub@utsa.edu
- Systems Biology
- Neurovasculature Regeneration
- Computational Modeling
Paul Rad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security, College of Business
Email: peyman.najafirad@utsa.edu
- Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Decision Making and Autonomy
- Machine Learning Algorithm
- Distributed Real-Time Computing
Christopher R. Rathbone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: chris.rathbone@utsa.edu
- Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
- Vascularization
- Regenerative Medicine
- Bioreactor Technology Applications
- Skeletal Muscle Injuries and Disease
Robert D. Renthal, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: robert.renthal@utsa.edu
- Biochemistry and Biophysics of Cell Membranes
- Insect Chemical Communication
- Lanthanide Tags in Live Bacterial Cells
Derek Robertson, Ph.D. , LPC-S
Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, College of Education and Human Development
Email: derek.robertson2@utsa.edu
- Examining Relational Strains and Discrimination Resulting from Exposure to Social Media and Unvetted News Sources
- Promoting Cognitive Complexity and Cultural Humility Through Cultural Immersion Experiences
- Best Practices in Bilingual Counselor Education
Gabriela Romero Uribe, Ph.D.
Klesse Endowed Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: gabrielaromero.uribe@utsa.edu
- Macromolecular Bio-Interfaces for cell manipulation
- Biologically inspired drug delivery systems
- Soft biomedical materials
- Stimuli-responsive macromolecules
Kay Robbins, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science, College of Sciences
Email: kay.robbins@utsa.edu
- Data Science and Machine Learning
- Data Standards and Reproduciblity
- Visualization
Fidel Santamaria, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: fidel.santamaria@utsa.edu
- Computational Neuroscience
- Experiments and Modeling of Cerebellar Function
- Learning and Memory
- Modeling Power-Law Behavior from Molecules to Behavior
Francesco Savelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: francesco.savelli@utsa.edu
- Computational Neuroscience
- Neural Basis of Navigation
- Neural Circuits and Behavior
- Neurophysiology and Function of the Hippocampal Formation
Morteza Seidi, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: morteza.seidi@utsa.edu
- Brain Biomechanics
- Brain Injury Monitoring Sytems
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Brain Injury Protections Technology
https://ceid.utsa.edu/mechanical/team/morteza-seidi-ph-d/
Janakiram Seshu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, College of Sciences
Email: j.seshu@utsa.edu
- Lyme Disease
- Q-fever
- Bacteria-Host Interactions
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Physiological Responses in Wound Healing
Marina Silveira, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: Marina.Silveira@utsa.edu
- Auditory neuroscience
- Neuromodulation of auditory computations
- Neuronal circuits
Alexey Soshnev, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: alexey.soshnev@utsa.edu
- Chromatin structure and function
- Gene regulation in development and disease
- Histone biology and biochemistry
Jeremy Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Email: jeremy.sullivan@utsa.edu
- Informed Decision Making in School Psychology
- Psychological Assessment, Measurement, and Professional Issues
- Academic and Psychosocial Outcomes
Gongchen Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: gongchen.sun@utsa.edu
- Electrokinetics
- Micro/Nano-fluidic Systems
- Biomanufacturing
- Systems Neuroscience
Todd W. Troyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: todd.troyer@utsa.edu
- Behavioral and Neural Dynamics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Noise and Synchronization in Neural Circuits
- Songbird Learning
Syed Muhammad Usama, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, College of Sciences
Email: syedmuhammad.usama@utsa.edu
- Fluorescence Molecular Imaging
- Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging
- Small Organic Fluorophore Development
- Super Resolution Imaging
- Targeted Drug Delivery
- Theranostics
- Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Research
Jeffrey Vedanayagam, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: Jeffrey.Vedanayagam@utsa.edu
- Biological data analysis/Bioinformatics
- Evolutionary/Comparative genomics
- Genetic conflicts and meiotic drive
- Selfish genes and evolution of germline development
Victor Villareal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Email: victor.villarreal@utsa.edu
- Evaluations on How Models of School Service Delivery May Better Benefit Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
- Adapting Typical Practices for Educational and Psychological Interventions
- Identifying Students with the Greatest Need for Behavioral and Emotional Supports and Intervention
Carolina Vivas-Valencia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering
Email: carolina.vivasvalencia@utsa.edu
- Data Analytics for Precision Population Health
- Semi-Mechanistic Models on Health Risks of Vulnerable Populations
- Impact of Genetic and Social Determinants on Care Access and Health Outcomes
Matthew Wanat, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: matthew.wanat@utsa.edu
- Drug Addiction
- Learning and Memory
- Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior
- Stress
Wei Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Sciences
Email: wei.wang@utsa.edu
- Programming Languages and Compilers
- Runtime Environments
- Software Reliability and Security
Nicole Y. Wicha, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences
Email: nicole.wicha@utsa.edu
- Human Electrophysiology
- Language and Math Cognition
- Neurobiology of Human Language
- Bilingual Brain
Charles J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Department, College of Sciences, Ewing Halsell Distinguished Chair in Biology
Email: charles.wilson@utsa.edu
- Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Neurological Disease
- Computational Function of Neuron
- Ionic Mechanisms of Autonomous Brain Activity
- Structure and Functions of the Basal Ganglia
- Synaptic Integration and Neuronal Information Processing
Mimi Xie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Sciences
Email: mimi.xie@utsa.edu
- Emerging non-volatile memory optimization
- Energy harvesting system
- Tiny AI on IoT
Jing Yong Ye, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Email: jingyong.ye@utsa.edu
- Cancer Diagnosis
- Controlled Drug Delivery
- Drug Toxicity Assays and Pharmaceutical Quality Control
- Neuroengineering
- Optical Biosensing and Imaging
Timothy Yuen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, College of Education and Human Development, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, College of Sciences
Email: timothy.yuen@utsa.edu
- Broadening Diversity and Improving Student Success
- Developing Initiatives to Increase Student Participation
- Collaborative Research
Guoquan Zhang, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, College of Sciences
Email: Guoquan.Zhang@utsa.edu
- Immunology
- Vaccine Development
- Vector-Borne, Emerging, and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
- Bacterial Pathogens
