Faculty

Emmanuel Akwar

Lecturer III

Phone: (210) 458-7899
Email: Emmanuel.Akwar@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Biochemistry
• General Physiology

Alfonso Apicella

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-4543
Email: Alfonso.Apicella@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cortical Microcircuit Physiology

Bernard Arulanandam

Professor and Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise

Phone: (210) 458-5492
Email: Bernard.Arulanandam@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cellular Immunology
• Microbial Pathogenesis
• Mucosal Immunity

Edwin J. Barea-Rodriguez

Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success

Phone: (210) 458-5481
Email: Edwin.Barea@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Learning and Memory
• Neuroscience
• Science Education

Anthony Burgos-Robles

Assistant Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5661
Email: Anthony.Burgos-Robles@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cortical and Amygdala Circuits
• Emotion
• Learning and Memory
• Motivation
• Stress

Hong Cai

Assistant Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-6493
Email: Hong.Cai@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Bioinformatics
• Genomic Signal Processing
• Systems Biology

Astrid E. Cardona

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5071
Email: Astrid.Cardona@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Neuroinflammation and Mechanisms of Tissue Damage in Diabetic Retinopathy and Multiple Sclerosis
• Neuroprotective Approaches via Modulation of Innate Immune Function

Sandra Cardona

Assistant Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-4089
Email: Sandra.Cardona@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Function of Glial Cells in Neuroinflammation
• Neurodegeneration during Multiple Sclerosis and Diabetic Retinopathy

Melanie Carless

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7017
Email: Melanie.Carless@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cardiometabolic Risk
• Epigenetics
• Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
• Stem Cells

J. Aaron Cassill

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5491
Email: Aaron.Cassill@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Student Success in STEM

James P. Chambers

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5477
Email: James.Chambers@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Acinetobaster baumannii Enzymology
• Biosensor Sensing Element Development
• Francisella tularensis Enzymology
• Glycoconjugate Isolation/Characterization
• Influenza Nucleic Acid Based Detection

Ashok Chaturvedi

Assistant Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-7023
Email: Ashok.Chaturvedi@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Fungal Biofilm
• Fungal Proteomics
• Immunology

Susan Dalterio

Senior Lecturer

Phone: (210) 458-5924
Email: Susan.Dalterio@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Drugs and Society
• Introductory Biology
• Pharmacology and Toxicology

Jurgen Engelberth

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7831
Email: Jurgen.Engelberth@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Metabolic Analysis of Signaling Compounds
• Regulation Pathway Leading to Jasmonic Acid Production

Mark Eppinger

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-6276
Email: Mark.Eppinger@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Bioinformatics
• Infectious Diseases
• Microbial Genomics

Thomas G. Forsthuber

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5760
Email: Thomas.Forsthuber@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Mechanisms Promoting Autoimmune Diseases
• Translational Research That Can Be Directly Applied

T. Chris Gamblin

Professor

Email: Truman.Gamblin@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Electron Microscopy
• Neurodegeneration
• Protein Biochemistry
• Protein Misfolding and Aggregation

Jesus Garza-Decanini

Lecturer I

Phone: (210) 458-7496
Email: Jesus.Garza-Decanini@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Human Anatomy
• Physiology

Gary Gaufo

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7196
Email: Gary.Gaufo@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Molecular and Cellular Approaches in Neural Development

M. Neal Guentzel

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-4473
Email: Neal.Guentzel@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Acinetobacter baumanii
• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Francisella tularensis
• Microbial Pathogenesis
• Microscopy
• Vaccines

Jennifer Guerrero

Lecturer II

Email: Jennifer.Guerrero@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Plant Virology
• Teaching Biology Labs

Michael Hanna

Assistant Professor in Practice

Phone: (210) 458-4509
Email: Michael.Hanna@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Immunology
• Neuroscience

Kirsten Hanson

Assistant Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5904
Email: Kirsten.Hanson@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Antimalarial Drug Discovery
• Automated high Content Imaging
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Plasmodium Cell and Developmental Biology

Luis S. Haro

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5484
Email: Luis.Haro@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Biochemistry
• Endocrinology
• Molecular Biology

Tanoya Harris

Lecturer II

Phone: (210) 458-5923
Email: Tanoya.Harris@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity
• Hormone Cardioprotection against Heart Failure and Ischemic Myocardial Injury
• Human Anatomy and Physiology

Hans W. Heidner

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5767
Email: Hans.Heidner@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Alphavirus-Based Vectors for Cell Targeting and Vaccine Applications and Development
• Replication of Alphaviruses

Brian P. Hermann

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-8047
Email: Brian.Hermann@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Male Infertility and Fertility Preservation
• Single-Cell Gene Expression
• Spermatogonial Stem Cells

Eddie Hernandez

Assistant Professor in Practice

Phone: (210) 458-5661
Email: Hector.Hernandez@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Diabetes Mellitus and Renal Disease
• Human Anatomy and Physiology

Mariah Hopkins

Lecturer II

Phone: (210) 458-6569
Email: Mariah.Hopkins@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Spatial Data Analysis and GIS
• Wildlife Epidemiology and Public Health

Jenny Hsieh

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-4707
Email: Jenny.Hsieh@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Epilepsy
• Neurogenesis
• Stem Cells

Chiung-Yu Hung

Assistant Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7018
Email: Chiungyu.Hung@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Fungal Immunology
• Fungal Pathogenesis
• Medical Mycology
• Vaccine Development

David B. Jaffe

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5843
Email: David.Jaffe@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Epilepsy
• Hippocampal Function and Alzheimer's Disease
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Synaptic and Axonal Signal Integration

Amy Jones

Lecturer II

Phone: (210) 458-5156
Email: Amy.Jones@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Genetics

Karl E. Klose

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-6140
Email: Karl.Klose@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Bacterial Pathogenesis
• Francisella tularensis
• Vibrio cholerae

Richard LeBaron

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5841
Email: Richard.Lebaron@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cell Adhesion; Cell Biology
• Disorders of the Temporomandibular Joint
• Extracellular Matrix Molecules in Cancers and Diabetes Complications
• Regenerative Medicine; Tissue Regeneration

Hyoung-gon Lee

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5088
Email: Hyoung-gon.Lee@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Neurobiology
• Neurodegeneration

Soo Chan Lee

Assistant Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5398
Email: Soochan.Lee@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Fungal Morphogenesis
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Medical Mycology
• Mucormycosis
• Mycobiome

Chin-Hsing Annie Lin

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-8534
Email: Annie.Lin@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Functional Genomics
• Stem Cell and Cancer Biology

Jose L. Lopez-Ribot

Professor and Associate Dean for Research

Phone: (210) 458-7022
Email: Jose.LopezRibot@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Antifungal Drug Development
• High Throughput Screening
• Immunopathogenesis of Fungal Infections
• Medical Mycology
• Microbial Biofilms

Martha J. Lundell

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5769
Email: Martha.Lundell@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Drosophila Molecular Genetics
• Specification of Neuronal Cell Fate

Lindsey Macpherson

Assistant Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7845
Email: Lindsey.Macpherson@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Circuit Mapping
• Functional Imaging Techniques
• Sensory Neuroscience

John R. McCarrey

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-4507
Email: John.McCarrey@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Epigenetic Regulation of Cell Functions
• Mammalian Germ Cells and Stem Cells

Isabel A. Muzzio

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-4810
Email: Isabel.Muzzio@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Aging
• Animal Cognition
• Learning and Memory
• Sleep and Memory
• Spatial Navigation

Christopher Navara

Associate Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-6497
Email: Christopher.Navara@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cell Cycle Regulation in Stem Cells
• Human and Non-Human Primate Pluripotent Stem Cells
• Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth and Differentiation
• Neuronal Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells

Richard Nuckels

Lecturer II and Lab Coordinator

Phone: (210) 458-7206
Email: Richard.Nuckels@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Genetics
• Molecular Evolution

Carlos A. Paladini

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-4474
Email: Carlos.Paladini@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Dopaminergic Neuron Physiology

George Perry

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-8660
Email: George.Perry@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Neurobiology
• Oxidative Stress

Clyde F. Phelix

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5495
Email: Clyde.Phelix@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes Mellitus
• Computational Biology
• Intellectual Property, Biotechnology, Commercialization
• Predictive Biosimulations
• Translational Sciences

Germán Plascencia Villa

Assistant Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-7043
Email: German.PlascenciaVilla@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Advanced Microscopy Techniques
• Analytical Techniques of Proteins
• Neuronal Responses

Salma Quraishi

Assistant Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-7493
Email: Salma.Quraishi@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Neuroscience

Rahul Raghavan

Associate Professor

Email: Rahul.Raghavan@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Coxiella burnetii Evolution and Virulence
• Microbial Genomics
• Regulatory RNA Evolution and Function
• Tick Endosymbionts Evolution and Function

William Ramos

Assistant Professor in Practice

Phone: (210) 458-6235
Email: William.Ramos@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Cell Biology Lab Coordinator
• Hazardous Materials Authorized Shipper
• RISE Training Specialist

Robert D. Renthal

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5452
Email: Robert.Renthal@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Biochemistry and Biophysics of Cell Membranes
• Insect Chemical Communication
• Lanthanide Tags in Live Bacterial Cells

Andrew Rodriguez

Lecturer I

Email: Andrew.Rodriguez@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Microbiology
• Molecular Genetics
• Mycology
• Plant Pathology

James Allen Rogers

Lecturer II and Lab Coordinator

Phone: (210) 458-3990
Email: James.Rogers3@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Biosciences II Labs

Fidel Santamaria

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-6910
Email: Fidel.Santamaria@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Computational Neuroscience
• Experiments and Modeling of Cerebellar Function
• Learning and Memory
• Modeling Power-Law Behavior from Molecules to Behavior

Francesco Savelli

Assistant Professor

Phone: (210) 458-8066
Email: Francesco.Savelli@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Computational Neuroscience
• Neural Basis of Navigation
• Neural Circuits and Behavior
• Neurophysiology and Function of the Hippocampal Formation

Stephen P. Saville

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7023
Email: Stephen.Saville@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Genetic Regulation of Candida albicans Cell Shape
• Role of Morphogenetic and Associated Changes in Candida albicans Virulence

David M. Senseman

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5485
Email: David.Senseman@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Visualization and Modeling of Cortical Network Activity

Janakiram Seshu

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-6578
Email: J.Seshu@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Lyme Disease
• Q-Fever

Kenneth Shahi

Lecturer I

Phone: (210) 458-5475
Email: Kenneth.Shahi@utsa.eduv
Areas of Specialization

• Microbial Ecology
• Public Health Microbiology

Sara Shields-Menard

Lecturer II

Phone: (210) 458-3990
Email: Sara.Shields-Menard@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Biofuels
• Bioremediation
• Biosciences II Lab
• Diversity and Inclusion in STEM
• Environmental and Industrial Microbiology

Valerie Sponsel

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5929
Email: Valerie.Sponsel@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Medicinal Plants
• Plant Growth and Development
• Plant Hormones

Matthew Spottswood

Lecturer II

Phone: (210) 458-5156
Email: Matthew.Spottswood@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Genetics Labs

Garry Sunter

Professor and Department Chair

Phone: (210) 458-5479
Email: Garry.Sunter@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Epigenetics
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Plant Virology
• Transcription

Kelly J. Suter

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7243
Email: Kelly.Suter@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Neural Oscillator Control of Sexual Reproduction

Todd W. Troyer

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5487
Email: Todd.Troyer@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Behavioral and Neural Dynamics
• Computational Neuroscience
• Noise and Sychnronization in Neural Circuits
• Songbird Learning

Matthew Wanat

Associate Professor

Phone: (210) 458-6684
Email: Matthew.Wanat@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Drug Addiction
• Learning and Memory
• Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior
• Stress

Yufeng Wang

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-6492
Email: Yufeng.Wang@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Comparative Genomics
• Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics
• Systems Biology

Nicole Y. Wicha

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7013
Email: Nicole.Wicha@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Human Electrophysiology
• Language and Math Cognition
• Neurobiology of Human Language

Charles J. Wilson

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-5654
Email: Charles.Wilson@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• 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

Jieh-Juen Yu

Associate Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-5210
Email: Jiehjuen.Yu@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Mucosal Immunity
• Vaccine Development against Bacterial Infection

Guoquan Zhang

Professor

Phone: (210) 458-7020
Email: Guoquan.Zhang@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Immunology
• Vaccine Development
• Vector-Borne, Emerging, and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Yan Zhang

Associate Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-7020
Email: Yan.Zhang@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Developing Vaccines against Cancer and Infectious Diseases
• Mechanisms of Host Cell-Microbial Pathogen Interaction

Xhavit Zogaj

Assistant Professor of Research

Phone: (210) 458-7033
Email: Xhavit.Zogaj@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Bacterial Biofilms
• Vaccine Development against Tularemia

Floyd L. Wormley Jr.

Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

Texas Christian University
Email: floyd.wormley@tcu.edu

Judy M. Teale

Professor Emeritus

Phone: (210) 458-7024
Email: Judy.Teale@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Neurocysticercosis

Oscar W. Van Auken

Professor Emeritus

Phone: (210) 458-5489
Email: Oscar.Vanauken@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization

• Physiological Plant Ecology