Dr. Zach Adelman
Program Chair – Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program
Professor, Texas A&M Agrilife Research Fellow, Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow
Dr. David Threadgill
Past Chair – Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. Program
Department Head, University Distinguished Professor
Tom and Jean McMullin Chair, Genetics
Find Us
Mailstop: 2128 TAMU
Address: 300 Olsen Blvd. Room 109A
College Station, TX, 77843 – 2128
Telephone: +1 979 458-2284
Email: genesec@tamu.edu
GOVERNANCE
Executive Committee
- Dr. Zachary Adelman (Chair), Entomology (COALS)
- Dr. Isabel Caballero, Program Manager
- Dr. Mahua Choudhury, Pharmaceutical Sciences (COPH)
- Dr. Jessica Galloway Peña, Veterinary Pathobiology (VMBS)
- Dr. Wanhe Li, Biology (CAS)
- Dr. William Murphy, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VMBS)
- Dr. Gregory Reeves, Chemical Engineering (ENG)
- Dr. Jim Song, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. David Threadgill, Cell Biology and Genetics (COM)
- Dr. Masako Suzuki, Nutrition (COALS)
- Dr. Larry Suva, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VMBS)
- Dr. Zhilong Yang, Veterinary Pathobiology (VMBS)
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
- Ana Velasquez, GGSA President
- Emmarie Alexander, GGSA Vice-President
Admissions Committee
- Dr. Jessica Galloway Peña (Chair), Veterinary Pathobiology (VMBS)
- Dr. Mary Bryk, Biochemistry and Biophysics (COALS)
- Dr. Karl Clark, Animal Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Shaunna Clark, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, (COM)
- Dr. Brian Davis, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VMBS)
- Dr. Wanhe Li, Biology (CAS)
- Dr. Fei Liu, Cell Biology and Genetics (COM)
- Dr. Lacey Luense, Animal Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Gregory Reeves, Chemical Engineering (ENG)
- Dr. William Rooney, Soil and Crop Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Jim Song, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. Jun Wang, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics (COM)
- Dr. Xuejun Zhu, Chemical Engineering (ENG)
- Dr. Isabel Caballero, Program Manager
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
- Sarah Ingram, GGSA Recruitment Officer
NSF-SURGe Review Committee
- Dr. William Murphy (Chair), Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VMBS)
- Dr. Jared Bard, Biology (CAS)
- Dr. Brian Davis, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VMBS)
- Dr. Jessica Galloway-Pena, Veterinary Pathobiology (VMBS)
- Dr. Kevin Myles, Entomology (COALS)
- Dr. Jerome Menet, Biology (CAS)
- Dr. Sakiko Okumoto, Soil and Crop Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Jim Song, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. Isabel Caballero, Program Manager
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
Awards Committee
- Dr. Mahua Choudhury (Chair), Pharmaceutical Sciences (COPH)
- Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. Sarah Bondos, Medical Physiology (COM)
- Dr. Jeffrey Cirillo, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. Seth Murray, Soil and Crop Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Terje Raudsepp, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VMBS)
- Dr. David Riley, Animal Science (COALS)
- Dr. Tapasree Roy-Sarkar, Biology (CAS)
- Dr. Linglin Xie, Nutrition (COALS)
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
- Samantha Higgins, GGSA Representative
Advising Committee
- Dr. Larry Suva (Chair), Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VMBS)
- Dr. Adam Case, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (COM)
- Dr. Zhilei Chen, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. Vishal Gohil, Biochemistry and Biophysics (COALS)
- Dr. John (Jack) Hettema, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (COM)
- Dr. Jenny Hyde, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. Jessica Light, Ecology and Conservation Biology (COALS)
- Dr. Rajesh Miranda, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics (COM)
- Dr. Weston Porter, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VMBS)
- Dr. Jon Skare, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (COM)
- Dr. David Threadgill, Cell Biology and Genetics (COM)
- Dr. Isabel Caballero, Program Manager
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
- Veronika Mojik, GGSA Representative
G2 Seminar Committee
- Dr. Masako Suzuki (Chair), Nutrition (COALS)
- Fatma Ozair, GGSA Seminar Chair
- Tyler Chan, GGSA Seminar Chair
- Dr. Joseph Rutkowski, Medical Physiology (COM)
- Dr. John Yu, Soil and Crop Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. William Murphy, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VMBS)
- Dr. Irtisha Singh, Cell Biology and Genetics (COM)
- Dr. Lamba Omar Sangare, Biology (CAS)
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
Membership Committee
- Dr. Larry Suva (Chair), Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VMBS)
- Dr. Kayla Bayless, Cell Biology and Genetics (COM)
- Dr. Michael C. Golding, Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VMBS)
- Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar, Biomedical Engineering (ENG)
- Dr. Richard Gomer, Biology (CAS)
- Dr. Nancy Ing, Animal Science (COALS)
- Dr. Vlad Panin, Biochemistry & Biophysics (COALS)
- Dr. Raquel Sitcheran, Cell Biology and Genetics (COM)
- Dr. Luis R. Garcia, Biology (CAS) – former chair as advisor
- Andres Barboza, GGSA Representative
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
Outreach Committee
- Dr. Isabel Caballero (Chair), Program Manager
- Dr. Clare Gill, Animal Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Pushkar Lele, Chemical Engineering (ENG)
- Dr. David Stelly, Soil and Crop Sciences (COALS)
- Dr. Qing Sun, Chemical Engineering (ENG)
- Tamara Ospina-Vega, Program Coordinator II
- Daniela Ruiz, GGSA
- Anestacia Robinson, GGSA
- Natalie Wideman, GGSA
