People
Leadership Team
Alex Mayer
Co-Director, OWC
Director, CERM
amayer2@utep.edu
Elizabeth Walsh
Co-Director, OWC
Associate Director of CERM
ewalsh@utep.edu
Affiliates
Monika Akbar
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
makbar@utep.edu
Laura Alvarez
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
alvarez@utep.edu
Daniel Carey-Whalen
Director, Centennial Museum
djcareywhalen@utep.edu
David J. Carrejo
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
dcarrejo@utep.edu
Julien A. Chaput
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
jachaput@utep.edu
Delfina Dominguez
Professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Bioinformation
delfina@utep.edu
Diane Doser
Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
doser@utep.edu
Kerry Doyle
Director, Stanlee and Gerard Rubin Center for the Visual Arts Staff, Department of Art
kadoyle@utep.edu
Mark Engle
Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
maengle@utep.edu
Jorge Gardea-Torresdey
Endowed Dudley Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Environmental Science and Engineering
jgardea@utep.edu
Luis Garnica Chavira
Research Associate, Cybershare Center of Excellence, Computer Software and Hardware Engineering
lagarnicachavira@utep.edu
Thomas Gill
Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
tegill@utep.edu
Hugo Gutierrez Jurado
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
hagutierrez@utep.edu
William Hargrove
Former Director, CERM Semi-Retired Professor
wlhargrove@utep.edu
Josiah Heyman
Director, Center for Interamerican and Border Studies Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
jmheyman@utep.edu
Lixin Jin
Assistant Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
ljin2@utep.edu
Marianne Karplus
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
mkarplus@utep.edu
James Kubicki
Department Chair Professor,Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
jdkubicki@utep.edu
Saurav Kumar
Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
skumar2@utep.edu
Soyeon Lee
Assistant Professor, English
slee15@utep.edu
Wen-Yee Lee
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
wylee@utep.edu
Vanessa Lougheed
Professor, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
vlougheed@utep.edu
Lin Ma
Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
lma@utep.edu
Melissa Melpignano
Director of Dance
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Theatre and Dance
mmelpignano@utep.edu
Hernan Moreno Ramirez
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
moreno@utep.edu
Juan C. Noveron
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Materials and Technology Institute
jcnoveron@utep.edu
Deana Pennington
Associate Dean
Professor, Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
ddpennington@utep.edu
Christopher E. Reyman
Assistant Professor, Department of Music
cereyman@utep.edu
David A. Roberson
Associate Professor, Metallurgical Materials and Biomedical Engineering
droberson@utep.edu
Robert C. Roberts
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
rcroberts@utep.edu
Sandra P. Lopez Ramirez
Lecturer, Theater and Dance
splopezramirez@utep.edu
Ivonne Santiago
Clinical Professor, Civil Engineering Director, Hydraulics Laboratory
isantiago@utep.edu
Dino Villagran
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
dino@utep.edu
Natalia Villanueva-Rosales
Associate Professor, Computer Science
nvillanuevarosales@utep.edu
Ronald R. Wagler
Professor, Teacher Education
Director of the Living Arthropod and Environmental Education Laboratory
rrwagler2@utep.edu
Shane Walker
Director, Center for Inland Desalination Systems
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
wswalker2@utep.edu
