People
Leadership Team
Elizabeth Walsh
Director, OWC
Acting Director of CERM
ewalsh@utep.edu
Affiliates

Monika Akbar
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
makbar@utep.edu

Alex Mayer
Civil Engineering Professor
amayer2@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